Scottish alternative rock band formed in 1990 in Glasgow. Band line-up:Francis Healy: vocalsAndy Dunlop: guitarNeil Primrose: drumsDougie Payne: bass
They have had a number of very successful albums to date:Good Feeling (1997), The Man Who (1999), The Invisible Band (2001), 12 Memories (2003), The Boy With No Name (2007), as well as a compilation album titled Singles (2004). Their most recent album is Ode To J. Smith, released on September 29th, 2008.
Travis have recently finished recording their 6th studio album Ode To J. Smith and have completed the mixing of the album in New York and mastering in Portland, Maine. Tracks included are Chinese Blues, J. Smith, Something Anything, Long Way Down, Broken Mirror, Friends, Get Up, Last Words, Quite Free, Song To Self and Before You Were Young. The album was previewed in full at small UK gigs during February 2008, and was released on the 29th of September in UK.
From Wikipedia:Travis are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocalist, guitar, piano, banjo), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). They named themselves after the Harry Dean Stanton character Travis Henderson from the film Paris, Texas.
The band's debut album Good Feeling, released on September 8, 1997 entered the UK Album Charts at #9, spending 9 weeks inside the UK Top 100. Singles released from the album were not too successful, with the album's lead single "All I Want to Do Is Rock" charting at #39 on the UK Singles Charts. However, it wasn't until the release of their second studio album The Man Who that Travis began to become one of the biggest names in the music industry through-out the 1990s and continued success into the 2000s. The Man Who charted at #1 on the UK Album Charts, and spent 104 weeks inside the UK Top 100.
Their third studio album, The Invisible Band was released on June 11, 2001, and like The Man Who, The Invisible Band debuted at #1 on the UK Album Charts, where it remained for 4 weeks in total, and went onto spend a total of 54 weeks inside the UK Top 100 album charts. Although their fourth album, 12 Memories did not make the top spot in the United Kingdom, it debuted at #3, spending a further 11 weeks on the charts in the UK, and still got certified Platinum status by the BPI. Travis released a compilation album Singles in 2004, debuting at #4 on the UK Album Charts, released their fifth studio album The Boy With No Name in 2007, debuting at #4 on the UK Album Charts and their sixth album was released in September 2008, entitled Ode To J. Smith, debuting at #20 on the UK Album Charts.