Travis, a post-Britpop Scottish band, tread the murky detritus of mid-level Top-40 fame with their late-90s song “Why Does It Always Rain on Me?” and gained some of the benefits of rock stardom (recording at Abbey Road Studio and random chateaus in France, a legendary Glastonbury show).
They eventually broke up to hang out with their kids and wives, to avoid each other and to recover from their late 20th century Oasis-powered rocket ride to semi-cheesy success. But they’re back, and focused on what the music world still has to offer.
“Each festival you go to, festivals are always the same, it’s just that some have better food than others. It’s always pizza or sh*t food, but the food was amazing here,” Frans Healy tells Hurriyet Daily of Istanbul’s Rock N’ Coke Festival.
Also on Healy’s mind is his recent solo album:
TOPICS: Eat to the Beat, Kathleen Willcox