I-Travis yiqembu lomculo elidumile laseScotland. Igama leqembu lifana negama elivamile lomuntu wesilisa. Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi ngeyomunye wabahlanganyeli, kodwa cha.
Okubhaliwe kufihle imininingwane yabo ngamabomu, bezama ukudonsela ukunaka kubantu, kodwa emculweni abawenzayo. Babesesicongweni sodumo, kodwa bakhetha ukungajahi ngenxa yezifiso zokudala.
Ukuvela kweqembu leTravis
Ngolunye usuku ngo-1990, u-Andy Dunlop, eziphumulele endaweni yokucima ukoma yase-Glasgow, wazibamba ecabanga ukuthi kungaba kuhle ukuhlela iqembu lakhe lomculo. Ebheka ukusebenza kwabafana esiteji, waqonda ukuthi akukho okubi angakwenza. Le nsizwa yafunda ekolishi lobuciko, yayiwazi kahle umculo. Efuna abantu abanomqondo ofanayo phakathi kwabangane bakhe, u-Andy ngo-1991 waqoqa ukwakheka okudingekayo.
Ekuqaleni, u-Andy nabangane bakhe benza ngaphansi kwegama elithi Family, kodwa ngokushesha abafana bathola ukuthi ibhendi enalelo gama isivele ikhona. Amalungu eqembu acabanga isikhathi eside ngegama elisha. Bazama izinketho ezahlukene, kodwa bazinza ku-Glass Onion.
Isikhathi esithile leli qembu lalinaleli gama, lase liba yi-Red Telephone Box. Iqembu kamuva laqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iTravis. Igama laqanjwa, libhekisela egameni lomlingiswa oyinhloko wefilimu ethi "Paris, Texas". Le nketho isiphenduke okokugcina.
Ukwakhiwa kwethimba leTravis
Umsunguli wokusungulwa kweqembu kwakungu-Andy Dunlop. Wayedlala isiginci. Ngokushesha u-Fran Healy wajoyina iqembu. Umfana wayebuye adlale isiginci, aqambe futhi enze izingoma. Le nsizwa kakade yayinolwazi lokuhlanganyela kwelinye iqembu. Nguye obambe iqhaza ekuqhamukeni komdlalo weqembu osewazi wonke manje.
Abafana basheshe bajoyinwa uNeil Primrose, owayephethe izigubhu. Ibhendi yaqedwa izelamani zakwaMartin, okwathi kamuva zathathelwa indawo umshayi webhesi wokugcina uDougie Payne. Kuwo wonke iqembu, akazange ahlanganise lutho nomculo, akazange adlale insimbi yomculo, kodwa waya kuyo yonke imidlalo yabafana. Le nsizwa yasheshe yafundiswa konke, yaba umngane omuhle kakhulu.
"Travis": Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala
Njengamaqembu amaningi omculo, ukuqala kwendlela yokudala yeTravis bekukude nokuphumelela. Abafana babuthana endaweni yokucima ukoma, lapho babevunyelwe ukwenza khona. Ngo-1993, amalungu ebhendi aqopha izinguqulo ezimbalwa zedemo zezingoma zawo, futhi kamuva avuthwa ukuze enze ingoma yawo yokuqala. Ngemva kwalokho, umsebenzi ucishe wama. U-Fran Healy wanakekela ngokungathí sina ubuchwepheshe bakhe, waqala ukuqeqesha kanzima, kuze kube yilapho esebenza isithombe esibukwayo, esibonakala ohlangothini lapho edlala isiginci.
"Ukufudumala" ngaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi
Ngo-1996, u-Fran Healy ofanayo waqala ukufuna amathuba okukhushulwa esikhundleni. Waboleka imali kunina, waqasha umphathi. Indoda enolwazi yabonisa abafana indlela efanele. Okungukuthi, ukukhipha i-albhamu entsha ekusakazweni okuncane, ukusabalalisa amarekhodi emsakazweni, kuthelevishini, nakubamele izinkampani zokuqopha. Yavela kanje i-albhamu ethi "All I Want To Do Is Rock".
I-Radio Scotland ngokusekelwe ezintweni ezinikeziwe idale uhlelo olufushane olunikezelwe eqenjini le-Travis. Ngenhlanhla, unjiniyela womsindo waseMelika uNico Bollas wezwa uhlelo. Owokugcina waphendukela kubafana ngesithembiso sokusebenza nabo. UTravis wavuma, walungisa ama-nuances ngesincomo somngane omusha.
Ngokushesha leli qembu lanikeza ikhonsathi e-Edinburgh. Kulo mdlalo, abafana babonwa ngummeleli we-studio yokuqopha yakwaSony. Iqembu lelulekwa ukuba lithuthele eLondon.
Isiqalo somsebenzi wangempela
Abafana babamba umbono womsebenzi wangempela, okungenakwenzeka ezifundazweni. Bathuthela eLondon, baqasha indlu yabantu abane emaphethelweni edolobha. Abangane baqala ukudlala emaqenjini enhloko-dolobha nasezindaweni ezizungezile.
Ngokushesha, kwabhalwa isihloko esincane mayelana neqembu ephephandabeni, base bemenywa ukuba bahlanganyele ohlelweni lwethelevishini. Ngakho-ke baqashelwa ngu-Andy MacDonald. Wayesezoqala ilebuli yakhe. UTravis waba izigceme zakhe zokuqala. Iqembu ngokushesha lasuka kumakilabhu ezifundazweni laya ezikhungweni ezingcono kakhulu zenhloko-dolobha, laqala ukwenza njengesenzo sokuvula izinkanyezi.
Irekhoda i-albhamu yokuqala
Ku-1997, u-Travis uqophe i-single yabo yokuqala egcwele ubude. Ngokushesha kwanqunywa ukwenza i-albhamu yokuqala, kodwa ayikwazanga ukuthola isitudiyo esifanele. Abafana baya eMelika. Ezinsukwini ezi-4 kuphela, iqembu laqeda wonke umsebenzi bukhoma.
I-albhamu ethi "Good Feeling" ivele ngokushesha kwabangu-Top 40, ibambe izikhundla phakathi kwabayishumi abaphambili. Ekupheleni konyaka, leli qembu laqokwa kuma-Brit Awards ngokwenza kahle kakhulu nanjengempumelelo.
Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kokuthandwa
Ngemuva kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala, udumo lwaleli qembu lwakhula kakhulu. Ngo-1998, abafana babamba uhambo lwabo lokuqala lwekhonsathi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho bangena emthunzini izinyanga eziyisithupha, besebenza irekhodi elisha.
Indoda Ebeyimpumelelo yokuqala yangempela yeqembu. Imigqa ehamba phambili yathathwa yizo zonke izingoma ezi-4, irekhodi ngokwalo lahlala endaweni yoku-1 isikhathi eside, futhi ukuduma kukaTravis kwadlulela ngalé kwe-UK.
Ngo-2000, iqembu lahamba ukuze linqobe iMelika, laphumelela ngokushesha. Ngemva kwalokho, baqopha i-albhamu yabo yesithathu, ejabulisa kakhulu. Ngemva kwengoma ethi "Hlabelela" baqala ukukhuluma ngeqembu ngisho naseRussia. I-albhamu yesine ye-Travis yaphenduka, ngokuphambene nalokho, imnyama kakhulu futhi inzima kakhulu, kodwa ayizange idume kakhulu kunabanye.
Ukuzola emsebenzini womculo
Ngo-2002, umshayi-zigubhu weqembu walimala kabi umgogodla ngesikhathi ewa ngesikhathi sekhonsathi. Iqembu lalimlindele ngokufanelekile ukuthi alulame. Kuke kwakhulunywa ngokuwa kweqembu kodwa lutho. Ngo-2004, leli qembu lakhipha iqoqo lama-hits futhi lanyamalala isikhathi eside. Kuze kube ngu-2007, uTravis cishe akazange anikeze amakhonsathi. Amalungu eqembu avumile ukuthi yilowo nalowo unesizathu sakhe sokuthula, obekumele kubhekwane naso, futhi lokhu kuthatha isikhathi.
Ukuqaliswa kabusha komsebenzi kanye nokwehla komnotho okusha
Ngokuphambene namahemuhemu, ngo-2007 uTravis wayesazazisa. Bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yesihlanu ethi "Ode to J.Smith", kwathi ekuqaleni kuka-2008 kwavela i-albhamu elandelayo. Abafana bachaza lokhu ngokuthi izinto eziningi zokusebenza ziqoqwe ngesikhathi sokuphumula.
Ngemva kwalokho, kwaphinde kwaba nekhefu elide emisebenzini kaTravis. Kulokhu kwadonsa iminyaka engaba ngu-5. Abafana babuthana ukuze benze izinto ezincane, ngokuvamile lezi kwakuyimikhosi ehlukahlukene. Ngalesi sikhathi, uFran Healy wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa.
Iqembu lirekhode izingoma eziningi ezintsha, kodwa i-albhamu entsha yokuqala ehlangene yavela kuphela ngo-2013 ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Lapho Umi khona". Ngemuva kwalokho, ibhendi yabonisa umphumela womsebenzi wabo we-studio ngo-2016 ngokuthi "Yonke Into Ngasikhathi sinye" kwathi ngo-2020 nge "Izingoma Eziyi-10". UTravis akasafuni ukubamba ukunaka okukhulu komphakathi, bageza ngemisebe yenkazimulo, belungele ukusebenza ngesigqi esizolile.
