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Article: DOES TRAVIS HAVE US?(Fran Healy and Dogie Payne)
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- Interview
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- April 1, 2000
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When Travis released their beautiful, catchy bummer "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" in the U.K., they were showered with adulation. Why? Because they understand that sad songs say so much
While teen pop dominated the charts in the U.S. last year, a boy band of a different breed was storming the U.K. Travis, an earnest, sensitive rock quartet from Glasgow, fronted by former art-school student Fran Healy, don't have matching clothes or synchronized dance moves (although they do a pretty mean cover of Britney Spears's ". . . Baby One More Time"). What they do have is the human touch. The vulnerability and sincerity of their second album, The Man Who (due out in the ...