Travis Morrison

Travis Morrison remains to be most widely known for his decade-long stint fronting the influential dance-punk quartet the Dismemberment Strategy. Created in 1972, Morrison spent his adolescence within the Washington, D.C., suburb of Fairfax, VA, learning acoustic guitar and fronting some short-lived senior high school rings. After 3 years at the faculty of William and Mary, he fell out to pursue music full-time, and in 1993 produced the Dismemberment Program with fellow Lake Braddock Supplementary College alums Eric Axelson (bass) and Steve Cummings (drums). Rooted similarly in the neighborhood Dischord Records artwork punk sound, R&B, and hip-hop, the Dismemberment Program constructed a rabid cult market via early LPs like 1995’s ! and 1997’s The Dismemberment Program Is Terrified, ultimately signing to main label Interscope in 1998. The business nevertheless fell the music group upon conclusion of its 1999 work Crisis & I, which demonstrated its industrial and vital breakthrough upon discharge through indie imprint DeSoto. After helping Pearl Jam on its 2000 Western european tour, the Dismemberment Program completed 2001’s Transformation, mounting a co-headlining U.S. tour with Loss of life Cab for Cutie. On the top of its popularity the music group even so announced its purpose to dissolve, playing a farewell present at D.C.’s famed 9:30 Membership on Sept 1, 2003. Morrison after that relocated to Seattle and tapped Loss of life Cab guitarist Chris Walla to co-produce the periods for his debut single LP. Although a cover of rapper Ludacris’ “What’s Your Illusion?” submitted to Morrison’s internet site generated significant mass media attention, the finished record, 2004’s Travistan, gained a few of the most vicious testimonials in recent storage. Morrison toured the record using a music group dubbed Travis Morrison Hellfighters, and composed new music for his second record. Documenting periods in 2005 didn’t move well, however in 2006, the music group seen Chicago and manufacturer Jason Caddell (previous bandmate of Morrison). Those periods created All Y’All, released in 2007 by Barsuk.