Kurt Travis

Kurt Travis
Travis performing with Dance Gavin Dance in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Kurt Thomas Travis
Born	(1984-01-16) January 16, 1984 (age 33)
Origin	Sacramento, California, United States
Genres	Rock indie rock post-hardcore alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter musician
Instruments	Vocals piano guitar
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Rise Doghouse Equal Vision Blue Swan Records Esque Records Tragic Hero Records
Associated acts	Eternity Forever Push Over A Lot Like Birds Dance Gavin Dance Strawberry Girls Amarionette

Kurt Thomas Travis (born January 16, 1984) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician from Sacramento, California. He is prominently known as the former lead vocalist for the post-hardcore bands Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds. He is currently part of the post-rock musical trio Eternity Forever as lead vocalist , with Strawberry Girls drummer Ben Rosett and former Chon bassist Brandon Ewing handling all the guitar parts, also the musical duo Push Over, alongside The Fall of Troy lead vocalist and guitarist Thomas Erak.

Travis began his musical career in 2003. He helped amalgamate the Sacramento based post-hardcore band Five Minute Ride, releasing the EP, Bathroom Walls... Lipstick Secrets, and the debut studio album The World Needs Convincing of All That It's Missing on Rise Records thereafter. Travis later formed the folk music project There & Back Again, in 2006. Following these two short-lived musical projects, Travis helped form the experimental rock band No Not Constant in July 2007, later releasing one self-titled bootleg album and disbanding the same year. In 2008, Travis became the lead vocalist and songwriter for the rock band O! the Joy, recording their debut studio album, Zen Mode (2008), at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, California. Following his underground success, Travis joined the post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance as the clean vocalist, replacing original vocalist Jonny Craig. With the group, he released two full-length studio albums, Dance Gavin Dance (2008) and Happiness (2009), on Rise Records and toured worldwide with other successful rock bands such as Closure in Moscow, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Emarosa, among others. After three years with the band, it was revealed that Travis departed from Dance Gavin Dance in August 2010. Less than a year later, Travis joined as clean vocalist in the post-hardcore group A Lot Like Birds, releasing the studio albums Conversation Piece (2011) and No Place (2013) through Equal Vision Records. In February 2016, it was revealed that Travis left the group to pursue other musical endeavours.