Neil Primrose (musician)
| Neil Primrose | |
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Primrose (right) in Singapore with Travis
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Neil Primrose |
| Born |
20 February 1972 Cumbernauld, Scotland |
| Genres | Rock, Britpop, Alternative Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Travis |
Neil Primrose (born 20 February 1972, Cumbernauld, Scotland) is the drummer of the Scottish rock quartet Travis.
Primrose's father was a power station engineer, so his family moved wherever the job took him. A posting to Middlesbrough was followed by a series of moves across the northeast of England that spanned the first ten years of Primrose's life. Returning to Glasgow in 1981, he grew fonder of drums and music in general. At age 15 in high school he was playing drums with friends in local bands. From the age of 17, the next step was going for as many auditions as possible and looking for like-minded players to form a group. This led to Primrose joining the band 'Glass Onion' with Andy Dunlop along with brothers Chris and Geoff Martyn in the early 90's. After years of touring and looking for success, the line-up changed with Fran Healy eventually joining the line-up and the group then splitting with the Martyn brothers and bringing Dougie Payne in for bass guitar. Eventually, the name for the band was changed to Travis.
Unlike the other three members of the band, Primrose was not a student at the Glasgow School of Art instead working various jobs and studying Computer Science for a pre-degree course. Initially, Travis rehearsed in the Horseshoe Bar where Primrose and Healy had met for the first time. The material for their first two albums was, in part, written and refined here. Travis moved to London in late spring 1996 and lived, rehearsed and toured from their North London base for many years. Travis' début album Good Feeling was released in 1997 with positive review, but lukewarm performance in the charts. Their 1999 follow-up, The Man Who, proved to be far more successful, selling millions of copies worldwide, shortly followed by The Invisible Band in 2001. In this period, Travis had several UK hit singles, including Sing and Why Does It Always Rain On Me?.
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