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Travis Gray

"Poplar Street Blues" baby!

About Me

Three parts political unrest + one and half tablespoons of pure unadulterated anger at society all mixed in the melting pot of rock and roll = what is kissing your eardrums as you read... hopefully, if not; turn on your speakers and let this coax you into a revolution ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/7/2005
Band Website:
Band Members: Travis Gray
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics and other misc Sounds
Jimmy J.
Vocals & Electric Guitar
Adam Harris
Vocals, Bass Guitar
Johnny Sorrow
Vocals & Drums

Influences: There are elements of punk, reggae, folk, and even techno in the sound, all of this drawn from the love of any music that changes the way people think or comprehend music, a message, or life itself.

Important Artists
The Band - esp. The Last Waltz
Pink Floyd - anything
Paul Simon - Graceland
Bob Marley - anything
Dead Kennedys - Anything featuring Jello Biafra (so all the studio albums as far as I know)
The Misfits - Walk Among Us
Chris Hand of Hiddenwood - guess I gotta give you props but that means...
Bobby Murphy - started the fire
Sounds Like: a journey
Record Label: NA
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Very Important Article

A Recent Vanity Fair MagazineAll Americans should read this I know it is long but so are those stupid surveys you all do...The abuse, rising to the level of torture, of those captured and detained in ...
Posted by Travis Gray on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:40:00 PST

Some Things I Want To Say

Barack Obama is not a muslim terrorist.Hillary Clinton is just liek any other politician... except she is a woman.Movies based on books are rarely if ever better than their literary counterparts. The ...
Posted by Travis Gray on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:26:00 PST

Long Time Comin’

Well, it has been a while since I have posted any new blogs. I have been so busy with work and music, and really, who reads these? Oh well it is good for me to vent all of my feelings. So music: I hav...
Posted by Travis Gray on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:36:00 PST

New Material

I have been trying to get into a studio for about two weeks now and the one I want to use is shut down for a while. So I recorded some new songs on my computer with Cakewalk. Some of these are very gr...
Posted by Travis Gray on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:50:00 PST

Leaders Afraid to Lead: Empty Rhetoric in Congress by Walter Brasch

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the House has so much to do that impeachment proceedings against Dick Cheney and George W. Bush would be a distraction. John Conyers (D-Mich.), cha...
Posted by Travis Gray on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:05:00 PST

Local Music

I have been trying for years to get something musically going. I have tried many combinations of musicians and styles. I have sang heavy metal, played bass in a funk band, and even played guitar ...
Posted by Travis Gray on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST

Is This Closure?

"Son," he said, "it's pretty much your fault, Your mother and I were fine until you came along. I wasn't ready and neither was she But she chose you over staying with me. And that's why our lives are ...
Posted by Travis Gray on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:02:00 PST

Another Drinking Song

I wake up with the sun on a Saturday A Budweiser and a cigarette and I'm on my way To downtown Southern Pines with my guitar Strum a couple a chords down at Flynne's Coffee Bar   And I can't com...
Posted by Travis Gray on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:32:00 PST

When You Hit Me

I can't be alone I just can't do it on my own I don't want to be afraid That I'll die alone someday I'd rather take your abuse Than know that I alone must choose To break this chain you've got the key...
Posted by Travis Gray on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST

Smokin' Hott Biddies

Pretty, pretty girls; too many to choose from Lots of lovely things they wear can't pick just one But if I get my choice of fishies from the sea I think I want a thinker; I need one can read I'm tired...
Posted by Travis Gray on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:23:00 PST