- Andy Dunlop
Andrew Dunlop (born
16 March 1972 inLenzie ,East Dunbartonshire ,Scotland , UK) is the leadguitarist of Scottish indie band, Travis.Biography
Dunlop attended
Lenzie Academy . The band Travis got their break with thealbum "The Man Who ", named after a bestselling book. It got the international success, and became the biggest selling album in the UK in 1999.As well as being the guitarist, Dunlop has also tried writing
songs . "You Don't Know What I'm Like" features as a hidden track on the band's third album, "The Invisible Band ". Other numbers penned by Andy include Ancient Train, Central Station and The Sea. For their band's latest album, "Ode to J. Smith ", Dunlop has contributed his song-writing skills in the band's single "Something Anything ". This is also the first single thatTravis released that has not been written by Healy.During live performances Dunlop likes to show off his guitar skills, for example during "As You Are", Dunlop may rest the guitar on his knee and slide it up and down whilst he holds on to the volume control, creating a fade in and out sound found on the album around 02:20. Whilst playing "All I Want To Do Is Rock", Andy will also usually climb up onto his amp stack, get loads of
feedback , and play from there. At a performance atKoko Andy proceeded to climb round onto a balcony where he hung from whilst dangling his guitar above the crowd.Together with
Guy Berryman andWill Champion ofColdplay , Dunlop contributed to the first solo album ofa-ha keyboardistMagne Furuholmen entitledPast Perfect Future Tense .Dunlop is married to Jo Monaghan. In December 2005 the couple's first child, a son, was born, and is named Dylan Green Dunlop. The family currently resides in
Liverpool .
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