Scott Travis

[metal overlord]

Ah, Scott Travis, my 3rd biggest inspiration to drum.
Drummer for Judas Priest after Dave Holland left.
Kickass, and EXTREMELY underrated drummer.

Can't believe he doesn't have a Pagw on the Drummers list.

[Tamascb10]

Yeah Scott rocks!

Love his work in the Jugulator & Painkiller albums!

[mikei]

His work with Fight was equally impressive.

He is the first person I heard use interesting, broken up double bass rhythms. The first fight album is full of great double bass work.

His work with Racer X is mind boggling also! Just as impressive as his Judas Priest and Fight Stuff.

[metal overlord]

Aha!

I new it wasn't dead.

[iwilliams]

Fellows,

One of my favourite metal skin beaters.

Best Regards,

[Tamascb10]

Fellows,

One of my favourite metal skin beaters.

Best Regards,

In the first and last pics Scott looks like a retard! ahahaha


But I love Scott, he was a huge influence on me and my style of playing.

[Jim Penebaker]

My bad. I didn't realize there was already a thread for Scott Travis.

I can't believe there isn't a page for him here. He definitely is deserving of it. Check out any of the last 3 Racer X records. They're mainly known for what they did in the 80s and early 90s but they put out 3 more records in recent years. "Phallic Tractor", "Superheroes" and "Getting Heavier". These all have great tunes and killer drumming. Very influential to me and a lot of other drummers. It seems that drummers mainly know him from Judas Priest and the "Painkiller" record.
Another little known fact: Racer X's bass player is John Aldrete from The Mars Volta.

[metal overlord]

My bad. I didn't realize there was already a thread for Scott Travis.

I can't believe there isn't a page for him here. He definitely is deserving of it. Check out any of the last 3 Racer X records. They're mainly known for what they did in the 80s and early 90s but they put out 3 more records in recent years. "Phallic Tractor", "Superheroes" and "Getting Heavier". These all have great tunes and killer drumming. Very influential to me and a lot of other drummers. It seems that drummers mainly know him from Judas Priest and the "Painkiller" record.
Another little known fact: Racer X's bass player is John Aldrete from The Mars Volta.

No problem, maybe with 2 threads people will think "that guy must be good he gots 2 threads!" lol.

But really, it's all good. It's nice to see more than 3 people know of him around here.

[Jim Penebaker]

Correction:
The Racer X record I thought was "Phallic Tractor" is called "Technical Difficulties". "Phallic Tractor" is the name of the 1st song on that CD....and a killer tune at that, with a very impressive unison double bass pattern between Scott and Paul Gilbert on guitar. Check it out.
This guy NEEDS a page here. What up with that?!

[mikei]

I believe that Scott was one of the first metal drummers to not play "just 16th or 32nd notes" in a solid pattern.

He was one of the first people to start incorporating different speeds of DB into the same measure. Started with Scarified. Brilliant stuff.

I love all of his work. Fight, Racer X and Priest. All great!

I love that he plays open and close handed.

Also, not a ton of fills. Really plays for the song and is rock solid.

He also seems to play just a bit behind the beat like Bonham did. Creates a huge pocket, even in metal.

[t-bone]

it was a proud day in my book when i could pull off " scarified" by racer x.....scott is a killer drummer, and one of the few taller than myself, lololololol.....

[metal overlord]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh80/megadeth350/scotttravis.jpg

amazing pic I took of him