Combining the musical styles of Country, Metal, and Rap, Travis Shredd and the Good Ol' Homeboys are constantly surprising their audiences with whipsaw transitions and head-spinning diversity. The band's rave reviews and devoted fans across the country confirm that one style of music per song is simply not enough for today's discerning listener. Radio airplay from rock, country, R&B, college, and alternative stations further demonstrates that there's something for everybody in each adrenaline-infused song. With often hysterical and sometimes autobiographical lyrics, you'll find yourself identifying with Travis' questionable life choices and harrowing experiences. CD titles like "Headbanger's Squaredance," "668: The Neighbor of the Beast," and "Nashville Drive-By," assure you that you're in for a wild ride!
TRAVIS
SHREDD: Lead guitar player, lead
singer/rapper/screamer, and the brains of the operation. He
also plays banjo, but we won't speak of prior offenses here. Creator of
CountryMetalRap. Forced to assume alias of "Travis Shredd" after fingering a drug lord for the
FBI. (Okay, it was ibuprofen.)
Relocated under the Federal Witness Protection Program to the Seattle
area, he then moved to Las Vegas. Claims to be
possessed by the spirit of Hank Williams channeling through Flava Flav.
Maintains a shrine to Dwight Yoakam and Steven Tyler. Can
frequently be found in a local Starbucks, denying that he has a
coffee problem.
TEA BÖY: Guitar player and TS's right-hand man,
Tea Böy is also responsible for several of the high screamy vocals and for the lyric "Beelzebub himself was in da house."
He received the moniker "Tea Böy" from the British slang for assistant audio
engineer, as a result of assistant engineering on "668: The Neighbor Of The Beast."
Recruited for the band based on his knowledge of Frank Zappa material and general psychotic nature. Amuses himself by
surgically removing reverb tanks from guitar amps and trying to
avoid a bacon overdose.
ARLES ESTES: The bass player,
although more at home on guitar, mandolin, banjo, trumpet, keyboard,
and various other hillbilly instruments. Quiet and likeable,
he hides a dark past that may involve ibuprofen. In fact, do
not mention the word "pharmaceutical" around him...that's
a trigger word. The only Good Ol' Homeboy actually from Texas,
he brings a level of warmth and authenticity that, frankly, makes us all a
little uncomfortable.
NAN FORTIER: Hits like a girl. After a spectacular
career that has included playing drums in Blue Man Group and
percussion in Celine Dion's show, she has consented to
humbling herself by bashing the drums in this band. This makes
her the first ever Good Ol' Homegirl. She brings a level of
professionalism and musicianship that makes the rest of us even more
uncomfortable than Arles' warmth and authenticity does.
PETE SPRAGUE, a.k.a. DR. PANTIES: With an online degree in Lingerie Analysis, "The Doctor" is responsible for the purty
piano parts, explosions, barnyard noises, and fresh hip hop
beetz. In addition to his frilly "degree," he also
has a minor in keyboards, drum machine, and
sound effects. His aforementioned piano
parts are sometimes punctuated with random screams of Monty Python
dialog. As long as he's not off his medication, everybody will
be safe.
JOEL
FERGUSON, a.k.a. MAJOR SEVEN: Plays pedal steel guitar, an instrument that
defies the laws of physics. Also banjo, which defies the laws
of good taste. Technically, that means there are three banjo
players in the same band, which probably defies some Federal law. The
Major provides not just major 7 chords, but all of the slippery,
delicious steel guitar texture that oozes over the songs like melted
butter. Basically, Major Seven is the Paula Deen of the group.