Travis Keller
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Travis Keller is an American music journalist, photographer, and co-founder of Buddyhead Records
, an eclectic record label and independent music site best known for its gossip section, honest record reviews and record label of the same name.
In 1997 Keller moved to Los Angeles, California and started Buddyhead "in the summer of 1998 because I was really bored... And also because I felt there was a slew of bands and artists that deserved greater attention than they were receiving. The idea was to illuminate good art and make ourselves laugh once in a while too. Cuz what's the point in anything if you aren't laughing? The record label evolved as an extension of that same spirit that was on the website, to actually release the music we thought deserved attention and that nobody else would touch anyway. We love art.". As well as being the main creative force behind Buddyhead.com, Keller has been published in several magazines and is also a staff writer for The Huffington Post..
As a writer and a photographer Keller's work has appeared in magazines such as Playboy
, Tape OP
, NME
, Kerrang, Rolling Stone, Teen People, Cat Fancy, Time
, and National Geographic and on albums by bands such as Jubilee
, At The Drive-In
, Jimmy Eat World
, The Criminals
, F.Y.P, Face to Face, Treadwell, Shat, and Oasis
.
Billed as simply "DJ Travis Keller", he's known for his "Anti-DJ" style and just playing spinning rock records. Keller has or does hold residences at The El Rey Theatre, The Henry Fonda Music Box and Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and appeared at Goldenvoice's Coachella
Music Festival as well as LA Weekly
's Detour Festival several times. He also DJs at Cha Cha Lounge on Tuesdays.
Buddyhead's cultural and music coverage and popular gossip page helped Keller get shortlisted among the 100 most creative in Entertainment in 2004 by Entertainment Weekly..
In the 2007 June issue of the British Music Magazine Kerrang, Keller was named #37 in their "Top 100 Most Powerful People In Rock" list.
In 2009 Keller "relaunched" Buddyhead.com, signed Dios to the Buddyhead label, announced that Buddyhead would be releasing Dios's third full-length record (We Are Dios) also in 1020 and Buddyhead/Keller were featured on the cover of the LA Weekly. 2009 was also the year that Keller and Buddyhead posted their most popular Best & Worst Records Of The Year List.
As a videographer, he has made videos for The Icarus Line ("Feed A Cat To Your Cobra"), Your Enemies Friends ("Back Of A Taxi"), Maynard James Keenan
's project, Puscifer
("Dozo") and Jubilee
("Rebel Hiss").
Buddyhead Records
Buddyhead is a music "webzine" and independent record label formed by Travis Keller in the summer of 1997 in Hollywood, California. Keller is notorious for outspoken criticism of popular culture and the music industry...
, an eclectic record label and independent music site best known for its gossip section, honest record reviews and record label of the same name.
In 1997 Keller moved to Los Angeles, California and started Buddyhead "in the summer of 1998 because I was really bored... And also because I felt there was a slew of bands and artists that deserved greater attention than they were receiving. The idea was to illuminate good art and make ourselves laugh once in a while too. Cuz what's the point in anything if you aren't laughing? The record label evolved as an extension of that same spirit that was on the website, to actually release the music we thought deserved attention and that nobody else would touch anyway. We love art.". As well as being the main creative force behind Buddyhead.com, Keller has been published in several magazines and is also a staff writer for The Huffington Post..
As a writer and a photographer Keller's work has appeared in magazines such as Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
, Tape OP
Tape Op
Tape Op is a recording magazine that focuses on creative recording techniques. Subtitled, "The Creative Music Recording Magazine," It is free to subscribers in the United States and United Kingdom, as well as offering paid subscriptions to the United States of America, all of Europe, Canada,...
, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, Kerrang, Rolling Stone, Teen People, Cat Fancy, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, and National Geographic and on albums by bands such as Jubilee
Jubilee (band)
Jubilee is an Indie rock band from Hollywood, California. The band was started in late 2007 by Aaron North who is the chief songwriter, and singer in the band. He plays guitar as well. Also on guitar, is Tony Bevilacqua...
, At The Drive-In
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...
, Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....
, The Criminals
The Criminals
The Criminals were a punk rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1994. The lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jesse Luscious and bassist Mike Sexxx throughout the bands' existence...
, F.Y.P, Face to Face, Treadwell, Shat, and Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
.
Billed as simply "DJ Travis Keller", he's known for his "Anti-DJ" style and just playing spinning rock records. Keller has or does hold residences at The El Rey Theatre, The Henry Fonda Music Box and Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and appeared at Goldenvoice's Coachella
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice and held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley...
Music Festival as well as LA Weekly
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
's Detour Festival several times. He also DJs at Cha Cha Lounge on Tuesdays.
Buddyhead's cultural and music coverage and popular gossip page helped Keller get shortlisted among the 100 most creative in Entertainment in 2004 by Entertainment Weekly..
In the 2007 June issue of the British Music Magazine Kerrang, Keller was named #37 in their "Top 100 Most Powerful People In Rock" list.
In 2009 Keller "relaunched" Buddyhead.com, signed Dios to the Buddyhead label, announced that Buddyhead would be releasing Dios's third full-length record (We Are Dios) also in 1020 and Buddyhead/Keller were featured on the cover of the LA Weekly. 2009 was also the year that Keller and Buddyhead posted their most popular Best & Worst Records Of The Year List.
As a videographer, he has made videos for The Icarus Line ("Feed A Cat To Your Cobra"), Your Enemies Friends ("Back Of A Taxi"), Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor. Originally from Ohio, Keenan spent his high school and college years in Michigan. After serving in the Army in the early 1980s, he attended Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids...
's project, Puscifer
Puscifer
Puscifer is a side project of Maynard James Keenan from the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. As Keenan is the only permanent member and he considers the project to be his "creative subconscious", Puscifer could also be considered a pseudonym for his solo work....
("Dozo") and Jubilee
Jubilee (band)
Jubilee is an Indie rock band from Hollywood, California. The band was started in late 2007 by Aaron North who is the chief songwriter, and singer in the band. He plays guitar as well. Also on guitar, is Tony Bevilacqua...
("Rebel Hiss").