Rock Of Travolta

The Rock Of Travolta are an instrumental post-rock band formed in Oxford by long-term friends Dave Warrington (guitar) and Phill Honey (bass and keyboards), along with bassist Jon Carter, drummer Joe Durow and cellist and keyboardist Ros Murray, They played their debut gig at Truck Festival in July 2000. A debut mini album titled 'My Band's Better Than Yours' was released in Summer 2001. A band's 2nd album, 'Uluru', was released in 2003. There was a major line-up change in 2004 but the band returned in 2006  with Dave Warrington, Jon Carter and Joe Durow remaining from the original line-up, together with Matt Spooner on guitar and Jennie Bates on cello. A 3rd album, 'Fine Lines', was released in 2011.
== Links to Peel ==
Peel played songs from the band between 2001 and 2004 and they did a session for his show in 2001, where his listeners also voted their track, Giant Robo, in the 2001 Festive Fifty at number 48. He also mentioned on his 21 October 2003 show that he and his team went to see the band play at the Metro in London.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*2001 Festive Fifty: Giant Robo #48
== Sessions ==
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1. Recorded: 2001-11-11. Broadcast: 29 November 2001
*Lukewarm Skywater / Giant Robo / Oxygen Assisted / The Body's Still There But The Mind Is Gone
== Other Shows Played ==
;2001
*thumb|330x330pxJune 2001 (FSK): I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (CD - My Band's Better Than Yours) Juggernaut
*03 July 2001: Giant Robo (LP - My Band's Better Than Yours) Juggernaut
*05 July 2001 (Radio Eins): Giant Robo (LP - My Band's Better Than Yours) Juggernaut
*26 July 2001 (Radio Eins): I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (CD - My Band's Better Than Yours) Juggernaut
*08 August 2001: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (single) Juggernaut
*22 August 2001: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together (single) Juggernaut
*25 December 2001: 'Giant Robo (CD-My Band's Better Than Yours)' (Juggernaut) FF #48
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*13 November 2003: Clean My Boots (LP - Uluru) Tablature
*27 November 2003 (Radio Eins): Clean My Boots (LP - Uluru) Tablature
;2004
*09 January 2004 (BBC World Service): Bareback
== See Also ==
* August 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
*Gigography 2003 
== External Links ==
*Discogs
*Official Website
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