Josh Travis Addresses His Status In THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA

The long-running question surrounding Josh Travis’ current role in the reunited The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza has finally been answered. Despite appearing in promotional materials for the band’s two live reunion shows this year, Travis was notably absent from both performances, with Eric Berngruber stepping in onstage. Speaking on the newly debuted episode of ‘The Totally Legitimate Business Podcast’, Travis revealed that his absence has largely come down to scheduling conflicts rather than any departure from the band. Alongside his commitments to Emmure, Travis has been taking on a behind-the-scenes role with A Day To Remember while they tour.

Pressed on his exact role with the band moving forward, Travis explained [transcribed by ThePRP]:

“What is my current status? Well, I would say over the last two months, I guess I have learned that we have a new guitar player. This guitar player will basically be handling anything that I do, or have done, anytime I’m not there. And I’ve also been hearing things like, maybe we just have three guitar players? So I’ve been kind of waiting to see what’s the… is my role here again? I’ve been kind of waiting to see, I don’t know if I’m gonna have to be a second drummer. Like I don’t know what’s going on yet, but one thing I do know is I don’t have to do vocals and I don’t have to play bass. I do know that for sure. So what is my status?

Well, I will definitely be here. It’s just little harder because I do still play guitar in Emmure, and I also work for A Day To Remember. [With] A Day To Remember my schedule is like typically set out pretty far in advance. So I’ve been trying to balance just these two, you know, between Emmure and A Day To Remember, and that’s like, hard enough as it is. So then when Danza‘s stuff started coming into it, it was kind of like, ‘I’m probably gonna go jump into a river or a lake or something’, and then, you know, like, we’ll just see what happens from there. But so we were lucky enough to be able to get Eric in here, who doesn’t know how to play any of the songs properly.

But, he went in and he taught Layne [Meylain, guitarist] how to play all of the songs improperly. So, um, we got they got that going for us. Everything is wrong. We got that going for us. Um, also, same thing with Emmure I have a fill-in over there, his name’s Chris [Dombrowski, of Sentinels.] He’s been handling everything over there. But so now, we’re just kind of at this point where it’s like, okay, all of this stuff is slowing down. This is all slowing down. And now, this is the first time I have laid eyes on Eric since… 2012…”

Regarding new music, the band confirmed that while a follow-up to 2012’s Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega is still in the early stages, they’ve been enjoying the creative freedom of working on all-new material rather than revisiting old archives. The physical distance between Travis and the rest of the band remains a challenge, but the group appears committed to making the reunion work. When it comes to touring, the band indicated that a full-scale road run is unlikely given their various careers and family responsibilities. Instead, they plan to focus on select festival dates and one-off appearances. That said, when asked about a dream tour lineup, the members surprisingly leaned into nü-metal influences, name-checking Deftones, Nothingface, Coal Chamber, and also mentioning Meshuggah, Vision Of Disorder, and Candiria.

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