Travis Stever (born 25 Nov 1978) is the lead/rhythm guitarist for progressive-rock phenom Coheed and Cambria. He was initially in a band formed by Claudio Sanchez called "Toxic Parents", until they split and reformed alongside Nate Kelley as "Beautiful Loser" in 1995. Beautiful Loser then became Shabütie after Stever left. In 1999, he rejoined Shabütie and is since the only continuous member of Coheed besides Claudio. he also is a guitarist to the band L.S.Dunes along with tucker rule the drummer and tim payne the bassist of thursday, frank iero the guitarist of my chemical romance and his various other solo projects, anthony green of circa survive, saosin, the sound of animals fighting, etc.
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In 2005, Stever, alongside Joey Eppard, Billy Riker, Chris Gartmann, and Joe Stote from 3, formed Fire Deuce, an 80s-style metal group. Fellow artists like Claudio (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Josh Eppard (drums) have made appearances. In 2006, Stever created a solo project known as The English Panther, which was then renamed Davenport Cabinet in 2008 after the Davenport Brothers, who were magicians. Over the years, he picked up extra members, such as Tyler Klose, Tom Farkas, Michael Robert Hickey, and Rory Hohenberger. Davenport Cabinet disbanded in 2016.