To date, she has released at total of four solo albums: The Abby Travis Foundation (1998), Cutthroat Standards & Black Pop (2000), GlitterMouth (2006), and IV (2012).

One of her first gigs was appearing with Spinal Tap on the Break Like the Wind Tour in 1992, as Promethia Pendragon dancing with elves during "Stonehenge" at the Universal Amphitheater and playing lead bass on "Big Bottom" in Phoenix, AZ.

[13] Her next major tours as a bass player were with Butthole Surfers singer's band Gibby Haynes and His Problem and Exene Cervenka (X) project Original Sinners in 2004.

[14] Recent highlights include performing at the 2017 Los Angeles Women's March with U2's The Edge, Juliette Lewis, and Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilke.

[15] In 2017, Travis was part of the band backing Cher, playing a residency at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

In 2005, the re-formed Bangles recruited Travis as their bass player to replace longtime bassist Michael Steele who left due to "artistic reasons".

[8] In 2012, the Go-Go's website announced that Kathy Valentine had injured her wrist and that Abby Travis would fill in for their remaining tour dates.

In 2018, Travis announced the formation of Sumo Princess, a bass-and-drums collaboration with Gene Trautmann (Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age).

[27] Travis played a "Member of a Punk Rock Band" in Shadow Hours (2000), written and directed by Isaac H. Eaton.

She played The Torchsinger in The Devil's Muse (2007), a film about The Black Dahlia murder written and directed by Ramzi Abed.