Eric's Trip

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For the song "Eric's Trip" by Sonic Youth, see Daydream Nation.
Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip live in 2006.
Eric's Trip live in 2006.
Background information
Also known asStereo Mountain
OriginMoncton, New Brunswick
GenresIndie rock, noise pop, alternative rock, grunge[1]
Years active1990–1996, 2001, 2006–present
LabelsSub Pop, Sappy, Great Beyond, Sonic Unyon, Murderecords, Squirtgun Records
MembersRick White
Julie Doiron
Chris Thompson
Mark Gaudet
Past membersEd Vaughan

Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s.[2] The band had a minor hit in alternative circles with the single "View Master", from the 1994 album Forever Again.

History

Eric's Trip formed in 1990 when musicians Rick White and Chris Thompson joined Julie Doiron and Ed Vaughan (who was later replaced by Mark Gaudet). They took their name from a Sonic Youth song[3] and developed a unique sound which fused elements of the distorted guitar of Dinosaur Jr., vocal elements of My Bloody Valentine, the folk leanings of Neil Young, and the lo-fi aesthetic of Sebadoh. White described their sound as "sappy melodic pop music on top of thick distortion." Gaudet's description was more succinct: "dreamy punk".[citation needed]

The band released their first album, Love Tara, in 1993.[4]

Julie Doiron plays with Eric's Trip in Saskatoon, 2001

Eric's Trip went on indefinite hiatus in 1996 and reunited in 2001. They played at the Sappy Records Festival in Sackville, New Brunswick from 2006-2009.[5][6] In 2010 both White and Doiron played separate sets at SappyFest.[7][8] Eric's Trip also played a series of shows in 2007, including a show at the 2007 Halifax Pop Explosion.[9] A two-disc CD tribute album, titled Songs For Eric: A Tribute to Eric's Trip featuring Eric's Trip songs covered by artists influenced by the band, released by Gooseberry Rcords, in April 2009.[10]

Doiron currently has a successful solo career; in 1999, she recorded the album

Moon Socket, and currently plays in The Memories Attack with Ron Bates of Moncton band Orange Glass, as well as the band Diamondtown.[14]

White produced Doiron's solo albums Woke Myself Up (2007) and I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day (2009). Woke Myself Up features three tracks on which the entire Eric's Trip lineup contributed to the recording, their first studio collaboration since the band's 1996 breakup, while I Can Wonder has been described by critics as directly revisiting the sound and style of Eric's Trip for the first time in Doiron's solo career.

Personnel

  • Julie Doiron – bass, guitar, vocals
  • Chris Thompson – guitar, bass, drums, vocals
  • Rick White – vocals, guitar
  • Ed Vaughan – drums (1990–1991)
  • Mark Gaudet – drums, vocals (1991–present)

Discography

EPs/cassettes

  • Eric's Trip cassette (Independent) – Dec 1990
  • Catapillars EP cassette (Independent) – Apr 1991
  • Drowning EP cassette (Independent) – Aug 1991
  • Warm Girl cassette (Independent) – Jan 1992
  • Belong 7-inch EP (NIM) – Apr 1992
  • Peter cassette/CD (Murderecords), LP (Sub Pop Germany) – Apr 1993
  • Songs About Chris 7-inch EP (4 songs) / CD5 (6 songs) (Sub Pop) – May 1993
  • Julie and the Porthole to Dimentia 7-inch EP (One solo track by each of the four members) (Sappy Records) – Jul 1993
  • Trapped In New York 7-inch EP (Summershine Records) – 1993
  • Warm Girl 7-inch EP (Derivative) – 1993
  • The Gordon Street Haunting 7-inch EP / CD5 (Sub Pop) – May 1994
  • The Road South 7-inch EP (Sonic Unyon) – Aug 1995

Albums

Live Albums

Splits

  • "Laying Blame" b/w Stove-Smother Split 7-inch with Sloan (Cinnamon Toast Records) – 1994
  • Pillow (Red) b/w Payday and Don't Spook the Horse... Split 7-inch with Moviola (metoo! records) – 1996

Compilations

Moncton N.B." (No label, SSSCD 197-2, released independently by Rick White)

Other

  • Bootleg (No Label) – 2007
  • Eric's Trip Demos (92-95) - 2023[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ Barclay, Michael; Schneider, Jason; Jack, Ian. Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press, 2011
  2. ^ Seattle Times Another two Atlantic Canadian bands, Jale and The Hardship Post, were signed to Sub Pop in subsequent years.
  3. ^ "Throwaway Style: What A Ride!". Throwawaystyle.blogspot.com. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  4. ^ "25 best Canadian debut albums ever". CBC Music, June 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Pitchforkmedia.com Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "SappyFest Line Up 2009". Sappyrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  7. ^ "SappyFest day 1 - July 30th, 2010 in Sackville, NB". toomuchrock.com.
  8. ^ "SappyFest Day 3 - August 1st, 2010 in Sackville, NB". toomuchrock.com.
  9. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original
    on 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
  10. ^ "Eric's Trip Tribute Album Out This Month | Exclaim!".
  11. ^ [1] Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Murray, 2017, p.100
  13. ^ "Funeral Fog - 13th Moon". Discogs. 2022.
  14. ^ "Diamondtown". Diamondtown.
  15. ^ "CD REVIEWS: Eric's Trip, Corrosion Of Conformity, Arling & Cameron and many more"[usurped]. Chart Attack, August 07, 2001. review by J A Moussadji
  16. ^ "ERic's TRIP live Montreal (Mar.93), by Rick White Archive".
  17. ^ "RICK WHITE - Eric's Trip Demos (92-95), by Rick White Archive".

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