Eric's Trip

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Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip live in 2006.
Background information
Also known as	Stereo Mountain
Origin	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Genre(s)	Indie rock Noise pop alternative rock grunge
Years active	1990–1996, 2001, 2006-2008
Label(s)	Sub Pop Sappy Records Great Beyond Recordings Sonic Unyon
Associated acts	Elevator Purple Knight Moon Socket The Unintended Perplexus Funeral Fog The Memories Attack
Members
Rick White Julie Doiron Chris Thompson Mark Gaudet
Former members
Ed Vaughan

Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick.

Contents 1 History 2 Personnel 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 EPs 3.3 Splits 3.4 Compilations 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Eric's Trip formed in 1990 when musicians Rick White and Chris Thompson of The Forest joined Julie Doiron and Ed Vaughan (who was later replaced by Mark Gaudet of Purple Knight). They took their name from a Sonic Youth song^[1] and emulated the distorted guitar of Dinosaur Jr., the folk leanings of Neil Young, and the lo-fi aesthetic of Sebadoh. Rick White described their sound as "sappy melodic pop music on top of thick distortion." Gaudet's description was more succinct: "dreamy punk".

Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop^[2] in the early 1990s, the same label which rose to alternative rock immortality after releasing Nirvana's early work. Another two Atlantic Canadian bands, Jale and The Hardship Post, were signed to Sub Pop in subsequent years. The band had a minor hit in alternative circles with the single "Viewmaster", from 1994's Forever Again.

The band broke up in 1996, but reunited in 2001 and August 2006 to play at the Sappy Records Festival in Sackville, New Brunswick.^[3] They reunited again for a series of shows in 2007^[4], including a show at the 2007 Halifax Pop Explosion.

Julie Doiron currently has a successful solo career, and from 2003 to 2007 she performed with Shotgun & Jaybird. Rick White and Mark Gaudet play in Elevator, and White has also released two solo albums, The Rick White Album and Memoreaper. Chris Thompson enjoyed some fame as Moon Socket, and currently plays in The Memories Attack with Ron Bates of Moncton band Orange Glass.

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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Love Tara (Sub Pop) – 1993
• Forever Again (Sub Pop) – 1994
• Purple Blue (Sub Pop) – 1996
• Long Days Ride 'Till Tomorrow (Sappy Records) – 1997
• The Eric's Trip Show live CD (Teenage USA) – 2001
• Live in Concert November 4th, 2001 live CD (Great Beyond) – 2001
• Bootleg (No Label) – 2007

[edit] EPs

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

[edit] Splits

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

[edit] Compilations

• "Sickness" featured on Naked in the Marsh 10" Compilation of Moncton bands, 500 copies on green vinyl (NIM) – 1991
• "Understanding" featured on Raw Energy CD Compilation (Raw Energy Records) – 1993
• "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother" featured on Never Mind the Molluscs East Coast Compilation Double 7" set/CD (Sub Pop) – 1993
• "Blue Sky for Julie/Smother" featured on Sub Pop Employee of the Month Compilation CD/LP (Sub Pop) – 1993
• "Laying Blame" featured on Trim Crusts if Desired East Coast CD Compilation (Cinnamon Toast Records) – 1994
• "Evie" featured on Not If I Smell You First CD Compilation (Sonic Unyon) – 1995
• "If You Don't Want Me" featured on Teenage Zit Rock Angst Compilation LP/CD/8-track (Nardwuar the Human Serviette/Mint Records) – 1995

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Eric's Trip official site at Sub Pop
• Great Beyond Recordings record label
• Eric's Trip on MySpace
• Video Interview with the National Post
• Eric's Trip timeline April 2009
• Article
• Interview