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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.

Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip live in 2006.
Background information
Also known as	Stereo Mountain
Origin	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, noise pop, alternative rock, grunge[1]
Years active	1990–1996, 2001, 2006–present
Labels	Sub Pop, Sappy, Great Beyond, Sonic Unyon, Murderecords, Squirtgun Records
Members	Rick White Julie Doiron Chris Thompson Mark Gaudet
Past members	Ed Vaughan

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]

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 Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars with the Ottawa band Wooden Stars, which won a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album of the Year,[11] and from 2003 to 2007 she performed with Shotgun & Jaybird. White and Gaudet play in Elevator, and White has also released three solo albums under the name Rick White Album, The Rick White Album, Memoreaper and 137. 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.

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" EP (NIM) – Apr 1992
• Peter cassette/CD (Murderecords), LP (Sub Pop Germany) – Apr 1993
• Songs About Chris 7" EP (4 songs) / CD5 (6 songs) (Sub Pop) – May 1993
• Julie and the Porthole to Dimentia 7" EP (One solo track by each of the four members) (Sappy Records) – Jul 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) – May 1994
• The Road South 7" EP (Sonic Unyon) – Aug 1995

Albums

• Love Tara (Sub Pop) – Nov 1993
• Forever Again (Sub Pop) – Sep 1994
• Purple Blue (Sub Pop) – Jan 1996

Live Albums

• The Eric's Trip Show live CD (Teenage USA) – 2001[12]
• Live in Concert November 4th, 2001 live CD (Great Beyond) – 2001
• Live at The Esquire May 1995 live archival digital streaming release (no label) – January 2020
• Live in Montreal - March 16th, 1993 live archival digital streaming release (no label) – October 2022[13]

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

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) – Aug 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
• "So Easier Last Time" featured on More of Our Stupid Noise Squirtgun Records - 1996
• "Universe" featured on The Boys Club Soundtrack - 1996
• "New Love" (remix) & "We're Only Gonna Die" (live in Montreal '94) featured on "The Stareoscopic Scary Show - An Audiological View Of

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

• Long Days Ride 'Till Tomorrow (Sappy Records) – 1997

Other

• Bootleg (No Label) – 2007

See also

• Music of Canada
• Canadian rock
• List of Canadian musicians
• List of bands from Canada
• Category:Canadian musical groups

References

External links

• Eric's Trip discography at Discogs.
• Eric's Trip official site at Sub Pop
• Great Beyond Recordings record label
• Eric's Trip Live Archive – Guide to Eric's Trip's studio sessions and live concerts, including side-projects.

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