Field Trip (band)

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Field Trip
Origin Pleasanton, California
Genres Rock
Years active1980s–1990s
Labels Slash Records, Ruby Records, Warner Bros. Records
Past membersJim Galbraith, Tom Galbraith, Greg Kinkle, Anthony Quezada, Stephen Laborde

Field Trip was a four-piece rock band from Pleasanton, California active in the 1980s and 1990s. The band's members included Jim Galbraith (guitar/songwriting) and his brother Tom (drums). Their songs were often played on college radio stations. [1] [2] Their third album, Ripe , was released in 1991 on Slash Records and featured keyboards by Faith No More's Roddy Bottum. [3]

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Critical reception

In 1989, Jon Pareles wrote that "Field Trip sometimes sounds like other bands - among them the Meat Puppets, Camper van Beethoven and the Descendents - but its fervor, precision and tunefulness are striking." [4] Two years later, he wrote that Field Trip "plays bright, driving songs with memorable guitar riffs". [5] The Los Angeles Times ' Bill Locey wrote that Field Trip "...plays sort of countrified folk rock that just keeps getting better every time you listen." [1] A The Hollywood Reporter article wrote that Field Trip's "...main redeeming qualities were its enthusiasm and a watchably hyperkinetic drummer." [6]

Individual albums

In a mixed review of the band's debut album, Beautiful, Nancy Dingley wrote, "There is nothing particularly new about Field Trip's version of folk/rock: it's that familiar combination of well-mixed, tight tracks and honest, spunky and downright odd lyrics." She concluded her review by writing,

Beautiful contains some musical variety—perhaps too much for most listeners. Nevertheless, the strong folk/rock tunes save the album from being a total disaster. [7]

In the St. Petersburg Times , Steve Millburg wrote that the album "...shows how punk can evolve into something accessible, even catchy, without losing its edge," and described the album's sound as "...pop-punk, or maybe punk-influenced pop, with a touch of country sprinkled in." [8]

Trouser Press 's Ira Robbins wrote that "With fine playing and tunes that make fast friends on one spin, Headgear [the band's second album] is a delight." [2] Greg Sandow was less favorable in his review of the album, giving it a B− grade and writing, "Teen pop and knife-edged hardcore rock make a lively, if sometimes dour, blend." [9]

The Chicago Tribune 's David Rothschild gave their third album, Ripe , a 2.5 star (out of 4) rating, writing, "Field Trip's energy and enthusiasm are as contagious as a case of the chickenpox in a kindergarten classroom. Too bad the album isn't consistent." [10] A review of Ripe in the Gavin Report wrote that because the band "enthusiastically lay down one bouncy, tenacious hook after another, it's easy, during the course of Ripe, to take the band's excellence for granted- or, perhaps, overlook it all together." [11] Deseret News gave Ripe 3 stars out of 4 and called it "more accessible than the band's previous two efforts", adding that the band "still has more than enough rustic charm to pull off folky rock numbers like "Wake Up Alone" and "Another Lonely Day," which should be a truck-driving anthem." [12] In the Village Voice , Robert Christgau gave Ripe a "choice cut" rating, identifying the song "Ballad of Field Trip" as the only good song on the album. [13]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Locey, Bill (14 June 1990). "A Cut Above". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 Robbins, Ira. "Field Trip". Trouser Press .
  3. ↑ Ainsworth, Brent (21 February 1992). "Ripe Review". Santa Cruz Sentinel .
  4. ↑ Pareles, Jon (5 March 1989). "A New Kind of Rock". The New York Times . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Pareles, Jon (1 November 1991). "An Underground Teeters On Edge of Respectability". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter Corporation. 1990. p. 125. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  7. ↑ Dingley, Nancy (23 February 1989). "Field Trip Wanders Through Many Styles". Columbia Daily Spectator . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  8. ↑ Millburg, Steve (30 April 1989). "Field Trip takes punk for a ride with pop". St. Petersburg Times – via ProQuest.
  9. ↑ Staff (23 March 1990). "A quick hit of recent music releases". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  10. ↑ Rothschild, David (5 December 1991). "Field Trip Ripe (Slash)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Alternative New Releases (cont.)" (PDF). The Gavin Report . No. 1874. 20 September 1991. p. 54. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Surf's Up! Some Tips on the New Waves". Deseret News . 25 June 1992. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  13. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2 June 1992). "Consumer Guide". Village Voice .
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