Surf Trio

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Surf Trio
Origin	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Genre(s)	Surf rock
Years active	1984–1989 1994–2000?
Label(s)	Voxx, Moxie, September Gurls, BloodRed, Get Hip, Pin-Up
Former members
Ron Kleim Pete Weinberger Dave Myers Aaron Temple Jeff Martin Terrence Kerrigan Tim Erickson Chuck Thompson

The Surf Trio was a surf rock band based in Eugene, Oregon which formed in 1984.

1 Lineup
2 Style
3 Releases
4 Venues
5 Interregnum
6 External links

[edit] Lineup

Founding members included Ron Kleim on guitar and vocals, Pete Weinberger on guitar and vocals, Dave Meyers on bass and Aaron Temple on drums.

Dave Meyers was replaced by Jeff Martin shortly after the release of their first E.P. on Moxie records in 1985.

Terrence Kerrigan, from The Bo Diddley Headhunters, replaced Aaron Temple in August 1988 and was with the band through June of 1989, when he, Martin and Weinberger formed The Wicked Ones.

Tim Erickson and Chuck Thompson handled the drum duties at various times during the band's reformation in the mid-to-late 1990s.

[edit] Style

The Surf Trio recorded and played mostly original material; instrumental surf, 60's garage, pop-punk and Ramones influenced punk rock.

The band, along with The Miracle Workers and Dead Moon from Portland, Girl Trouble from Seattle, and The Mono Men from Bellingham, were a part of the Pacific Northwest's 60s-influenced, garage rock music scene during the mid-to-late 1980s.

[edit] Releases

The group has a long list of releases on indie labels including Voxx, Moxie, September Gurls, BloodRed, Get Hip, Pin-Up and several others.

[edit] Venues

Surf Trio played famous Northwest clubs like Club Satyricon, The Blue Gallery, The Pine Street Theatre, Starry Night, The Off-Ramp, Max's, The W.O.W. Hall, with dozens of gigs in Bellingham, Seattle, Portland, Salem and Eugene.

The band shared the stage with such groups as The Stray Cats, The Young Fresh Fellows, The Lyres, Dead Moon, The Mono Men, and Girl Trouble.

The band played three California gigs; one in L.A. while recording their Voxx L.P. "Almost Summer" and two shows at the Purple Onion in San Francisco.

Surf Trio toured Germany in 1994 and 1997. The band continued to play Northwest clubs and recorded their final L.P. "Forbidden Sounds" in 1999.

[edit] Interregnum

Members of the band, after 1989, went on to perform in groups such as Marble Orchard, The Wicked Ones, The Peppermint Gearshift, and The Romaines before the band reformed in 1994.