Eric's Trip - My Room

What this video is

Eric's Trip emerged from Moncton, New Brunswick as part of a vibrant East Coast Canadian indie underground, becoming the first Canadian band signed to Seattle's Sub Pop Records in the early 1990s. Their sound fused Dinosaur Jr.-style distorted guitar, My Bloody Valentine vocal textures, Neil Young folk leanings, and the lo-fi cassette aesthetic of Sebadoh. The 'My Room' video, shot on Super 8mm by frontman Rick…

Why it matters

A foundational document of Canadian lo-fi indie rock's entry into the international Sub Pop canon. The Super 8mm production methodology prefigures the aesthetic values of mid-90s cassette culture videos and anticipates the lo-fi visual revival of the 2000s-2010s. As one of only two videos made for…

The director

Rick White (born 5 December 1970, Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker. As the primary vocalist and guitarist of Eric's Trip, he was also the band's in-house visual director. White later directed the Eric's Trip…