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==History== ===First album=== After playing local gigs, the band released their first single, "Lost and Found", which received moderate airplay on local radio station [[KDGE]]. The band incorporated a light show similar to [[The Joshua Light Show]] at the [[Fillmore East]]. It used effects such as hand made slide shows with multi layered 16 mm projections along with oil and water. This visual attention was present in their very first show and was the beginning of many multimedia attractions to come. The band soon began recording what would become their first full-length album, ''[[Bill (Tripping Daisy album)|Bill]]'', released on the independent label Dragon Street Records. The album was a favorite on Dallas radio. The sound on ''Bill'' is characterized by the heavy use of vocal effects and unconventional riffs, both of which lend to a [[neo-psychedelia|neo-psychedelic]] sound. ''Bill'' was re-released on major label [[Island Records]], with a different mix and mastering from the Dragon Street version. It also excludes the cover song "Green Tamborine". In 1992 Bryan Wakeland replaced Jeff Bouck as the band's drummer. The band released a live album in 1994 titled ''Get It On''. The album closes with a cover of the [[Bad Religion]] song "[[We're Only Gonna Die]]". DeLaughter has been noted as saying in 1990s era interviews that the record label pushed the live album out to capitalize on the popularity of ''Bill'', and it is not one of his favorite albums.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025|reason=where?}} ===Commercial breakthrough=== After signing a deal with [[Island Records]], which re-released Bill (minus the cover song "Green Tambourine"), the band recorded their first major-label release, ''[[I Am an Elastic Firecracker]]''. The [[music video]] for the song "[[I Got a Girl (Tripping Daisy song)|I Got a Girl]]" received extended airplay on [[MTV]]. A segment of the video was used in a ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' episode, a show known to lampoon popular music videos of the time. Wakeland remained in the band until after the tour for ''I Am an Elastic Firecracker'' when he chose to leave, and was replaced by Mitch Marine and Cory Lemons. Phil Karnats joined the band on lead guitar soon after Wakeland's departure, allowing DeLaughter more freedom to focus on lead vocal duty. ===Later albums=== The band's third album, ''[[Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb]]'', was a mix of both creativity and experimentalism. DeLaughter has been quoted as saying that the album "is the band at their best". The album has a fragmented style: from one vignette to another. While the album was not a commercial success, it was critically acclaimed;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |title=Tripping Daisy: Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb: Pitchfork Review |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tripping-daisy/jesus-hits-like-the-atom-bomb.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816192525/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tripping-daisy/jesus-hits-like-the-atom-bomb.shtml |archive-date=2000-08-16 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Tripping Daisy - Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jesus-hits-like-the-atom-bomb-mw0000040703 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cable |first=Collin |date=2021-11-09 |title=Tripping Daisy's 'Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb' Still Very Much Hits. |url=https://www.centraltrack.com/tripping-daisys-jesus-hits-like-the-atom-bomb-still-very-much-hits/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Central Track |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dansby |first=Andrew |date=2017-02-01 |title=Tim DeLaughter of the Polyphonic Spree looks back ... and forward |url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/columnists/dansby/article/Tim-DeLaughter-of-the-Polyphonic-Spree-looks-back-10900026.php |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Chron |language=en-US}}</ref> the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'' later ranked the album's third track, "Sonic Bloom", at number 100 on their "100 Best Texas Songs of All Time" list.<ref>{{Cite news |author=((DC9 At Night)) |date=August 2, 2012 |title=The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List (100β92) |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-100-best-texas-songs-the-complete-list-7047715 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205095228/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-100-best-texas-songs-the-complete-list-7047715 |archive-date=2023-02-05 |access-date=2025-05-17 |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=((DC9 At Night)) |date=July 25, 2012 |title=The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #100-80 |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/the-best-texas-songs-of-all-time-100-80-7068134 |access-date=2025-05-17 |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |language=en}}</ref> Marine toured with the band until he was replaced by [[Benjamin Curtis (musician)|Ben Curtis]], who drummed on ''Jesus Hit Like the Atom Bomb'' and their fourth album, the self-titled ''Tripping Daisy''. Other releases during this period include ''Time Capsule'' (a mix of old demos, b-sides, and one new song β the only officially released studio recording to feature drummer Mitch Marine) and ''The Tops Off Our Heads'' (an impromptu "jam" EP recording that marked the band's first post-major label release). ===Death of Wes Berggren and split=== [[Wes Berggren]] was found dead of a [[drug overdose]] in his apartment on October 27, 1999. The Dallas County Medical Examiner's office found traces of [[cocaine]], [[propoxyphene]], and [[benzodiazepine]] in his body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-11-25/music/tripping-falling/ |title=Tripping, Falling |accessdate=December 20, 2008 | publisher=Dallas Observer|date=November 25, 1999 }}</ref> With Berggren's death, the band cancelled its upcoming tour dates and finished some minor recording sessions for the final album. The self-titled album was released posthumously, with Berggren's father Don playing a [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano on the unfinished song "Soothing Jubilee". The album included a re-recording of "One Through Four", a song originally featured on ''Bill''. Tripping Daisy officially disbanded on December 14, 1999. After the band disbanded, Tim DeLaughter, Mark Pirro, Bryan Wakeland and Jeff Bouck formed the [[chamber pop]] group [[The Polyphonic Spree]]. Ben Curtis went on to join brother Brandon Curtis in the progressive [[space rock]] trio called [[The Secret Machines]] and later, the [[dream pop]] trio [[School of Seven Bells]]. Curtis died on December 29, 2013, from complications of lymphoma. ===Reunion=== On January 5, 2017, the band's official [[Facebook]] page teased a possible reunion event. News later confirmed the remaining members would perform at the Homegrown Festival in Dallas on May 13, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2017/01/tripping-daisy-returning-for-homegrown-festival/|title=Tripping Daisy Returning for Homegrown Festival - D Magazine|date=January 6, 2017|work=D Magazine|access-date=April 17, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> On March 9, 2017, they announced four additional Texas dates, making it the first Tripping Daisy tour in nearly twenty years. Christopher Penn announced during Homegrown Fest 8 in Dallas, Texas, on May 13, 2017, that Tripping Daisy would be recording a live album during a concert July 7, 2017, during the NYTEX Summer Concert Series at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas. The band went idle again until reuniting in 2019 for the 10th Homegrown Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.guidelive.com/music/2019/01/11/tripping-daisy-reunites-again-homegrown-festivals-10th-anniversary|title=Tripping Daisy reunites again for Homegrown Festival's 10th anniversary|date=January 11, 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, the band played a "secret" show at the Dada in Dallas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-04 |title=After headlining Carrollton festival, Tripping Daisy plays surprise show in Deep Ellum |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2019/11/04/after-headlining-carrollton-festival-tripping-daisy-plays-surprise-show-in-deep-ellum/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref> Dylan Silvers filled in for Curtis during this concert.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freedman |first=Pete |date=2019-04-12 |title=A Re-Reunited Tripping Daisy Hit Like An Atom Bomb At Dada. |url=https://www.centraltrack.com/a-re-reunited-tripping-daisy-hit-like-an-atom-bomb-at-dada/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Central Track |language=en-US}}</ref> On August 28, 2022, the band played a surprise show at the Kessler Theater in Dallas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Mike |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Tripping Daisy's Surprise Show at the Kessler Was Tonic for the Soul |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/tripping-daisy-played-a-surprise-show-at-the-kessler-on-sunday-night-14707354 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Erickson |first=Bethany |date=2022-08-29 |title=Tripping Daisy Takes The Kessler's Stage in a Surprise Show Sunday |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2022/08/tripping-daisy-surprise-kessler-concert-august-28/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> On June 18, 2024, the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'' announced that Tripping Daisy had officially reformed, and that the band had plans to tour and record a new album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pruitt |first=Simon |date=June 18, 2024 |title=It's Official: Tripping Daisy Reunites, Plans To Tour and Record New Album |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-tripping-daisy-is-back-with-a-new-album-and-tour-19647522 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref> The band then played at [[The Factory in Deep Ellum]], Dallas on June 29, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tucker |first=Scott |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Tripping Along Just Fine: Tripping Daisy Delivers Sonic Bloom at The Factory |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/photos-dallas-tripping-daisy-played-an-emotionally-charged-concert-19752764 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref> On April 2025, the band announced a North American tour running from June 21 to July 20, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tripping Daisy Schedule North American Tour |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tripping-daisy-schedule-north-american-tour |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=[[Exclaim!]] |language=en}}</ref>
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