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Chris Thompson (born July 4, 1971) is a
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musician who has performed in a variety of
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bands, including
Eric's Trip 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. The band had a minor hit in alternati ...
, The Memories Attack, Orange Glass, and his solo project Moon Socket. Although Thompson was born in Ottawa, his family moved to
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,
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when he was five years old. Thompson began Moon Socket before Eric's Trip had broken up. Thompson contributed to former Eric's Trip bandmate
Julie Doiron Julie Elaine Doiron (born June 28, 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage. She has been the bassist and co-vocalist for the Canadian indie rock band Eric's Trip since its formation in 1990. Doiron has also released ten solo al ...
's 2007 album '' Woke Myself Up''. As of 2022, Thompson is also a member of the rock bands Diamondtown since September 2018, and Gemstones, since February 2021.


Moon Socket discography


LPs

* ''Eurydice'' (2015) * ''Moon Socket'' (1995) * ''The Best Thing]'' (1996) * ''Take the Mountain''
Squirtgun Records Squirtgun Records was an independent record label founded by Lee Maslin in 1994 specializing largely in releases by Canadian rock bands. Artists who have worked with the label include Shortfall, hHead, Scratching Post, Treble Charger, Radioblast ...
(1997)


EPs

* ''Spaced-Odd-Ditties'' (1993) * ''Moon Socket'' (1995) * ''Moon Socket'' (1995) * ''It's the End of the Trip'' (1997)


Singles

* "Accept Fear" (1995) * "Feeling Around" (1995) * "I Want Now" (1996)


See also

*
Music of Canada The music of Canada reflects the diverse influences that have History of Canada, shaped the country. Indigenous Peoples, the Irish-Canadians, Irish, British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical Culture of Canada, herit ...
*
Canadian rock Rock music of Canada is a wide and diverse part of the general music of Canada, beginning with American and British style rock and roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern po ...
*
List of Canadian musicians A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...


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