TRIXTER to reunite at Rocklahoma

For the first time in 13 years, TRIXTER has reunited. They will be playing at Rocklahoma and Rockfest in Cadott, WI.
For more info see www.trixterrocks.com

TRIXTER STORY:

TRIXTER was formed in 1983 in Paramus , New Jersey
by STEVE BROWN & PETER LORAN. After a year in the
basement and the addition of new drummer , MARK "GUS"
SCOTT, they played their first live gigs. They began playing the
NJ / NY club scene and built a huge following of fans. In 1988
bassist, PJ FARLEY, joined TRIXTER finalizing the line up.

With every gig the band was drawing more & more people to their shows
and by May of 1989 the band landed a deal with
MECHANIC/MCA RECORDS. September of 1989 the band
went to Hollywood to record the debut album with producer,
BILL WRAY. "TRIXTER" was released in May of 1990 with the
song "LINE OF FIRE" as the single for ROCK RADIO.
The song slowley climbed the charts reaching #1 on Z-ROCKS
Top 100 by July of 1990. Along with the release of the album
TRIXTER also filmed their first video for the song
"GIVE IT TO ME GOOD".

In September the band headed out a nationwide tour and after two weeks
they landed the opening slot for, "STRYPER". From New York to Seattle
, the band rocked clubs and theaters earning lerions of fans who were
captivated by their high energy live shows. In Mid October TRIXTER
joined DON DOKKEN for another tour around the USA. It was on this tour
that MTV added the video for "GIVE IT TO ME GOOD". Within one week the
video was #1 on the popular "DIAL MTV" top ten video countdown.The
video stayed #1 for 5 weeks straight.The crowds were getting bigger
and record sales started kicking into high gear. In December of 1990
TRIXTER filmed the video for the 2nd single, "ONE IN A MILLION" at a
Sold Out show in Rockland County, NY. The band also recorded a song,
"ONE MO? TIME", for the film "IF LOOKS COULD KILL". The song featured
Rock legend, EDGAR WINTER, on Saxaphone. By January 1991 the record
was selling 20,000 units per week.The video for "ONE IN A MILLION"
went #1 on MTV for 3 weeks. The album peaked at #28 on BILLBOARD's TOP
200 ALBUM CHART and the single for "GIVE IT TO ME GOOD" was a TOP 50
HIT on BILLBOARD's TOP 100 SINGLES CHART. TRIXTER did their 1st ever
arena shows opening for POISON and then headed out on a 5 month North
American Tour with the legendary German rockers, THE SCORPIONS. As
"ONE IN A MILLION" rocked MTV ,the single also went TOP 50 on
BILLBOARD. In February ,the band flew to Daytona , Florida to do
"MTV'S SPRING BREAK" and soon after MCA records gave the band some
incredible news. Backstage at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in
California, the boys were told that their debut album had gone GOLD
selling over 500,000 copies. In April of 1991 TRIXTER played their
hometown MEADOWLANDS ARENA, where they were presented with their GOLD
ALBUMS at a special after show party. In May they filmed the video for
the 3rd single, "SURRENDER". By June TRIXTER started the "BLOOD, SWEAT
& BEERS TOUR" with WARRANT & FIREHOUSE. Around this time the popular
rock magazine, METAL EDGE, dedicated an entire issue to the band, "THE
TRIXTER COLOR SPECTACULAR". The video and single for "SURRENDER" were
released and once again the video went to # 1 on MTV for 2 weeks and
the single went TOP 50 in BILLBOARD. In September of 1991 the "BLOOD,
SWEAT & BEERS TOUR" was filmed for a Pay Per View special. October
marked the end of the TRIXTER touring cycle for the very successful
debut album.

By years end the band racked up worldwide sales of 750,000, 3 #1 MTV
videos, 3 TOP 50 SINGLES, HIT PARADER MAGAZINES "BEST NEW BAND" AWARD
for 1991, METAL EDGE READERS POLL "BEST CONCERT" FOR THE BLOOD , SWEAT
& BEERS Tour , and "GIVE IT TO ME GOOD" was in MTV'S TOP 100 VIDEOS OF
1991. TRIXTER also wound up in the movies. Their song "LINE OF FIRE"
was on the soundtrack for the film "MARIO BROS....WHITE KNUCKLE
SCORIN" and "ONE MO' TIME" was on the soundtrack for the film "IF
LOOKS COULD KILL". In January 1992, TRIXTER began pre-production on
the 2nd album. Also, during that time the band renegotiated their
record deal and were signed directly to MCA records. TRIXTER chose
JAMES "JIMBO" BARTON of RUSH & QUEENSRYCHE fame to produce. Recording
began in April and lasted until August of '92. The result was the
stellar rock cd, "HEAR". Released in October along with another Arena
tour opening for long time idols, KISS, TRIXTER raged across North
America supporting the new disc. Unfortunately , Grunge had taken over
the airwaves which left little room for the single, "ROAD OF A
THOUSAND DREAMS" on Radio & MTV. January 1993, they shot a video for
the next single "ROCKIN' HORSE" and began a headlining club tour
called "THE HEAR CLUB FOR MEN TOUR". May of that year had TRIXTER
embarking on a tour of Japan. "HEAR was doing very well in the Land of
the Rising Sun, so the band was invited over to do 2 shows and alot of
promotion. The shows in OSAKA at Moda Hall and KAWASAKI at Club Citta
were very successful. The boys had a great time. TRIXTER finished the
"HEAR" tour in late June of '93 in front of 5,000 screaming fans at
"Milwaukees Summerfest".

Times were changing and the band was dropped from MCA records. In 1994
the band recorded the "UNDERCOVERS EP" in STEVE BROWN"s home studio.
This was a cd of all cover songs that was released in Oct. 1994 on the
indie label, BACKSTREET RECORDS. Once again the band headed out on the
road again across America. No matter how tough things got the band
kicked the shows were more often like a big keg party opposed to the
typical rock show. Lot's of Fun, but the writing was on the wall that
TRIXTER's style of Pop Metal had run its course. Time to move
on....but what a great ride. Still to this day, TRIXTER, has fans all
around the world and the music still gets airplay. In 1999 the band
was featured on VH-1's "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" and in 2000 they were
voted #29 on VH-1'S "TOP 40 HAIR BAND COUNTDOWN". The songs are on
various rock compilation cd's: "GIVE IT TO ME GOOD" is on "GLAM ROCK
VOL. 2" , "ONE IN A MILLION" is on "ROCK OF THE 80'S" and "SURRENDER"
is on "HARD LOVE" and that was only the beginning.

After 13 years, 2008 has the all original members rockin' the
Worldwide Arena Circut once again. PETE,STEVE, PJ & MARK ...the one ,
the only , the mighty TRIXTER!!!