T-Ride was a California

California

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-based heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band whose only album

Album

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 shared the same title. Noted for its wildly complex instrument and vocal arrangements.

Songs from the album were used in various motion pictures and television shows including "Luxury Cruiser" in the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 of 1992's Encino Man

Encino Man

Encino Man, released in Europe as California Man, is a 1992 comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin and Pauly Shore. The plot revolves around two geeky teenagers from Encino, Los Angeles, California played by Astin and Shore, who discover a caveman in their...

, "Zombies from Hell" in the movie "Captain Ron" and "Bone Down" in an episode of Baywatch, "Forbidden Paradise-part 2".

Drummer/producer Eric Valentine went on to become a multi-platinum selling producer, producing acts like Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell, Greg Camp, Paul De Lisle and Kevin Coleman as lead vocals, guitar, bass and drums respectively...

, Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

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, Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

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, LostProphets

Lostprophets

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, Good Charlotte

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, Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

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, John Fogerty

John Fogerty

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, All American Rejects, Slash

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 and more.

Members

• Dan Arlie (vocals/bass)
• Eric Valentine
  Eric Valentine
  Eric Valentine is an American record producer, who began his career as drummer and producer in the heavy metal band T-Ride and has subsequently produced albums for artists such as Good Charlotte, Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, Nickel Creek, Queens of the Stone Age, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth,...
  
   (drums/producer)
• Geoff Tyson
  Geoff Tyson
  Geoff Tyson played guitar for T-Ride, whose debut album shared the same title. He was a student of Joe Satriani, and one of two students Satriani has said 'Graduated' from his lessons...
  
   (guitar) credited as Jeff Tyson in album cover.

Discography

• T-Ride
  T-Ride (album)
  T-Ride was the debut album of the California-based heavy metal band of the same name. Noted for its wildly complex instrument and vocal arrangements. It featured lead singer Dan Arlie's multi-octave vocal styles and Van Halen influenced guitar playing by Jeff Tyson...
  
  (1992, Hollywood Records
  Hollywood Records
  Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...
  
  ) #60993 Produced by Eric Valentine

External links

http://www.myspace.com/trideofficialsite

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