Trixter is an American hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band from Paramus, New Jersey

Paramus, New Jersey

Paramus is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,342. A suburb of New York City, Paramus is located between 15–20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately west of Upper Manhattan.Paramus is one of...

. The band achieved moderate success in the late 1980's and early 1990s but disbanded for several years as glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 lost mainstream popularity. The most recent lineup reunited in 2008 to tour and record new material.
Trixter was formed in 1983 by Paramus, New Jersey natives Steve Brown, Doug Cowie (Dougie C.), Pete Archibald (Pete Loran) and Mike Pane.