{{short description|American musician and songwriter}} {{pp-blp|small=yes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}} {{blp sources|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | origin = United States | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Rock, pop rock, power pop<ref>{{cite book | title=Shake Some Action – The Ultimate Guide To Power Pop | publisher=Shake Some Action – PowerPop | author=M. Borack, John | year=2007 | pages=142 | isbn=978-0979771408}}</ref> | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = Impact | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Gregg Tripp''' is an American musician and songwriter. He was especially active in the late 1980s and 1990s.<ref name=Allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gregg-tripp-mn0000192504/credits Gregg Tripp credits] at Allmusic</ref>
Tripp's only solo album (to date) is 1991's ''Tempus Edax Rerum'' on the record label Impact.<ref>{{cite web| title= Gregg Tripp Discography| url= http://www.mtv.com/artists/gregg-tripp/discography/| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141125214053/http://www.mtv.com/artists/gregg-tripp/discography/| url-status= dead| archive-date= November 25, 2014| work=MTV.com | publisher= Viacom |accessdate= April 7, 2013}}</ref> However, the album's track "I Don't Want to Live Without You" became the love theme for the feature film ''Kuffs'' (1992), starring Christian Slater and Tony Goldwyn.<ref name=IMDb>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104647/soundtrack Soundtrack for ''Kuffs''] at the Internet Movie Database</ref> It is featured several times during the film.
In 1992, he won the BMI Pop Award with his song "Heart of Stone".<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Gregg+Tripp&pg=RA1-PA82 | title=BMI Pop Awards | magazine=Billboard |date=May 1992 | volume=104 | issue=22 | issn= 0006-2510 | author= Rosen, Craig}}</ref>
Tripp has written songs performed by prominent artists of varying genres, including L.A. Guns, Taylor Dayne, Cinderella, and Vixen.<ref name=Allmusic />
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