Erich has been doing the music thing in one form or another for the past eighteen years. He started playing piano and guitar at eight and was in his first band at ten. His early musical influences were the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Kiss. His style is best described as melody-based, strong on the hook. The primary influence in his musical growth was during the eighties listening to bands like U2, The Police, and REM.

After the dissolution of his band Honey Driver in December of 2002, Eric decided to set out on his own. He took over the reigns of band leadership the result of which is ‘up stairs at erics,’ a name that was taken from the album of the same name by the 80s band Yaz.