Career
In the beginning of his musical career, he was a popular singer. His music had the flair of many of his Christian popular contemporaries but with more of a Michael Jackson/ Kenny Loggins vocal approach meets futuristic techno dance sounds. Although his first album was released when he was only 18 years old, one of Eric"s biggest albums during his popular phase was Vertical Reality which went on to sell nearly 100,000 units.
He was tired of trying to fit the mold of a Christian popular singer.
This unique album was a huge departure from his previous music lieutenant introduced rock guitars, synthesizer loops, special effects, and crooning lyrics and voice overs.
The album is still hailed by critics as being ahead of its time and the musical change was compared by CCM Magazine to be as extreme as District of Columbia Talk"s Jesus Freak from their earlier albums. Eric also is noted for songwriting with various artists including Rebecca Saint James and Plumb.
In 2005, Eric reappeared with 2 new projects, a new solo European Parliament titled "Unexpected" and a Brit popular rock project called Rook which also included former GS Megaphone drummer Randall Shreve.