Background
Eric, who was born in San Jose, California, attended and graduated from Willow Glen High School in San Jose in 1984.
Eric, who was born in San Jose, California, attended and graduated from Willow Glen High School in San Jose in 1984.
He has also played for Talk Show and Spiralarms. He currently owns and operates Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Los Angeles Kretz has worked with several notable artists, particularly engineering and mixing the live recordings for The Henry Rollins Show of songs by artists such as Thom Yorke, Ben Harper, Damian Marley, Slayer, Jurassic 5, Death Cab for Cutie, and more.
In the Core era, Kretz used a Yamaha Rock Tour Custom drumset before switching to GMS Drums in late 1992/early 1993.
He also used Paiste cymbals but switched to Zildjian in 2008. Cymbals Include: 20" K Crash Ride, 20" Oriental Crash of Doom, 10" A Custom Splash, 18" Constantinople Crash, 18" A Armand Thin Crash, 14" A MasterSound Hats, 16" A Custom EFX, and a 20" A Rock Ride.
Drums Include: Grand Master Green Sparkle Lacquer 24x14 Kick Drum, 14x6.5 Brass Snare, 12x8 tom, 13x9 tom, 16x16 floor tom, and an 18x16 floor tom.
Stone Temple Pilots; Talk Show.