Everything about Eric Erlandson totally explained
Eric T. Erlandson (born
January 9,
1963, in
Los Angeles,
California) is the co-founder of and former lead guitarist for '90s rock/grunge band
Hole. He grew up in sunny
San Pedro, where he was picked on for being lanky and pale. During his college years he worked for the now defunct Licorice Pizza record store chain, alongside many members of various iconic LA punk bands. He has a B.S. in Economics with a Minor in Marketing from Loyola Marymount University, where his father, Theodore Erlandson, served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Before forming Hole, Eric worked for
Capitol Records doing
Paul McCartney's and
Tina Turner's royalties. He was friends with
Kurt Cobain and
Courtney Love, and at one time dated actress
Drew Barrymore, who is the godmother of Cobain and Love's daughter
Frances Bean. He also had a relationship with Hole bassist
Kristen Pfaff who died from a
heroin overdose, two months after the release of Hole's second album,
Live Through This.
Eric remains good friends with
Melissa Auf der Maur, and played guitar on one track (
Would If I Could) from her 2004 solo album
Auf Der Maur. Over the years, he's worked with
Bijou Philips, John Wolfington, Everett True and
Rodney Bingenheimer. He also formed a new music project with his neighbor
Vincent Gallo. Their band together,
RRIICCEE, has recently toured the U.S and Canada, and played the Fuji Rock festival in Japan.
Eric has practiced
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism since 1990. Currently, he's working on various writing, music and art projects, while studying
creative writing, and
Tai Chi in
Los Angeles.
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