Eric McFadden

Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, California 2007
Background information
Birth name	Eric Byron McFadden
Born	1 December 1965
Origin	San Francisco, California
Genres	Alternative, Rock, Punk-Funk, Gypsy-Voodoo-Blues, Americana
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Associated acts	T.E.N. (Thomas Pridgen, Eric McFadden, Norwood Fisher) Eric Burdon & The Animals Stockholm Syndrome PFunk/George Clinton Eric McFadden Trio IZM Alien Lovestock Eric McFadden Experience Faraway Brothers Sons of Crack Daniels Holy Smokes Liar Angry Babies
Website	http://www.EricMcFadden.com/ www.TEN-music.com

Eric McFadden (born in New York, New York) is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Reviews note McFadden's guitar virtuosity, distinctly melodic songwriting and "rich, deep" vocal tone. His recordings and performances are cross genre and his lyrics often express an interest in the macabre side of life and love.

He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, NM, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch among others. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syracuse, NY where he acquired a considerable amount of knowledge in jazz guitar techniques. McFadden has also spent time in Spain studying flamenco techniques and in interviews has expressed interest in Gypsy music. Eric McFadden played in a number of influential bands in the Albuquerque area, most notably the Angry Babies, a punk rock/heavy metal three piece band that toured along the West coast and released three albums in limited runs. After relocating to San Francisco, he gained notoriety as lead singer and guitarist for the band Liar, which originated in 1994 including Paulo Baldi (Cake, Les Claypool) on drums, along with Marisa Martinez on violin and Paula O'Rourke on bass. Liar's debut release Devil Dog Road and follow-up album Gone Too Far received much acclaim among both fans and critics. Liar won the SF Weekly Music Award (Wammie) in 1997 and BAM Magazine's California Music Awards in 1998. Paulo Baldi also joined him in the band, Alien Lovestock, which was self-described as "chili-powered, hard rockin', avant-funk, Latin, surreal-desert groove." Eric McFadden toured extensively between 2002-2010 with his trio, EMT, which features bassist, James Whiton (Tom Waits) and a revolving cast of drummers such as Paulo Baldi (Cake) & Kevin Carnes (Broun Fellinis).

Other credits include three years as guitarist and mandolinist for George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars. In 2004, McFadden joined with bassist Dave Schools (Widespread Panic), singer-guitarist, Jerry Joseph and drummer Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne). In 2005-2007, along with Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne), McFadden joined Eric Burdon and the Animals, and toured Europe, Canada, the USA and Australia. In addition, McFadden has performed and recorded with a variety of renowned musicians over the years including Les Claypool, Joe Strummer, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Coup, Galactic, Keb Mo, Bernie Worrell, Pat MacDonald, Fishbone, Widespread Panic, Jackson Browne, Nels Cline, Mike Watt, and more. In January 2013, Eric McFadden was again on tour with Eric Burdon and the Animals through the summer of 2014. He is also touring and recording with his new supergroup, T.E.N. (Thomas Pridgen, Eric McFadden, Norwood Fisher).