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Eric Schermerhorn
Eric Schermerhorn (/skɜːrˈmərˌhɔːrn/ SKUR-mər-horn; born April 11, 1961) is an American guitarist, composer, and voiceover artist. As a musician, he has worked with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ric Ocasek, Richard Butler, The The, They Might Be Giants, Melissa Etheridge, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Seal, and Sheryl Crow. As a voiceover artist, he has had minor roles in Family Guy and American Dad!.
Eric Schermerhorn was born on April 11, 1961, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He would spend time listening to his older sister's Beatles records, and those were formative musical experiences in his early childhood. Schermerhorn attributes his keen interest in the electric guitar to an early experience listening to Led Zeppelin's 1969 song "Whole Lotta Love". He first started playing guitar in the summer of 1972, as an 11-year-old going into 6th grade, and constantly practiced in his bedroom as a teenager. He learned how to read guitar tablatures while taking music classes in high school. While attending high school, Schermerhorn was in a band called Crystal Raaven; the band eventually shortened its name to Raaven, but the band was short-lived.
In 1979, Schermerhorn moved to Boston and attended the Berklee College of Music.
In 1980, Schermerhorn formed a band called Ooh-Ah-Ah! with two of his fellow students at Berklee College of Music, lead singer Cinde Lager and bass player Akio Akashi. Akashi had brought a Roland TR-808 drum machine from Tokyo, and Ooh-Ah-Ah! were among its early users. The band was never signed to a label, but they had recording sessions at Syncro Sound in Boston; David Robinson, the drummer for The Cars, produced those demos.
Ooh-Ah-Ah! broke up soon after, and Schermerhorn graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1982. Schermerhorn joined a band called Adventure Set in 1983, which was active until 1985. They were also unsigned, and they released a 4-track EP in 1985, produced by William Garrett. One song from that EP, "Blue Is For Boys", received significant airplay on WBCN.
Cinde Lager and Eric Schermerhorn played together again in another band called East of Eden, which formed in 1986. They were signed to Capitol Records in 1987, and they released one self-titled album in 1989. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (known for his work with Queen and The Cars). They toured with The Psychedelic Furs as a supporting act in autumn 1989, before they broke up in 1990.
When East of Eden broke up, Schermerhorn relocated to New York City, and started finding work as a session guitarist for TV commercials. In spring 1991, another fellow student of Berklee, Reeves Gabrels, called Schermerhorn and asked him to audition for David Bowie's group, Tin Machine. Schermerhorn traveled to Los Angeles to audition, and he ended up touring with Tin Machine on the It's My Life Tour, which lasted from October 5, 1991, to February 17, 1992.
By the time the tour with Tin Machine ended, David Bowie's road manager approached Schermerhorn, letting him know that Iggy Pop was looking for a guitar player, and Schermerhorn agreed. After the tour was over, Bowie asked Schermerhorn which musician he wanted to work with; Schermerhorn modestly replied Chrissie Hynde, knowing she was looking for a guitarist. Through Bowie, he briefly met Hynde in London, where she let him know that if he wanted to work with her, he would have to move to London because she wanted a London-based band. Schermerhorn rejected it, in favor of staying in New York and working with Iggy Pop. He wrote and recorded with Iggy Pop from 1992 to 1995, and his songwriting and guitar work can be heard on the albums American Caesar and Naughty Little Doggie.
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Eric Schermerhorn
Eric Schermerhorn (/skɜːrˈmərˌhɔːrn/ SKUR-mər-horn; born April 11, 1961) is an American guitarist, composer, and voiceover artist. As a musician, he has worked with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ric Ocasek, Richard Butler, The The, They Might Be Giants, Melissa Etheridge, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Seal, and Sheryl Crow. As a voiceover artist, he has had minor roles in Family Guy and American Dad!.
Eric Schermerhorn was born on April 11, 1961, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He would spend time listening to his older sister's Beatles records, and those were formative musical experiences in his early childhood. Schermerhorn attributes his keen interest in the electric guitar to an early experience listening to Led Zeppelin's 1969 song "Whole Lotta Love". He first started playing guitar in the summer of 1972, as an 11-year-old going into 6th grade, and constantly practiced in his bedroom as a teenager. He learned how to read guitar tablatures while taking music classes in high school. While attending high school, Schermerhorn was in a band called Crystal Raaven; the band eventually shortened its name to Raaven, but the band was short-lived.
In 1979, Schermerhorn moved to Boston and attended the Berklee College of Music.
In 1980, Schermerhorn formed a band called Ooh-Ah-Ah! with two of his fellow students at Berklee College of Music, lead singer Cinde Lager and bass player Akio Akashi. Akashi had brought a Roland TR-808 drum machine from Tokyo, and Ooh-Ah-Ah! were among its early users. The band was never signed to a label, but they had recording sessions at Syncro Sound in Boston; David Robinson, the drummer for The Cars, produced those demos.
Ooh-Ah-Ah! broke up soon after, and Schermerhorn graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1982. Schermerhorn joined a band called Adventure Set in 1983, which was active until 1985. They were also unsigned, and they released a 4-track EP in 1985, produced by William Garrett. One song from that EP, "Blue Is For Boys", received significant airplay on WBCN.
Cinde Lager and Eric Schermerhorn played together again in another band called East of Eden, which formed in 1986. They were signed to Capitol Records in 1987, and they released one self-titled album in 1989. The album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (known for his work with Queen and The Cars). They toured with The Psychedelic Furs as a supporting act in autumn 1989, before they broke up in 1990.
When East of Eden broke up, Schermerhorn relocated to New York City, and started finding work as a session guitarist for TV commercials. In spring 1991, another fellow student of Berklee, Reeves Gabrels, called Schermerhorn and asked him to audition for David Bowie's group, Tin Machine. Schermerhorn traveled to Los Angeles to audition, and he ended up touring with Tin Machine on the It's My Life Tour, which lasted from October 5, 1991, to February 17, 1992.
By the time the tour with Tin Machine ended, David Bowie's road manager approached Schermerhorn, letting him know that Iggy Pop was looking for a guitar player, and Schermerhorn agreed. After the tour was over, Bowie asked Schermerhorn which musician he wanted to work with; Schermerhorn modestly replied Chrissie Hynde, knowing she was looking for a guitarist. Through Bowie, he briefly met Hynde in London, where she let him know that if he wanted to work with her, he would have to move to London because she wanted a London-based band. Schermerhorn rejected it, in favor of staying in New York and working with Iggy Pop. He wrote and recorded with Iggy Pop from 1992 to 1995, and his songwriting and guitar work can be heard on the albums American Caesar and Naughty Little Doggie.