Eric McFadden

Eric Byron 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 the great 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).