Eric Kretz

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Eric Kretz


Img_capt = Eric Kretz performing with STP at the Hollywood Bowl on June 24, 2008
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = June 7, 1966 (age 42)
Instrument = drums
Genre = Grunge, Alternative rock, Hard rock
Occupation = Songwriter, Musician
Years_active = 1987 - present
Label = Atlantic Records
Associated_acts = Stone Temple Pilots
Talk Show
Spiralarms
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Eric Kretz (born June 7, 1966) is an American musician and producer, known as the drummer for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots, one of the most successful rock bands of the 1990s and early 2000s that reunited in 2008. He has also played for Talk Show, and most recently Spiralarms. He currently owns and operates Bomb Shelter Studios in Los Angeles. While in STP, Kretz has kept somewhat of a low profile but still contributed to the band's songwriting, most notably writing the music to the band's 1996 hit "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart." Along with lead vocalist Scott Weiland, Kretz also wrote the lyrics to the Grammy Award-winning hit "Plush" off STP's 1992 debut "Core". Kretz has worked with several notable artists, particuraly engineering and mixing songs by artists such as Thom Yorke, Ben Harper, Damian Marley, Slayer, Jurassic 5, Death Cab for Cutie, and more. [http://erickretz.com/eric_kretz_discography.pdf]

Eric attended and graduated from Leigh High School in San Jose, California in 1984.

External links

* [http://www.bombshelterstudios.com Kretz's Bomb Shelter Studios]