Eric Keyes (born April 8, 1969 in Houston, Texas) is a guitarist and singer based in Denton, TX. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Denton is the County seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. He is well known as a performer as well as for his proficiency on guitar. In 1995 after graduating from the University of North Texas he founded the electric rock band Riddle Me This. This is an article about a region of Texas For the university in Denton see University of North Texas. The band released 3 albums starting with the humorously titled debut album "Merkin Wig" (a reference to pubic wigs) released in 1995. The band stayed the course when the media conglomerate "Time Warner" challenged the band's trademark application claiming a "likelihood of confusion" with their batman movies. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created The case considered ridiculous by many, never the less cast the band into the national spotlight. They found support from Kurt Loder and MTV as well as the story was picked up by the Associated Press and the media throughout the US. Kurt Loder (born May 5 1945 is an American Film critic, Author, and Television personality. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
The band followed up "Merkin Wig" with the aptly titled album "Trademark" in 1998. In 2000 the band released what many consider to be their best album "Eden" which featured a song written by Eric titled "Im a Cow" originally penned as a vehicle to make an ex-girlfriend laugh. The song was marketed on the internet by using clever animation produced by Portland, Oregon based animator Aaron Pendland([1]) The album also featured stunning renditions of the song "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult and "Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project.
At one point the bands website [2] was one of the most popular sites on the internet due to the clever animation file and subsequently spearheaded the "indie movement" and guerrilla marketing on the web. The term guerrilla marketing was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing as an unconventional system of promotions on a very Eric has since released his first solo album "Wake Up" produced by versatile New York based musician and former "Steps Ahead" guitarist Jimi Tunnel([3]) The 2004 release featured a renewed emphasis on songwriting with a strong "tribal groove" and also featured guest artist "Aloke Dutta" on tabla ([4])
Eric's versatile guitar style is influenced by Allan Holdsworth who he has recorded with as well as Clint Strong, Ted Greene, Al Di Meola, Neal Schon and Yngwie Malmsteen.
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