Eric Richter (born February 5, 1974) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from

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. He's best known for fronting the influential 90's

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band Christie Front Drive. He moved to New York City in 1996 and helped create the

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quintet

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. After Antarctica's demise in 1999, he started the

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The 101. After releasing two LPs and one EP, they disbanded in 2006. His next project, Golden City released a 7" single on Sound Fiction (Norway) on March 9, 2009 and a 10"/CD EP on

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on April 7, 2009. His current band, Highness released their debut LP ''Hold'' on May 14, 2013. He also provided backing vocals on

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's second full length, ''

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''.

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