Eric James Marshall Slick (born May 15, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter and drummer. He is the drummer of
Dr. Dog, performing on their albums ''
Shame, Shame'' (2010), ''
Be The Void'' (2012), ''
B-Room'' (2013), ''
The Psychedelic Swamp'' (2016) ''
Abandoned Mansion'' (2016). and ''
Critical Equation'' (2018). Slick released his debut solo album ''Palisades'' on April 21, 2017 to positive reviews from
Consequence of Sound
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television.
History
''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in Septem ...
,
and
Tidal, in which
Greg Saunier of
Deerhoof
Deerhoof is an American musical group formed in San Francisco in 1994. It consists of founding drummer Greg Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez. Beginning as an improvised noise punk band ...
rated the album "10 out of 10 stars."
Early life
Slick is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began playing drums at age 5. As a teenager, he was a student of the original
Paul Green School of Rock Music, and appeared with his sister
Julie Slick in the 2005 documentary ''
Rock School''.
Career
Aside from Dr. Dog and solo records, Slick has also performed/recorded with
Adrian Belew,
Nels Cline (
Wilco),
(
Grizzly Bear),
R. Stevie Moore,
Cass McCombs,
, and
Ruston Kelly; he played drums on the 2021
Taylor Swift
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track “
You All Over Me”, produced by
Aaron Dessner.
Slick also operates a vinyl label, Least Records.
On June 24, 2019, Eric Slick took to Twitter to announce his marriage to fellow musician, Natalie Prass. They later collaborated in 2020 on Slick's solo album, ''Wiseacre'' (2020) with the feature track, ''Closer to Heaven.''
In 2022, Slick played drums
on ''
The Simple Plan'' EP by
August is Falling, a
pop-punk,
emo-style music project.
Discography
As solo artist
* ''Out of Habit'' (2014)
* ''Four Track Demos Vol. 1 and 2'' (2015)
* ''Palisades'' (2017)
* ''Bullfighter EP'' (2018)
* ''Wiseacre'' (2020)
*''New Age Rage'' (2024)
With The Adrian Belew Power Trio
* ''
Side Four'' (2007)
* ''
e'' (2009)
With Lithuania
* ''Heavy Hands'' (2010)
* ''Hardcore Friends'' (2015)
* ''White Reindeer'' (2017)
With August Is Falling
* ''The Simple Plan'' EP (2022)
References
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1987 births
Living people
American male singer-songwriters
American rock drummers
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American drummers
21st-century American male singers
American Babies members
American male drummers
Drummers from Philadelphia