Eric Richter is a musician (guitarist/singer) from Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

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

Emo

Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...

 band Christie Front Drive

Christie Front Drive

Christie Front Drive was an American Emo/Indie band formed in Denver in 1993. Citing influences such as Superchunk, Jawbox, Buffalo Tom and Drive Like Jehu, the lineup consisted of Ron Marschall , Jason Begin , Kerry McDonald and Eric Richter .-History:The band released a self-titled EP and a 7"...

. He moved to New York City in 1996 and helped create the shoegaze/synth-pop quintet

Quintet

A quintet is a group containing five members.It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit....

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

Power trio

A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...

 The 101, which disbanded in 2006. His latest project, Golden City, is set to release a 7" single on Sound Fiction (Norway) on March 9, 2009 and a 10"/CD EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 on Magic Bullet Records

Magic Bullet Records

Magic Bullet Records is an American independent record label, specialising in punk, metal and experimental music.-History:Magic Bullet records was founded in 1996 by Brent Eyestone, in order to release an album by Boysetsfire, entitled This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born...

 on April 7, 2009.

He also provided backing vocals on Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....

's second full length, Static Prevails

Static Prevails

Static Prevails is the second album by Jimmy Eat World. It was released on July 23, 1996. Along with Clarity, the album was re-released in 2007 in remastered form with bonus tracks...

External links

• http://midiblog.net/1970/01/01/eric-richter-christie-front-drive-the-101-golden-city-antarctica-emo-indie-punk/