Ericland: The Two Of Us

The Two Of Us

I ran past the paper shop
And the bingo hall
I crossed the road by the fruit
And vegetable market stall
Across the green the morning sun
Was shining down on everyone
As I picked up speed and
Caught the bus
I thought about the two of us
The two of us
The two of us

I paid my fare
I climbed the stairs
I noticed that the autumn nip was
Well and truly in the air
From Shepherds Bush to Hammersmith
The bus filled up the air was thick
With cigarette smoke royal blue and
All the time I thought of you
I thought of you
I thought of us
I thought about the two of us
The two of us
The two of us

As Wreckless Eric he needs little introduction — he wrote and recorded the classic Whole Wide World and had a hit with it back in 1977. Since then it's been a hit for countless other artists including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and most recently for Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
As Eric Goulden it's a little more complicated - a musician, artist, writer, recording engineer and producer, he didn’t like either the music business or the mechanics of fame or the name he’d been given to hide behind, so he crawled out of the spotlight and went underground. He went on to release twenty something albums in forty something years under various names - The Len Bright Combo, Le Beat Group Electrique, The Donovan Of Trash, The Hitsville House Band, and with his wife as one half of Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, finally realizing he was stuck with the name Wreckless Eric.
Eric’s three most recent albums ‘amERICa’, Construction Time & Demolition and Transience are widely praised as his best work to date. His albums encapsulate pop, bubblegum, garage trash and psychedelia. His live performance is a sonic journey through time and space incorporating songs from all stages of his long career. Unmasked, unhinged and still alive - a survivor of Covid-19 (resulting in a near-fatal heart attack), Eric presents himself alone if not simply with electric and acoustic guitars, electrified harmonica, piano and electronics of his own making.

The achievement for Wreckless Eric is to have made new music that connects to old music without maudlin nostalgia or huffy defensiveness, refusing to let age dim the passion for the music that means the most to him. In other words, he rocks.
Ken Tucker FRESH AIR / NPR

Burns like a lost Crazy Horse classic.
Ben Graham SHINDIG!

A scarily powerful and forward-moving musical threat.
David Quantick MOJO MAGAZINE

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