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Eric Leach (born April 19th, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, storyteller, and guitar player. He is best known as the lead singer of Symbol Six, but is also known as the singer for Stalin(1984): with Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses), the singer for Shanghai(1987): with Paul Black (L.A. Guns) - Mick Cripps(L.A. Guns) - Brent Muscat (Faster Pussycat) - Mark Michals (Faster Pussycat) - Todd Muscat(Decry) - Patrick Muzingo (Junkyard (band)) and Taz Rudd(Decry), guest appearance singer on Livingstons 2015 release: Mike Livingston (The Mau-Mau's) - Jeffery Dimmick (Overkill L.A.) - Johnny Witmer The Stitches) and Bill Barnes(The Authority), and his most recent first solo acoustic album, 'Perfect Life'(2016) that is characterized as "It's Brilliant Americana With a Razors Edge!!!!" by Billy Bones of The Skulls (American band). With over 80 published songs, Eric Leach is noted for his lyrical content of overcoming adversities, perseverance, good and evil, love and heartache and are described as inspiring, positive, whimsical tales, and reflective.

Music 1982-1987
In 1982, Eric's first release,'Symbol Six, on Posh Boy Records was named a top pick by Billboard Magazine "Full of sound and fury is SYMBOL SIX, a new five-man band from Southern California. They play the four songs here with punk exuberance, keeping everything simple but with high excitement quotient". Eric has shared the stage with many musicians ranging from Bad Religion, Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns, Social Distortion, Fear (band), T.S.O.L., Surf Punks, including the reopening of the Whisky a Go Go April 5th 1986 with Guns N' Roses.

Graffiti/Hip Hop Community 1982-1987
1984-1987, Eric's was also working with Lyor Cohen and the East Coast/West Coast Hip hop music community as graffiti artist and art director creating custom logos, tour backdrop murals and video set design for Run–D.M.C. & Beastie Boys Raising Hell tour, Jermaine Jackson, MC Hammer, Ice-T at the the Los Angeles hip hop club, Radiotron, and Paula Abdul's Straight Up (Paula Abdul song) video.

Education and Invention 1988-2009
In 1988, left the world of music and attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and earned his bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.

In Feb 22, 2005 Eric Leach became a US Patent holder as the inventor of the Transporter for bases for baseball and softball games that is used to this day from College baseball Minor League Baseball and to Major League Baseball Inventor of "Transporter for bases for baseball and softball games (THE BASE CADDY)", patent

2010 - Current
In 2010, all the original members decided to get back together the very next day they met at That British Place Rehearsal Studios in Santa Monica and started writing and playing new material. Working with engineer, Jimmy Sloan, they released their self produced debut LP, "Monsters 11" on Symbol Six Music. Track 10 on the album, "Slave", features cellist Kirk Canning, who is also featured on Nirvana (band)'s album, Nevermind, "Something in the Way". Donny Brooks was soon replaced by Evan Shanks (Entropy) on Bass and Mark Conway was replaced by Tony Fate (The Bellrays, the Grey Spikes) in 2011. Symbol Six joined fellow alumni The Crowd for Rhino Entertainment - Warner Music Group Posh Boy Night at Rhino Records pop-up store in Los Angeles, California in June 2011 to help raise money for the charitable organization MusiCares. 2012 has generated a lot of buzz for Symbol Six. Playing with such acts as Fear, Jello Biafra, Lower Class Brats, The Adicts and many others. Symbol Six went back into studio with Phillip (Philco) Raves of Mystic Records fame to record their third album Dirtyland end of summer 2012. Symbol Six appeared live in Hollywood on Nov 15th 2012 with Nick Oliveri of Dwarves (band), Mondo Generator, and Queens of the Stone Age performing Turbonegro's "Back To Dungaree High" In 2011, Dr. Strange Records in Alta Loma, Ca. negotiated with Posh Boy Records and re-released original and unreleased tracks on 12" vinyl in Feb 2013. The released album also included a version of, The Weirdos, 'The Hideout', one of the band's biggest influences. Publishing a tribute video as well honoring them. Symbol Six was signed to Jailhouse Records March 1, releasing a compilation split with Fang (band), 2013, a compilation split with Rikk Agnew, 2015 and their third studio album, 'Dirtyland', in 2014.

Fall 2015, Symbol Six when on a 17 day U.S. Tour from Salt Lake City to Brooklyn, New York and points in between and were back in the studio, working again with producer Philco Raves, recording their fourth album, 'Side Four', due to be released in the summer of 2016 on Jailhouse Records and now in pre-production on their 5th album.

Films
1982, Eric Leach and Symbol Six were interviewed and performed in the documentary The Slog Movie shot and directed by Dave Markey with Circle One, Wasted Youth, Red Cross, TSOL, The Chiefs, SIN 34, Fear, Circle Jerks, Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, Robo & Dez Cadena (Black Flag).

Publications
American Hardcore: A Tribal History

Freestyle : New Architecture and Interior Design from Los Angeles

Kim Fowley talks about working with Shanghai.

Eric Leach interview in Last One To Die.

WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California Symbol Six History and Photos.

The Guns N' Roses Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Guns N' Roses

Discography

 * 1982 SYMBOL SIX DEBUT EP Catalog #PBS 1030 (Posh Boy Records)
 * 1987 THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER COMPILATION Catalog #PBS 120 (Posh Boy Records)
 * 1988 Living in Darkness SYMBOL SIX BONUS TRACKS Catalog #PBCD 88122-2 (Posh Boy Records)
 * 1991 EGO/TAXATION 7" SINGLE Catalog #PBS 37 (Posh Boy Records)
 * 1993 THE POSH BOY STORY (More Or Less) CD (U.K. RELEASE) Catalog #PBCD 8160 (Posh Boy Records)
 * 2010 MONSTERS 11 (Symbol Six Music)
 * 2011 SCARE AMERICA RECORDS COMPILATION (Scare America Records)
 * 2012 CHAOTIC REASONING, VOLUME ONE COMPILATION (Kaos Records)
 * 2012 GET FUCKED, LET'S ROCK COMPILATION (Olystis Music & Production)
 * 2012 UNDERGROUND COMP - VOLUME I) COMPILATION (Suicide Kings Records)
 * 2013 DR. STRANGE RECORDS RE-RELEASE POSH BOY E.P. W/ BONUS TRACKS Catalog DSR-128 (Dr Strange Records)
 * 2013 DIRTY OLD PUNKS COMPILATION RADIO ATHENS GREECE - VOLUME 2 (Canadian Ensign Records)
 * 2013 JAILHOUSE RECORDS 7" COMP with The Scarred, Violent Affair, & Tenebrae (Jailhouse Records)
 * 2014 SYMBOL SIX/Fang (band) SPLIT RELEASE DATE APRIL 19 2014 Catalog #JHR 047 (Jailhouse Records)
 * 2014 2014 DIRTYLAND LP Catalog #JHR 049 (Jailhouse Records)
 * 2014 THE POSH BOY STORY (More Or Less) CD Catalog #8160-2 / DAMGOOD 11 (Damaged Goods Records)
 * 2015 SYMBOL SIX/Rikk Agnew Split Catalog #JHR 055 (Jailhouse Records)
 * 2015 THE LIVINGSTON 6 & 9, Holy Metal Box Publishing
 * 2016 ERIC LEACH - PERFECT LIFE Catalog #JHR444

Musicians collaborated with

 * Kat Arthur: Lethal Weapon
 * Lisa Kekaula: The Bellrays
 * Sonny Vincent
 * Carl Perkins
 * Eric Leach: Symbol Six