Eric Smanda Involved With Rock Music
It’s no secret that Eric Szmanda likes rock music. For example, in 2003 he appeared in the video to Marilyn Manson’s song Saint along with Asia Argento, who also directed it. (The video has never aired in the United States.) But I used it as the subject of a trivia question a while back. He wore a mini-skirt in the video! LOL!
He worked for a music distributor at BMG before becoming an actor and is a huge fan of the Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós. So what is he doing now to further his love of rock music? Well, he’s collaborated with Evan Harrison, executive vice president and head of online music and radio at Clear Channel to launch the web radio site eRockster.com.
“Our main focus will be on quality and we’re going to give a lot of bands that don’t have a chance to be heard on the radio that opportunity,” Szmanda said. “We want to be playing everything from indie rock to hip-hop to classic rock to soul to dance rock.” By logging on to www.erockster.com and registering their preferences, fans can influence the content featured on the site.
“I was obviously super nervous about working for Clear Channel. If it wasn’t for Evan I probably wouldn’t be doing this,” Szmanda said. “But I always loved the idea of working with the system to do something cool rather than just complaining about the system all the time. Even though we work with Clear Channel, we’re not them. We’re geared to give artists a chance to be heard, whether it be talking about music or playing live concerts or broadcasting multiple tracks off a record. It’s not just playing one single.”
So if you are a rock fan too, be sure to go check out Eric’s new project!