Eric Roberts picked up the bass in 8th grade in 2001, and despite his best efforts to play it cool, he’s been hooked ever since. Back then, his world revolved around pop-punk anthems—think Blink-182, New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday, and Brand New—because what else would a teenager with a dream of being misunderstood want to listen to? As high school rolled on, Eric's tastes matured (or maybe just got angrier), diving headfirst into hardcore and post-hardcore while screaming his feelings in a screamo band. He then joined the Albany rock group Prima, because life is never complete without a little drama and power chords.

Eventually, Eric packed up, moved away, and decided to stop waiting for the perfect band to form and just write his own music. He released some tunes on Spotify under the moniker "Eric Freakin Roberts"—because if you’re going to make a name for yourself, you might as well be extra about it.

In 2022, Eric decided he missed his high school bandmates more than he liked to admit, so they reunited to form an emo cover band called Sad Dads. One day, while hauling gear, his neighbor Chris Sanders wandered over, and before long, they were jamming in Chris’s basement. Eric’s journey is a love story about music, friendship, and random basement jam sessions—proof that the best things in life come together when you least expect it (and usually with a lot of questionable decisions along the way).