Eric Turner (born November 1, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who currently resides in Sweden. He is the lead singer in the band Street Fighting Man and also a music teacher. Eric Turner was born in Boston, and attended Boston College High School. Eric Turner was a teacher of international English school Järfälla in Sweden and taught math. ...show more

Eric Turner (born November 1, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who currently resides in Sweden. He is the lead singer in the band Street Fighting Man and also a music teacher. Eric Turner was born in Boston, and attended Boston College High School. Eric Turner was a teacher of international English school Järfälla in Sweden and taught math.

He attended McGill University in Canada, where he studied biochemistry. Eric is an accomplished visual artist as well. Eric has a brother, Nicholas Turner, who lives in Boston, his mother teaches Fashion Design at Quincy High School. Turner's performance with his band Street Fighting Man at an event in Stockholm caught the attention of a local sound engineer who later told his friend, Swedish producer Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal, about the singer by saying: "I'm not really liking the songs but you have to hear this guy.

ISHi met him and decided straight away that he had the "X-factor", signing Turner to his music publishing company 2Stripes a few weeks later. The producer told him that he saw him as a solo artist rather than as part of a band. Turner was at first hesitant about the idea but slowly came round to it. To help establish the new solo artist it was decided that he would need to feature in hooks in songs written as part of 2Stripes and recorded by major artists. ...show less