The son of a machinist and a nurse, Eric Nelson is a prose writer living in Queens, New York. His stories, essays, criticisms and interviews have appeared in The Billfold, Bust, Fanzine, HTMLGIANT, and Volume 1 Brooklyn, among others. His E.P. of recorded stories 'They Make a Wasteland, They Call it Pastiche' was recently released by Diabetic Koala.
The Decline introduced me to bands like the Germs and X that I would come to love later in college when I needed a break from playing indie rock on campus radio.