Wreckless Eric/Eric Goulden As Wreckless Eric he wrote and recorded the classic Whole Wide World and had a hit with it in 1977. It’s since been covered by countless other artists including The Monkees, Cage The Elephant and Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day. As Eric Goulden it's a little more complicated - a musician, artist, writer, recording engineer and producer, he didn’t like the music business, the mechanics of fame, or the name he’d been given to hide behind, so he crawled out of the spotlight and went underground, releasing over twenty albums in forty-something years under various names, finally realizing he was stuck with the name Wreckless Eric. His albums encapsulate pop, bubblegum, garage trash and psychedelia. His live performances are sonic journeys incorporating songs from all stages of his career.  His 2003 autobiography A Dysfunctional Success was reissued in 2024.