In the mid-1990s, when the phrase "cut and paste" referred to scissors and tape, Eric wrote and distributed his own independent magazine. From 1995 until 2003, the monthly punk rock-based fanzine featured interviews with musicians, actors, and fighters, concert reviews, album reviews, monthly columns, articles, and advertisements.
Regular features included the monthly "Verbal Diarrhea" column was essentially a blog before "blogs," and articles venturing off the scope of the music world and into the realm of conspiracy theories and the paranormal—a true mish-mosh of material. Eric titled his publication Taking Another Perspective On Usual Topics, abbreviated as TAPOUT.
Nearly 500 interviews were conducted for TAPOUT over the years, including: Joey Ramone, Iggy Pop, Ian MacKaye, Bad Brains, Green Day, NOFX, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Bouncing Souls, KMFDM, Korn, H20, Fishbone, Less Than Jake, D Generation, Silverstein, Crown of Thornz, Dashboard Confessional, Debbie Gibson, Marla Sokoloff, Dan Severn, Josh Barnett, Pat Mastroianni, and more!