Eric Blackwood (born as Eric Pastore) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician with the progressive rock band Edison's Children[1][2][3] starring Marillion's Pete Trewavas and the Son of Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Rick Armstrong[4][5] as well as an IATSE certified special effects and property technician of over 100 major motion pictures and television [6][7][8][9] noted author & baseball stadium photographer & historian [10] [11][12] and has been an honorary member of the Marillion touring crew since 2005.

He was raised in the Great Kills neighborhood of Staten Island, and graduated from New Dorp High School in 1986.

[citation needed] After graduating Pace University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science, Eric Blackwood began his career performing IT support at the WWOR-TV Superstation in Secaucus New Jersey supporting The Howard Stern Show - Episodic TV Program, the New York Mets "Channel 9" broadcasting team and their in house talk show People Are Talking where Blackwood's Band "Blackwood & Foti" was invited to perform "Through The Ages" live on air, his first Nationwide Television performance.

It spawned the U.S commercial radio Top 40 hit "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)" on the FMQB Hot A/C Commercial Radio Charts on 18 September 2012, and remaining in the Top 40 for ten straight weeks, returning to its peak position at number 32 on 12 October 2012.

He stayed on as a permanent member, finishing up their third album, Somewhere Between Here and There, which included new mixes by King Crimson's Jakko Jakszyk of songs from The Final Breath Before November.