Erik Ron was born in San Francisco, California, USA and grew up in the suburb of San Carlos, California where he attended Carlmont High School. Erik started playing music as a teenager in alternative rock band Impel. After high school, he studied engineering at Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music in Los Angeles, CA. Erik proceeded to work as in-house engineer at Woodland Ranch Studio between the years of 2005-2008 before working as an engineer under producer/writer John Feldmann between 2008-2011 in Bel Air, CA.

2013-present[edit]
In 2013, Erik built and opened "Grey Area Studios" in North Hollywood, CA. Since opening the studio to focus on his own production career, Erik has worked with Panic! at the Disco , Set It Off, Issues, New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I Prevail, Motionless in White, This Wild Life, Young Guns, The Word Alive, Blessthefall, I See Stars, Palisades, Sylar, and Attila, and more. In early 2016, Erik Ron inked an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management.

In September 2017, it was announced that Erik Ron will be at the helm of the 7th studio album from Grammy-nominated rock band Godsmack.