Erik Scott played his first instrument in the fourth grade. As a professional he was first recorded as a bassist on the albums of bands as far back as 1969 with the bands Food and Jambalaya. Then in 1974 he was the bassist on Flo & Eddie's comedy rock live album Illegal, Immoral and Fattening as well as their 1976 follow-up studio album Moving Targets. Scott also toured with the band from 1974 onwards. According to Scott, it was Flo & Eddie that gave him his enduring industry nickname "Eski". In 1978 Scott became the bassist for Tonio K on his solo studio album Life in the Foodchain, and in 1980 on Franne Golde's final studio album, Restless. In 1980, Scott was co-producer on Peter McIan's studio album Playing Near the Edge, which was voted one of Cashbox's top ten albums of the year, and teamed up with Carl Palmer and John Nitzinger in the group PM as bassist for their sole studio album. They appeared on the German TV show Rockpop performing the single "Dynamite". Scott was a producer on Sharon O'Neill's 1981 studio album Maybe, which reached number 38 on the Australian music charts. During this period Scott also wrote and recorded music for the television shows Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Vegas, and The Love Boat.
Scott's work with Alice Cooper began in 1980, when he was hired as the bassist for the band's Flush the Fashion world tour. By 1981 Scott had become the band leader for Alice Cooper, as well as a writer on songs for Cooper's next studio album Special Forces. Scott would continue writing and playing bass for Cooper through 1982, including on the studio album Zipper Catches Skin, which Scott co-produced, and performing in the TV special Alice Cooper a Paris. Scott would later be credited as a producer on Cooper's 1989 compilation album Prince of Darkness. Scott would work further with Cooper on three compilation albums in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper in 1999 as a composer, and as producer on The Definitive Alice Cooper and Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper in 2001.
During this time he became an original member of the second band: Sonia Dada. Scott was a composer for and played bass on their eponymous debut studio album Sonia Dada, which reached the number one position on the ARIA charts, becoming the 13th highest selling album of 1993 in Australia. The single You Don't Treat Me No Good from the album lasted four weeks in the number one position on the Australian charts in 1992—replacing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. At the same time, Sonia Dada's single You Aint Thinking (About Me) was also at number three on the Australian charts.

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