Nils Frykdahl

Nils Frykdahl is an American musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and the now-defunct band Idiot Flesh. He has a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989. He also is a member of the bands Faun Fables and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of Charming Hostess. Along with bandmates Carla Kihlstedt and Dan Rathbun, Frykdahl also is active with the performance company Ink Boat.^[3]

Discography

With Idiot Flesh

• Drip Demo (demo, 1986) (as Acid Rain)
• We Were All Very Worried (demo, 1987) (as Acid Rain)
• Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (full-length, 1990)
• The Nothing Show (full-length, 1994)
• Teen Devil/Twitch (7-inch single, 1995)
• Fancy (full-length, 1997)

With Faun Fables

• Early Song (full-length, 1999)
• Mother Twilight (full-length, 2001)
• Family Album (full-length, 2004)
• The Transit Rider (full-length, 2006)
• A Table Forgotten (EP, 2008)
• Light of a Vaster Dark (full-length, 2010)

With Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

• Grand Opening and Closing (full-length, 2001)
• Live (full-length, 2003)
• Of Natural History (full-length, 2004)
• The Face (DVD, 2005)
• In Glorious Times (full-length, 2007)

As a guest musician

• Barbez - Barbez (2004)^[4]
• Charming Hostess - Sarajevo Blues (2004)
• Charming Hostess - The Bowls Project CD (2010)
• Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra! - An Inescapable Siren Therein And Other Whereabouts (2006) (plays flute on Piece No.5)
• Už Jsme Doma - Rybí tuk (Codliver Oil) (2007)^[5]
• Indukti - IDMEN (2009)

References