Erik Sanko (born 27 September 1963) is a bass player from New York who has played in The Lounge Lizards and currently active in Skeleton Key.
Biography
In the past he also worked with notable musicians including Marc Ribot, John Cale, Yoko Ono, Jim Carroll, Gavin Friday, They Might Be Giants, The Melvins, James Chance and the Contortions, Danny Elfman, and members of Enon and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Besides being a musician, he's also a visual artist who creates marionettes. Erik Sanko is married and works with painter/visual artist Jessica Grindstaff. His work has been reviewed in The Village Voice[1] and The New York Times.[2] In 2008 he, together with Jessica Grindstaff, temporarily lived and worked for a play of Ulrike Quade, called The Wall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Discography
- With John Cale
- With Jim Carroll
- With Anna Domino
- Mysteries of America (1990)
- With The Fertile Crescent
- The Fertile Crescent (1992)
- With Gavin Friday
- With The Lounge Lizards
- With John Lurie
- Fishing with John (1998)
- Legendary Marvin Pontiac (2000)
- With Mono Puff
- With Seigen Ono
- Nekono Topia Nekono Mania (1990)
- With Yoko Ono
- With Skeleton Key
- With They Might Be Giants
- With Suzanne Vega
- With John Waite
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- Former members: Matthias Bossi
- Steve Calhoon
- Tim Keiper
- Rick Lee
- Chris Maxwell
- Sean Sankey
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- Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon
- Obtanium
- Gravity is the Enemy
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- Skeleton Key
- The Lyons Quintette
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American musician |
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