Erik Sanko (born 27 September 1963) is an American bass player who has played in

The Lounge Lizards The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic No Wave musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978. Initially known for their ironic, tongue-in-cheek take on jazz, The Lounge Lizards eventually became a show ...

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and currently active in Knife Thrower and SQURL.

Biography

In the past he also worked with notable musicians including

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, Rock music, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notab ...

John Cale John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, dr ...

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...

Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of Folk music, folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the ...

, Jim Carroll,

Gavin Friday Gavin Friday (born Fionán Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes. Early life Fionan Hanvey was born in Dublin an ...

They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants, often abbreviated as TMBG, is an American alternative rock and Children's music, children's band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years, Flansburgh and Linnell frequently performed as ...

, The Melvins, James Chance and the Contortions, Danny Elfman, The

Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classical musi ...

and members of Enon and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Besides being a musician, he's also a

visual artist The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

who creates

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s. Erik Sanko is married and works with visual artist/set designer/director Jessica Grindstaff. His work has been reviewed in

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, ...

and

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.Review of New York Times
/ref> In 2007 he, together with Jessica Grindstaff, founded Phantom Limb, a multi-media based theater company for which Erik is primarily composer and puppet maker.

Discography

* ''Past Imperfect, Present Tense'' ( Jetset Records, 2001) * ''Puppet Boy'' (2016) ;With

*'' Antártida'' (1995) *'' Walking on Locusts'' (1996) *''

HoboSapiens ''HoboSapiens'' is a solo studio album by John Cale, his first album since 1996's ''Walking on Locusts''. ''HoboSapiens'' was released by EMI Records, EMI in October 2003, and was preceded by the EP ''5 Tracks'' in May 2003. A single was released ...

'' (2003) *'' Extra Playful'' (2011) *'' Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood'' (2012) ;With Jim Carroll *''Pools of Mercury'' (1998) ;With Anna Domino *''Mysteries of America'' (1990) ;With The Fertile Crescent *''The Fertile Crescent'' (1992) ;With

*'' Adam 'n' Eve'' (1992) *''

Shag Tobacco ''Shag Tobacco'' is the third solo album from Gavin Friday. Once again, Friday teamed up with musician Maurice Seezer, Maurice "The Man" Seezer. Bono and The Edge contribute backing vocals on "Little Black Dress". "The Last Song I'll Ever Sing" ...

'' (1996) ;With

*''Big Heart: Live Tokyo'' (1986) *'' No Pain for Cakes'' (1987) *''

Voice of Chunk ''Voice of Chunk'' is the third studio album by jazz band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1988. The album was produced independently by bandleader John Lurie, following two releases with Island Records. After unsuccessfully shopping the album to ...

'' (1988) *'' Queen of All Ears'' (1998) ;With

John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including ''Stranger than Paradise'' and '' Down by Law''; has composed ...

*'' Fishing with John'' (1998) *''The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits'' (2000) ;With Mono Puff *''Unsupervised'' (1996) ;With Seigen Ono *''Nekono Topia Nekono Mania'' (1990) ;With

*'' Blueprint for a Sunrise'' (2001) ;With

*''Skeleton Key'' EP (1996) *'' Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon'' (1997) *''An Elipse'' EP (2001) *'' Obtainium'' (2002) *''The Lyon's Quintette'' EP (2005) *'' Gravity is the Enemy'' (2011) ;With

*'' Severe Tire Damage'' (1998) *''

Live Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film * ''Live'' (2023 film), a Malayalam-language film *'' Live: Phát Trực Tiếp'', a Vietnamese-langua ...

'' (1999) *'' A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants'' (2005) ;With

*'' Days of Open Hand'' (1990) ;With

John Waite John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English rock singer and musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You (John Waite song), Missing You", which reached No. 1 on th ...

*'' Temple Bar'' (1995) ;With others *''Communication Breakdown'' (Doppelganger, 1985) *''Best Wishes'' ( Hajime Mizoguchi, 1988) *''Stained Glass Sky'' (Masters of None, 1994) *''Ô Seasons Ô Castles'' (Katell Keineg, 1994) *'' Baby Woman'' (Naomi Campbell, 1994) *''Dawntown Project'' (CharlElie, 1995) *''In Paradisu'' ( Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses, 1996) *'' The Crybaby'' (Melvins, 2000) *''Band Mrazem'' (Emil de Waal / Jonas Johansen, 2000 *''109 Poèmes Électro'' (CharlElie, 2000) *''Answers'' ( Ui, 2002) *''Joan as Police Woman'' EP ( Joan as Police Woman, 2004) *''Live+'' (Emil de Waal, 2006)

References

External links

* http://www.eriksanko.com/ * http://www.myspace.com/eriksanko * http://www.myspace.com/skeletonkey
Fortune Teller a play by Erik Sanko

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