Erik Sanko
Erik Sanko is an American bassist who has played in the Lounge Lizards, Skeleton Key and currently active in Knife Thrower and SQURL.
Biography
In the past he also worked with notable musicians including Marc Ribot, John Cale, Yoko Ono, Suzanne Vega, Jim Carroll, Gavin Friday, They Might Be Giants, The Melvins, James Chance and the Contortions, Danny Elfman, The Kronos Quartet 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 visual artist/set designer/director Jessica Grindstaff. His work has been reviewed in The Village Voice and The New York Times. 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 Puppet Boy;With John CaleAntártida Walking on Locusts HoboSapiens Extra Playful Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
;With Jim CarrollPools of Mercury
;With Anna DominoMysteries of America
;With The Fertile CrescentThe Fertile Crescent
;With Gavin FridayAdam 'n' Eve Shag Tobacco
;With The Lounge LizardsBig Heart: Live Tokyo No Pain for Cakes Voice of Chunk Queen of All Ears
;With John LurieFishing with John The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits
;With Mono PuffUnsupervised
;With Seigen OnoNekono Topia Nekono Mania
;With Yoko OnoBlueprint for a Sunrise
;With Skeleton KeySkeleton Key EP Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon An Elipse EP Obtainium The Lyon's Quintette EP Gravity is the Enemy
;With They Might Be GiantsSevere Tire Damage Live A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants
;With Suzanne VegaDays of Open Hand
;With John WaiteTemple Bar
;With othersCommunication Breakdown Best Wishes Stained Glass Sky Ô Seasons Ô Castles Babywoman Dawntown Project In Paradisu The Crybaby Band Mrazem Answers Joan as Police Woman EP
- ''Live+''