Erik Sanko

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.

Erik Sanko
Born (1963-09-27) September 27, 1963
Occupation(s)Musician, visual artist
InstrumentsBass
Years active1984–present
Associated actsSkeleton Key, The Lounge Lizards, John Cale
Websitewww.phantomlimbcompany.com

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[1] and The New York Times.[2] 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
With John Cale
With Jim Carroll
  • Pools of Mercury (1998)
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
  • Unsupervised (1996)
With Seigen Ono
  • Nekono Topia Nekono Mania (1990)
With Yoko Ono
With Skeleton Key
  • Skeleton Key (1996)
  • Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon (1997)
  • Obtainium (2002)
  • Gravity is the Enemy (2011)
With They Might Be Giants
With Suzanne Vega
With John Waite

References
  1. Review in The Village Voice
  2. Review of New York Times
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