Erik Sanko

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Instruments Bass Name Erik Sanko Website www.eriksanko.com		Labels Jetset Records Years active 1984–present Record label Jetset Records


Born September 27, 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-09-27 ) Occupation(s) Musician, visual artist Associated acts Skeleton Key, The Lounge Lizards, John Cale Role Bass player · eriksanko.com Music groups The Lounge Lizards, Skeleton Key (Since 1995), Ui Albums Past Imperfect - Present T, Obtainium, No Pain for Cakes, Voice of Chunk, Big Heart: Live in Tokyo Similar People Evan Lurie, John Lurie, Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay, Anton Sanko

ERIK SANKO "Ties Us Up Inside" [MUSIC VIDEO]

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.

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, 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 and The New York Times. In 2008 he, together with Jessica Grindstaff, temporarily lived and worked for a play of Ulrike Quade, called The Wall in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.