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.

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.

• Past Imperfect, Present Tense (Jetset Records, 2001)

With John Cale

• Antártida (1995)
• Walking on Locusts (1996)
• HoboSapiens (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 Gavin Friday

• Shag Tobacco (1996)

With The Lounge Lizards

• Big Heart: Live Tokyo (1986)
• No Pain for Cakes (1987)
• Voice of Chunk (1988)
• Queen of All Ears (1998)

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

• Blueprint for a Sunrise (2001)

With Skeleton Key

• Skeleton Key (1996)
• Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon (1997)
• Obtainium (2002)
• Gravity is the Enemy (2011)

With They Might Be Giants

• Severe Tire Damage (1998)
• Live (1999)
• A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)

With Suzanne Vega

• Days of Open Hand (1990)

With John Waite

• Temple Bar (1995)