Skerik

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Skerik
Background information
Also known as	Nalgas Sin Carne
Origin	Seattle, Washington
Genre(s)	Punk-Jazz
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, electronics
Associated acts	Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, Critters Buggin, Garage A Trois, Maelstrom Trio, Illuminasty Trio
Website	http://www.syncopatedtaint.com/ http://www.crittersbuggin.com/

Skerik (née Eric Walton) is a saxophone player from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone often with electronics and loops, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics. He is a founding member of Critters Buggin and Garage a Trois and has performed with Les Claypool's Frog Brigade (2001) and Fancy Band (2006), Buckethead, Stanton Moore, Galactic, Fred Wesley, The Rhythm Section, Ponga, Sadhappy, Tuatara (with Peter Buck), Mad Season, The Headhunters, Roger Waters and many others. He has recently led Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet. Also, he has tapped long-time duomates Brian Coogan (organ/keyboards) and Simon Lott (drums) for a band dubbed "Maelstrom Trio," combining disparate elements such as free jazz, funk, metal and textural music. In March 2007, he tours with Mike Dillon and New Orlean's Jazz bassist James Singleton as The Illuminasty Trio. He has also appeared with The Meters spinoff band the Funky Meters.

Contents 1 Selected Discography 1.1 Skerik 1.2 with Critters Buggin 1.3 with Les Claypool 1.4 with Stanton Moore 1.5 with Bobby Previte 1.6 with others 2 Interviews/References 3 External Links

[edit] Selected Discography

[edit] Skerik

• 2001: Skerik Psychochromatic (Skerik Music)
  
• 2002: Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet (Ropeadope)
  
• 2006: Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet Husky (Hyena Records)
  

[edit] with Critters Buggin

• 1994: Critters Buggin Guest (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 1997: Critters Buggin Host (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 1997: Critters Buggin Monkeypot Merganser (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 1998: Critters Buggin Bumpa (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 1998: Critters Buggin Amoeba (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 2004: Critters Buggin Stampede (Ropeadope Records)
  

[edit] with Les Claypool

• 2001: Les Claypool's Frog Brigade Live Frogs Set 1 (Prawn Song Records)
  
• 2001: Les Claypool's Frog Brigade Live Frogs Set 2 (Prawn Song Records)
  
• 2002: Les Claypool's Frog Brigade Purple Onion (Prawn Song Records)
  
• 2006: Les Claypool's Fancy Band Of Whales and Woe (Prawn Song Records)
  

[edit] with Stanton Moore

• 1998: Stanton Moore All Kooked Out! (Fog City Records)
  
• 1999: Garage a Trois Mysteryfunk (Fog City Records - vinyl)
  
• 2002: Stanton Moore Flyin' The Koop (Verve Records)
  
• 2003: Garage a Trois Emphasizer (Tone Cool Records)
  
• 2005: Garage a Trois Outer Mer (Telarc Records)
  
• 2006: Stanton Moore III (Telarc Records)
  

[edit] with Bobby Previte

• 1998: Ponga Ponga (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 1999: Ponga Remix (CD and clear vinyl) (Loosegroove Records)
  
• 2000: Ponga Psychological (P-Vine)
  
• 2006: Bobby Previte - Jamie Saft - Skerik Live in Japan 2003 (Word Public - DVD)
  
• 2006: Beta Popes Live Hate
  
• 2006: Bobby Previte Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope)
  

[edit] with others

• 1992: Sadhappy Depth Charge (Periscope Records)
  
• 1994: Sadhappy Before We Were Dead - Live (Periscope Records)
  
• 1994: Sadhappy The Good, Bad and the Skary (Periscope Records)
  

• 1995: Mad Season Above (Columbia Records)
  
• 1995: Mad Season Live at the Moore (Columbia Records - DVD)
  

• 1996: Tuatara Breaking the Ethers (Epic Records)
  
• 1998: Tuatara Trading with the Enemy (Epic Records)
  
• 2002: Tuatara Cinemathique (Fast Horse Records)
  

• 2006: Skerik Left For Dead In Seattle (1995-2003 - Skerik Music)
  

...and many more.

[edit] Interviews/References

• Interview by Paul Olsen, October 2006
• Interview by The Kayceman, October, 2001
• Skerik Bio from www.syncopatedtaint.com

[edit] External Links

Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Skerik's MySpace
Critters Buggin
Brass Up The Ass