Nils Frykdahl

Nils Frykdahl
Birth name	Nils James Larson Frykdahl[1]
Origin	Oakland, California
Genres	Avant-garde rock, theatre, performance art, experimental rock, art rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, flute, percussion, bass guitar, saxophone
Years active	1985-present
Labels	The End Records Tzadik Records Drag City Vaccination Records
Associated acts	Charming Hostess Darling Freakhead Faun Fables Idiot Flesh Sleepytime Gorilla Museum The Two Dimensions[1][2]

Nils Frykdahl is an American musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh. He has a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989. He also is a member of the bands Free Salamander Exhibit, Faun Fables, and Darling Freakhead, and used to be a member of Charming Hostess. Along with bandmates Carla Kihlstedt and Dan Rathbun, Frykdahl also is active with the performance company Ink Boat.^[3] He is also the voice of Tigtone in the upcoming animated movie The Begun of Tigtone.^[4]

Discography

With Idiot Flesh

• Drip Demo (demo, 1986) (as Acid Rain)
• We Were All Very Worried (demo, 1987) (as Acid Rain)
• Template:Rite of Spring (Demo 1988) (As Acid Rain)
• Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (full-length, 1990)
• The Nothing Show (full-length, 1994)
• Teen Devil/Twitch (7-inch single, 1995)
• Fancy (full-length, 1997)

With Faun Fables

• Early Song (full-length, 1999)
• Mother Twilight (full-length, 2001)
• Family Album (full-length, 2004)
• The Transit Rider (full-length, 2006)
• A Table Forgotten (EP, 2008)
• Light of a Vaster Dark (full-length, 2010)

With Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

• Grand Opening and Closing (full-length, 2001)
• Live (full-length, 2003)
• Of Natural History (full-length, 2004)
• The Face (DVD, 2005)
• In Glorious Times (full-length, 2007)

As a guest musician

• Barbez - Barbez (2004)^[5]
• Charming Hostess - Sarajevo Blues (2004)
• Charming Hostess - The Bowls Project CD (2010)
• Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra! - An Inescapable Siren Therein And Other Whereabouts (2006) (plays flute on Piece No.5)
• Už Jsme Doma - Rybí tuk (Cod Liver Oil) (2007)^[6]
• Indukti - IDMEN (2009)

References

1. Nils Frykdahl @ nndb
2. Nils Frykdahl Bio @ inkboat.com
3. "Nanos Operetta, Nils Frykdahl Join Absurdist Opera". ALARM Magazine. July 16, 2007. Starring Frykdahl of abstract prog-rock pioneers Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, the opera is performed in absurdist vignettes against a backdrop of surrealist imagery relating the strange fairytale of a man’s ill-fated love for a bird.
4. "'The Begun of Tigtone' - Finishing Funds for Animated Fantasy Parody". Indiegogo. Tigtone's somewhat aimless ferocity is brought to us courtesy of the formidable voice of Nils Frykdahl, known best as the magical barking madman at the forefront of the band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
5. Barbez CD @ CD Universe
6. Cod Liver Oil CD @ CD Universe