Nils Frykdahl

Nils Frykdahl is an American musician most known for his work with the bands Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh. He is also 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 is active with the performance company Ink Boat.[3] He is also the voice of Tigtone in the 2014 animated short, The Begun of Tigtone.[4]

Nils Frykdahl
Birth nameNils James Larson Frykdahl[1]
OriginOakland, California
GenresAvant-garde rock, theatre, performance art, experimental rock, art rock
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, flute, percussion, bass guitar, saxophone
Years active1985–present
LabelsThe End Records
Tzadik Records
Drag City
Vaccination Records
Associated actsCharming Hostess
Darling Freakhead
Faun Fables
Free Salamander Exhibit
Idiot Flesh
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
The Two Dimensions[1][2]

He also reprises his role as the titular character in a 2019 Adult Swim animated television series, Tigtone. He holds a bachelor's degree in music from UC Berkeley, which he received in 1989.

Discography

With Idiot Flesh
  • Drip Demo (demo, 1986) (as Acid Rain)
  • We Were All Very Worried (demo, 1987) (as Acid Rain)
  • 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

With Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

With Free Salamander Exhibit
  • Undestroyed (full-length, 2016)[5]

As a guest musician
  • Barbez - Barbez (2004)[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • 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. "Undestroyed". webofmimicry.
  6. Barbez CD @ CD Universe
  7. Cod Liver Oil CD @ CD Universe
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