Skerik is a saxophone player from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics. He has performed with Garage a Trois, Sadhappy, Critters Buggin', Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Stanton Moore, Buckethead, Galactic, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Rhythm Section, Tuatara and most notably Mad Season (where he was also known as "Nalgas sin Carne" wich roughly translates as "Butt Cheeks without flesh" ), and he now leads his own band, the Syncopated Taint Septet. .