Duke Erikson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Duke Erikson
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jan 15, 1951(1951-01-15)
Age	73
Birthplace	Nebraska
Country	United States
Birth City	Nebraska
Horoscope	Capricorn

Duke Erikson Biography

Duke Erikson is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on January 15, 1951 in Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. Versatile multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the alt- rock group Garbage. Garbage’s albums have sold in excess of seventeen million copies globally.

He and 90’s alt-rock icon Shirley Manson are founding members of Garbage.

Douglas Elwin “Duke” Erikson (born January 15, 1951, in Nebraska) is an American musician, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer and record producer, best known as a co-founder and guitarist in the alternative rock band Garbage. Garbage has sold more than 17 million albums worldwide.

Erikson formed the rock band Spooner in 1974 with two fellow musicians in Madison, Wisconsin. Erikson sang lead vocals, played keyboards and guitar, and became the band’s principal songwriter, his compositions being described by City Lights as “strangely seductive” and “immediately draw[ing] in the listener”. Spooner became a quartet when Butch Vig joined them on drums. Spooner released two well-received albums, Every Corner Dance and The Wildest Dreams, and toured across the Midwest. Rolling Stone magazine called their debut album “a convincing collection of sparkling pop music”, to which “Erikson’s edgy, poetic slice-of-small-town-life lyrics add a genuine, idiosyncratic touch”.

His daughter is professional photographer Roxy Erickson.

Duke Erikson Net Worth

Duke Erikson is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Duke Erikson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He formed his first band, The British, at age 16, inspired by the British beat movement of the time.

He has not only played instruments ranging from guitar to percussion on Garbage releases, but also designed the artwork for the band’s first two albums.

Erikson co-produced and co-wrote The American Epic Sessions, an award-winning musical film, directed by Bernard MacMahon, in which an engineer restores the fabled long-lost first electrical sound recording system from 1925, and twenty contemporary artists pay tribute to the momentous machine by attempting to record songs on it for the first time in 80 years. The film starred Steve Martin, Nas, Elton John, Alabama Shakes, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Jack White, Taj Mahal, Ana Gabriel, Pokey LaFarge, Rhiannon Giddens and Beck.

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In a major feature on the band for The Sunday Times in 1998, the British journalist Tony Barrell described Erikson’s persona in Garbage as “the cool dude with the goatee and the Mr Spockish demeanour”. Though sometimes a taciturn presence in the band, Erikson has been known to contribute an air of dry humour to media interviews. During a discussion in 1996 about the interpersonal chemistry within Garbage, he deadpanned: “We have a little room where we go and cry.”

Facts & Trivia

Duke Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Duke Erikson celebrates birthday on January 15 of every year.

Erikson’s other projects include the production of other artists. He produced the single “If You Go” by the Greenlandic singer Simon Lynge, which received regular airplay in Britain during 2011 after being added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist.