Tony Buck (musician)

Tony Buck
Buck performing at the LMC 16th Annual Festival of Experimental Music, Cochrane Theatre London 1 December 2007
Buck performing at the LMC 16th Annual Festival of Experimental Music, Cochrane Theatre London
1 December 2007
Background information
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresJazz, experimental
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
Years active1980–present
Tony Buck Aarhus Denmark 2013

Tony Buck (born 1962) is an Australian drummer and percussionist.[1] He graduated from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (now Sydney Conservatorium of Music), becoming involved in the Australian jazz scene.

Buck played in Great White Noise with Michael Sheridan and Sandy Evans[2] during 1983, then Women and Children First with Sandy Evans.[3] He is a founding member of The Necks with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton since 1987.[4][5] He is leader of Peril, who he formed in Japan with Otomo Yoshihide and Kato Hideki, and astroPeril. He also formed the short lived L'Beato in the early 1990s, an industrial-oriented outfit reminiscent of Tackhead, which released one EP "The Piston Song".

In the early 1990s, Buck moved from Australia to Amsterdam and later moved to Berlin.

  1. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) Buck, Tony Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Great White Noise". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Women And Children First". Discogs. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ McFarlane 'Chris Abrahams' entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  5. ^ Spencer et al, (2007) NECKS, THE Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.