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.

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

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.

Discography

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  • The Shape of Things to Come (1989)
  • Solo Live (1994)
  • Self_contained_underwater_breathing_apparatus
  • Projekt Transmit (2009)
  • Knoxville (Christian Fennesz / David Daniell / Tony Buck, 2010)
  • Flatbosc & Cautery (Frank Gratkowski, Achim Kaufmann, Wilbert De Joode, Tony Buck, NoBusiness 2020)

See also

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Awards and nominations

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APRA Awards

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The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 "Drive By" (with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton) Most Performed Jazz Work[7] Won
2006 "Chemist" (with Abrahams and Swanton) Most Performed Jazz Work[8] Won
2019[9] "Body" (with Abrahams and Swanton) Song of the Year Shortlisted

References

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General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Notes by Ed Nimmervoll. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[10] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
Specific
  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.
  6. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  7. ^ "2005 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ^ "2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  9. ^ "APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist". Music Feeds. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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