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Tony Newton (English musician)

Not to be confused with Tony Newton (American musician).

Tony Newton (30 November)[1] is an English bassist, recording engineer and record producer, most active in heavy metal and hard rock genres. He is the current bassist of KK's Priest and Voodoo Six. He has also produced and/or engineered releases from Iron Maiden and British Lion.

Tony Newton
Newton with KK's Priest in 2024
Newton with KK's Priest in 2024
Background information
Genres
Occupations
  • Bassist
  • record producer
Years active1990s–present
LabelsBeast Records
Member of
Formerly ofDirty Deeds

Biography

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In the 90s, Newton was bassist of a heavy metal band Dirty Deeds, with singer Pete Franklin, guitarist Barry Fitzgibbon and drummer Dave Cavill.[2] Dirty Deeds supported UFO on their Walk On Water UK tour and Iron Maiden on their Virtual XI tour.[3] The band were signed to Beast Records, by Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris.[3] They released two Real World (1999) and Danger of Infection (2002).[4] Newton has continued his association with Harris and Iron Maiden, including engineering or producing many of their releases.[5][6]

 
Newton with Voodoo Six in 2011

Newton, along with guitarist Richie Faulkner (who had been a member of Dirty Deeds),[7] founded hard rock band Voodoo Six in 2003.[8] The band's first line-up in 2005 also included drummer Dave "Grav" Cavill, vocalist Henry Rundell, and second guitarist Matt Pearce.[8] The band released their debut album Feed My Soul in 2006,[9] which was remixed and released as First Hit For Free in 2008.[10] Faulkner departed Voodoo Six in 2011 to join Judas Priest.[7] Voodoo Six have released a further four albums and two EPs and have done many tours, including supporting Iron Maiden.[11]

In 2021 Newton became the bassist for KK's Priest, a band started by K. K. Downing, whom Faulkner had replaced in Judas Priest.[12] Newton has played bass, mixed and engineered both of their albums to date,[13][14] and toured with the band.[15]

Discography

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Performance

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With Dirty Deeds

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  • Real World (1999)
  • Danger of Infection (2002)

With Voodoo Six

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Main article: Voodoo Six § Discography

With KK's Priest

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Main article: KK's Priest § Discography

Production

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Year Band Title Notes Cite
2003 Iron Maiden "Rainmaker" Assistant producer on live tracks [16]
2010 Tank War Machine Drums recording [17]
2012 Iron Maiden En Vivo! Recording [18]
Blaze Bayley The King of Metal [19]
Cockney Rejects East End Babylon Mixing and mastering [20]
Thomas Zwijsen Nylon Maiden Bass recording [21]
2014 The Raven Age The Raven Age Engineering [22]
StoneWire When The Crow Flies Mixing [23]
2016 Cockney Rejects "It's Gonna Kick Off!" Producer [24]
2017 Iron Maiden The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter Recording, production, engineering, mixing [25]
2018 Monument Hellhound Production mixing [26]
Airrace Untold Stories Mixing [27]
2020 Iron Maiden Nights of the Dead Mixing, engineering, recording, production [28]

References

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  1. ^ Downing, KK [@kkdowningofficial] (30 November 2022). "Let's wish KK's Priest bassist — the one and only Tony Newton a Happy Birthday! 🤘💥". Retrieved 7 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ Samudrala, Ram (17 July 1998). "Interview with Tony Newton of Dirty Deeds". www.ram.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Harris, Craig. "Dirty Deeds Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Dirty Deeds Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ Myglobalmind_Webzine (16 February 2018). "Tony Newton of Voodoo Six Discusses newest Release Make Way for the King". Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ Myglobalmind_Webzine (26 April 2014). "Interview with Tony Newton (Bass) (Voodoo Six)". Your Online Magazine for Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b Catania, Andrew (3 February 2017). "Richie Faulkner: From Dirty Deeds to Judas Priest". allthatshreds. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b Apar, Corey. "Voodoo Six Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  9. ^ Feed My Soul (liner notes). Filty Lucre. 2006.
  10. ^ First Hit For Free (liner notes). Locomotive Records. 2008. LM693.
  11. ^ "Voodoo Six Announce European Tour With Iron Maiden AND NEW ALBUM RELEASE". Voodoosix.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  12. ^ Grow, Kory (18 February 2020). "Ex-Judas Priest Guitarist K.K. Downing Forms Band With Other Former Priest Members". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ Sermons of the Sinner (liner notes). EX1 Records. 2021. EX1R21017-1.
  14. ^ The Sinner Rides Again (liner notes). Hellion Records. 2023. HEL 1764.
  15. ^ "KK'S PRIEST Announces First Leg Of 2024 USA Headline Tour". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  16. ^ Rainmaker (liner notes). EMI Records. 2003. 724359911397.
  17. ^ War Machine (liner notes). Metal Mind Productions. 2010. MASI CD 0041.
  18. ^ En Vivo! (liner notes). EMI Records. 2012. 50999 301587 1 9.
  19. ^ The King of Metal (liner notes). Blaze Bayley Recordings. 2012. BBRCD004.
  20. ^ East End Babylon (liner notes). Cadiz Music. 2012. CADIZCD115.
  21. ^ Nylon Maiden (liner notes). Blacklake. 2012. BL411318.
  22. ^ The Raven Age (liner notes). 2014.
  23. ^ When The Crow Flies (liner notes). 22:11 Records. 2014. TTER 002.
  24. ^ It's Gonna Kick Off! (liner notes). Cadiz Music. 2016. CADIZ7143.
  25. ^ The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter (liner notes). Parlophone Records. 2017. 0190295760885.
  26. ^ Hellhound (liner notes). Rock Of Angels Records. 2018. ROAR1806DIGI.
  27. ^ Untold Stories (liner notes). Frontiers Music SRL. 2018. FR CD 871.
  28. ^ Nights of the Dead (liner notes). BMG. 2020. 4050538625677.
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