Tony Buck (musician) explained

Tony Buck
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genre:	Jazz, experimental
Occupation:	Musician
Years Active:	1980–present
Instrument:	Drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
Associated Acts:	The Necks, Peril, Great White Noise

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.

Discography

• 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

• The Necks

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).^[6] |-| 2005 || "Drive By" (with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton) || Most Performed Jazz Work^[7] || |-| 2006 || "Chemist" (with Abrahams and Swanton) || Most Performed Jazz Work^[8] || |-| 2019^[9] | "Body" (with Abrahams and Swanton)| Song of the Year| |-

References

General

• Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . [//www.whammo.com.au/index.asp Whammo Homepage ]. 22 February 2010 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp . 5 April 2004 . dmy-all . Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Book: Spencer, Chris. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Zbig Nowara. Paul McHenry. Notes by Ed Nimmervoll. 1987. 2002. Five Mile Press. Noble Park, Vic.. 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

Notes and References

1. Spencer et al, (2007) Buck, Tony entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
2. Web site: Great White Noise. Discogs. en. 2018-09-21.
3. Web site: Women And Children First. Discogs. en. 2018-09-21.
4. McFarlane 'Chris Abrahams' entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
5. Spencer et al, (2007) NECKS, THE entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
6. Web site: APRA History . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . 6 May 2010 .
7. Web site: 2005 Winners – APRA Music Awards . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . 17 May 2010 .
8. Web site: 2006 Winners – APRA Music Awards . Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . 6 May 2010 .
9. Web site: APRA Reveals 2019 Song of the Year Shortlist. Music Feeds. 5 February 2019. 26 April 2022.
10. Web site: Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. catalogue. National Library of Australia. 22 February 2010.