| Tony Buck | |
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Tony Buck, 1 December 2007, Courtesy Andy Newcombe |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1962 (age 49–50) |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | jazz |
| Occupations | drummer, percussion |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Associated acts | The Necks, Peril |
Tony Buck (born 1962 in Sydney) is a 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 is a founding member of The Necks with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton since 1987.[2][3] 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 nineties Buck moved from Australia to Amsterdam and later moved to Berlin, where he currently lives.
He formed the band Glacial with Lee Ranaldo and David Watson.
Projekt Transmit was released in 2009, featuring 8 original songs written by Buck and one cover of Masters of War by Bob Dylan. A band was formed around this album consisting of Magda Mayas on keyboards, James Welburn on bass, Brendan Dougherty on drumset and Buck on guitar, vocals, drumset and percussion.
See also The Necks' Discography