Tony Buck (musician)

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Tony Buck (musician)

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.

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Buck performing at the LMC 16th Annual Festival of Experimental Music, Cochrane Theatre London
1 December 2007
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Born1962 (age 6263)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresJazz, experimental
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
Years active1980–present
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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

  • 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)

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Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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

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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
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