September 14, 2022(2022-09-14) (aged 66) Basel, Switzerland
Genres
Experimental rock
jazz
alternative rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Drums
Labels
Tzadik
Avant
Island
Musical artist
John Anton Fier III (June 20, 1956 – September 14, 2022) was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader. He led The Golden Palominos, an experimental rock group active from the 1980s to 2010.
active from the 1980s to 2010. Fier, known as Tony, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruthe Marie Fier and Anton J. Fier Jr., a former Marine and electrician...
headed by drummer, producer, arranger and composer AntonFier, first formed in 1981. Aside from Fier, the Palominos membership has been wildly elastic...
dubbed the then-unsigned Feelies "The Best Underground Band in New York". AntonFier who had just arrived to New York from Cleveland joined the band through...
Lurie, guitarist Arto Lindsay, bassist Steve Piccolo, and percussionist AntonFier. Though partly inspired by jazz, John Lurie said he used guitarists in...
folk influenced solo debut, Workbook. Bassist Tony Maimone and drummer AntonFier, both veterans of Pere Ubu, once again served as Mould's rhythm section...
discography of experimental ensemble The Golden Palominos, fronted by drummer AntonFier. "The Golden Palominos: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 16...
Contortions and Raybeats guitarist Jody Harris and Golden Palominos leader AntonFier. The Voidoids are considered[by whom?] to have pioneered the "punk look"...
occasional co-songwriter for the group, which was spearheaded by drummer AntonFier and also featured vocal turns by Michael Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Don Dixon...
from the original on April 24, 2024. Williams, Alex (October 7, 2022). "AntonFier, Drummer Who Left Stamp on a Downtown Scene, Dies at 66". The New York...
original album, Song of the Bailing Man (1982), Krauss was replaced by AntonFier. The group disbanded again soon afterwards; Krauss and Maimone formed...
song "Ask the Mountains", Yello's "To the Sea", and a collaboration with AntonFier. In 2000, Nordenstam featured on a track from Danish prog-rockers Mew's...
features guest musicians such as Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic, AntonFier of the Feelies and the Golden Palominos, and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins...
1982. It was the final Pere Ubu album until 1988's The Tenement Year. AntonFier replaced drummer Scott Krauss for the recording of the album. The band...
frequent collaborators Buckethead, Bernie Worrell, Nicky Skopelitis and AntonFier. The release received mixed reviews. All lyrics by Julian Schnabel; except...
Westberg – electric guitar on "Better than You" Jenny Wade – bass guitar AntonFier – drums, drum programming Nicky Skopelitis – acoustic and electric guitar...
Golden Palominos, a long-standing musical collaborative project headed by AntonFier. MacDougal Blues, 1990 Down Out Law, 1994 The Flower and the Knife, 2000...
the American band Face to Face, released in 1988. It was produced by AntonFier. It was the band's final album; they disbanded shortly after its release...
released its first album for Island, Whisper Tames the Lion, produced by AntonFier, in early 1988. The album peaked at No. 130 on the Billboard 200. College...
often, it gets subsumed in songwriting that is sometimes just adequate. AntonFier – drums, DMX, percussion (all tracks) Bill Laswell – bass guitar (all...
Visions of Excess 1986 – Blast of Silence (Axed My Baby for a Nickel) with AntonFier and Kenji Suzuki 1987 – Inazuma Super Session "Absolute Live!!" with Leslie...
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