Artist
Anton Fier
421 releases · 358 collaborators · 117 labels
- Real name
- Anton John Fier III
- Date active
- 1981 – 2025
- Relevance
- Low, weak ties with the core dub techno cluster
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Bio
American drummer, composer, producer and bandleader.
Born June 20, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio; died September 14, 2022 (aged 66), in Zürich, Switzerland.
Worked in a record store as a teenager, emerged as a drummer in Cleveland's proto-punk scene. Relocated to New York and got a job at the SoHo Music Gallery record store. Joined The Feelies in 1978 after answering an ad placed in the Village Voice. Then joined the Pedestrians, and Lounge Lizards. Toured with Herbie Hancock. Founded and led experimental rock group The Golden Palominos from 1981 to 1996, which featured an ever-changing lineup.
He focused on producing in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Born June 20, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio; died September 14, 2022 (aged 66), in Zürich, Switzerland.
Worked in a record store as a teenager, emerged as a drummer in Cleveland's proto-punk scene. Relocated to New York and got a job at the SoHo Music Gallery record store. Joined The Feelies in 1978 after answering an ad placed in the Village Voice. Then joined the Pedestrians, and Lounge Lizards. Toured with Herbie Hancock. Founded and led experimental rock group The Golden Palominos from 1981 to 1996, which featured an ever-changing lineup.
He focused on producing in the 2000s and early 2010s.
Member of
The Golden Palominos
154
Swans
78
Divination
28
Friends Of Earth
20
Pere Ubu
7
Blind Light
5
Two Against One (2)
3
Lounge Lizards
Friction (3)
The Feelies
The Big Guns
Electric Eels
Autonomous Zone
Locus Solus
x_x
The Styrenes
The Lodge (2)
Gestalt Et Jive
Bill Laswell's Drop Zone
The Rockit Band
Flying Mijinko Band
Mr. Stress Blues Band
Tokyo Rotation
The Peter Brötzmann Tentet
Anton Fier (Artist)
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Releases
Active
- Releases: 9 Relevance: very high Active: 1993 – 1996
- Releases: 6 Relevance: very high Active: 1985 – 1992
- Releases: 5 Relevance: very high Active: 1991
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 1996
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 1995 – 1999
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2005
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1995
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2000
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1992
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1984
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1996
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1996
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2025
- Releases: 7 Relevance: medium Active: 1986 – 1993
- Releases: 4 Relevance: medium Active: 2015
- Releases: 4 Relevance: medium Active: 1986
- Releases: 3 Relevance: medium Active: 2013 – 2014
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 1994
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2004
- Releases: 50 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 1988
- Releases: 45 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 2014
- Releases: 37 Relevance: low Active: 1992 – 1999
- Releases: 29 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 1989
- Releases: 19 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1987
- Releases: 16 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 2013
- Releases: 16 Relevance: low Active: 1991 – 2025
- Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1985
- Releases: 10 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 2014
- Releases: 9 Relevance: low Active: 1992 – 1993
- Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1984
- Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1983 – 1996
- Releases: 7 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 1990
- Releases: 6 Relevance: low Active: 1991
- Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1984 – 1985
- Releases: 5 Relevance: low Active: 1991 – 1992
- Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1993 – 2006