Anthony 'Tony' Barber (born 20 April 1963,

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) is a former

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

of the British pop-punk band

Buzzcocks Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independen ...

.Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002'', Europa, , p. 27 He was a member of

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...

band Lack of Knowledge between 1979 and 1985 and Boys Wonder between 1987 and 1988.Thomas, Bryan
Airport Biography
,

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. Retrieved 1 January 2013 He joined Buzzcocks in 1992. He also played on The T4 Project's 2008 album entitled ''Story-Based Concept Album''.Mason, Stewart
The T4 Project Biography
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. Retrieved 1 January 2013 He has also released solo material under the name Airport, including the ''Lift Off with Airport'' album in 2001 on the

Poptones Poptones was a record label launched by Alan McGee after the demise of Creation Records in 1999. Its roster included The Hives, January, Arnold, Cherrystones, King Biscuit Time, Thee Unstrung, The Boxer Rebellion, Beachbuggy, Pure Reason Rev ...

label.Thomas, Bryan
''Lift Off with Airport'' Review
,

. Retrieved 1 January 2013 Barber has also produced records for

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and the Soul Destroyers,

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, and

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as well as played live in such groups as

The Alarm The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, the Toilets, in 1977, under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the band soon embraced arena rock and included marked influences from Welsh language ...

Alternative TV Alternative TV (sometimes known as ATV) are an English band formed in London in 1977. Author Steve Taylor writes: "Alternative TV pioneered reggae rhythms in punk and then moved on to redefine the musical rules". History Alternative TV were for ...

, The Creation,

Rich Kids Rich Kids were a short-lived new wave band from London, founded in 1977 by Glen Matlock following his departure from the Sex Pistols. The band also included future Ultravox member Midge Ure and Rusty Egan, who both later founded Visage toge ...

, Go-Kart Mozart, and

U.K. Subs U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the f ...

. Barber is a supporter of animal welfare efforts. During a January 2009 radio interview on ''Pets In The City'' on Pet Life Radio, he spoke candidly about his life as a musician, the numerous punk rock musicians he played with over the years, and his production work with a number of new bands. Barber also talked about his involvement in animal rescue efforts.City Pound! (A New Monthly Feature of Pets In the City)
", petliferadio.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013

Solo discography

;as Airport: *''International Sham'' EP (1997), Edmonton Green *''Lift Off with Airport'' (2001), Poptones

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