Tony Buck (born 1962) is an Australian drummer and percussionist.Spencer et al, (2007
Buck, Tony
entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010. He graduated from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (now

Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the old ...

), becoming involved in the Australian

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

scene. Buck played in

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with Michael Sheridan and

Sandy Evans Sandy Evans is an Australian jazz composer, saxophonist, and teacher. Recognition of her work has included receiving an Order of Australia Medal in 2010 for services to music.

during 1983, then Women and Children First with

Sandy Evans Sandy Evans is an Australian jazz composer, saxophonist, and teacher. Recognition of her work has included receiving an Order of Australia Medal in 2010 for services to music.

. He is a founding member of

The Necks The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play im ...

with Chris Abrahams and

Lloyd Swanton Lloyd Stuart Swanton (born 14 August 1960) is an Australian jazz double bassist, bass guitarist, and composer. Swanton was a member of Dynamic Hepnotics in 1986McFarlan'Dynamic Hepnotics'entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. and co-founded jazz ...

since 1987.McFarlan
'Chris Abrahams'
entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.Spencer et al, (2007
NECKS, THE
entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010. He is leader of Peril, who he formed in Japan with

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and

Kato Hideki Kato Hideki (born 1962 in Nagoya, Japan; 加藤英樹, family name Kato) is a Japanese musician and composer. He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s, collaborating with Japanese experimental musician ...

, and astroPeril. He also formed the short lived L'Beato in the early 1990s, an

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-oriented outfit reminiscent of

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, which released one EP "The Piston Song". In the early 1990s, Buck moved from Australia to

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and later moved to

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Discography

*''The Shape of Things to Come'' (1989) *''Solo Live'' (1994) *''Self_contained_underwater_breathing_apparatus'' *''Projekt Transmit'' (2009) *''Knoxville'' (

Christian Fennesz Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited simply by his last name. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated samples ...

/ David Daniell / Tony Buck, 2010) *''Flatbosc & Cautery'' (Frank Gratkowski, Achim Kaufmann, Wilbert De Joode, Tony Buck, NoBusiness 2020)

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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(APRA). , - ,

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, , " Drive By" (with Chris Abrahams and

) , , Most Performed Jazz Work , , , - ,

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, , "

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" (with Abrahams and Swanton) , , Most Performed Jazz Work , , , - ,

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, "Body" (with Abrahams and Swanton) , Song of the Year , , -

References

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External links

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discography at

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Discography

See also

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

References

External links