Tony Maimone (born September 27, 1952) is a

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, producer, and

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, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of

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from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with

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Scott Krauss. The duo were dubbed by a critic "one of the great unheralded

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s in all of rock". He is known as one of the former members of They Might Be Giants from 1992 until 1996. Maimone also has worked with Bob Mould,

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, The Mekons,

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, and Jon Langford. Maimone currently resides in

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, where he owns and operates Studio G Brooklyn, a recording studio with Joel Hamilton. He has produced and/or engineered/played on albums for artists including No Grave Like The Sea,

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and The Shondes, Felili, Destronauts,

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, Will James,

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, Gachupin, Jon Langford, Cock Lorge,

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, Steve Northeast, Shark?,

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Mike Watt Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter. Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ...

, Megan Reilly, Zigitros, Fai Baba, and CC Carana. Currently he is playing with Megan Reilly, Home and Garden, Book Of Knots, CC Carana, Sasha Dobson, and No Grave Like The Sea.

Selected LP discography

* Pere Ubu, "The Modern Dance" (1978) * Pere Ubu, "Dub Housing" (1978) * Pere Ubu, "New Picnic Time" (1979) * Pere Ubu, "The Art of Walking (1980)" * Pere Ubu, "390 Degrees of Simulated Stereo. Ubu Live: Volume One" (1981) * Pere Ubu, "Song of the Bailing Man" (1982) * Home and Garden, "History and Geography" (1984) * David Thomas and the Pedestrians, "More Places Forever" (1985) * David Thomas and the Wooden Birds, "Blame the Messenger" (1987) * Pere Ubu, "The Tenement Year" (1988) * Bob Mould, "Workbook" (1989) * Pere Ubu, "One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams" (1989) * Pere Ubu, "Cloudland" (1989) * Bob Mould, "Black Sheets of Rain" (1990) * Pere Ubu, "Worlds in Collision" (1990) * Pere Ubu, "Story of My Life" (1993) * The Killer Shrews, ST (1993) * Drumhead, ST (1998) * The Book Of Knots, ST (2004) * Battle of Mice, "A Day of Nights" (2006) * The Book of Knots, "Traineater" (2007) * The Book Of Knots, "Garden of Fainting Stars" (2011) * MRT, ST (2019)

References

Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American session musicians Pere Ubu members Musicians from Brooklyn 1952 births Guitarists from New York (state) 20th-century American bass guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American post-punk musicians {{bass-guitarist-stub