Anton Fier, is an American

United States

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 drummer

Drummer

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, composer

Composer

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 and bandleader

Bandleader

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. He was born in Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards

The Lounge Lizards

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 and The Feelies

The Feelies

The Feelies are a rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. They formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1992 having released four albums. The band reunited in 2008 and most recently released an album in 2011....

. He was in The Lodge (with John Greaves

John Greaves (musician)

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), worked with Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu (band)

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, was briefly in the Voidoids

The Voidoids

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 and founded The Golden Palominos

The Golden Palominos

The Golden Palominos was an American musical group headed by drummer and composer Anton Fier, first formed in 1981. Aside from Fier, the Palominos membership was wildly elastic, with only bassist Bill Laswell and guitarist Nicky Skopelitis appearing on every album.While the Palominos' records...

. The 1978 Pere Ubu EP titled "Datapanik in the Year Zero" was dedicated to Fier.

Fier has collaborated extensively with Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell

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 and also toured and recorded with Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü

Hüsker Dü was an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1979. The band's continual members were guitarist Bob Mould, bassist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart....

 guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Bob Mould

Bob Mould

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Fier also played with bassist Jack Bruce

Jack Bruce

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 and guitarist Kenji Suzuki on the 1987 album Inazuma Super Session - "Absolute Live!!"

Fier played in the band Locus Solus with John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

 and Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay

Arthur Morgan Lindsay is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He is a 1974 graduate of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida....

. They recorded a live album for Zorn's 50th birthday celebration. It is "Volume Number 3" of the 50th birthday series on Tzadik

Tzadik Records

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Discography (partial)

• Dreamspeed (Avant, 1993)
• Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
  Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud
  -Credits:*Buckethead: Guitar, Vocals *Carey Burtt: Guitar*Teddy Daniel: Flugelhorn*Anton Fier: Drums, Vocals *Julian Bernard Fowler: Piano, Vocals *Oz Fritz: Engineer, Mixing*Brian Kelly: Guitar, Design...
  
  (Island Records, 1995)
• Dreamspeed/Blindlight 1992–1994 (Tzadik, 2003)

External links

• Anton Fier's playlist for webSYNradio