Fred Maher is an American

United States

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 drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

, programmer and record producer

Record producer

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He was a member of Massacre (1980-81), Material

Material (band)

For the rock band of the same name, see The MaterialMaterial is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.-1978-82: The band:...

, Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes to the line-up, Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...

, Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking

I'm Talking

I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me", "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in...

's album Bear Witness (1989), Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

's album New York

New York (album)

New York is the fifteenth solo album by Lou Reed. It was received very warmly as a return to the style of The Velvet Underground - founded by Reed in the 1960s...

 (1989), Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet

Sidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...

's album Girlfriend

Girlfriend (album)

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 (1991), and Information Society

Information Society (band)

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's self titled album (1988, which achieved platinum sales status), their 1991 release Hack, and a track on 1997's Don't Be Afraid. In the 1990s, Maher regularly worked as a studio drummer with Lloyd Cole

Lloyd Cole

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 and he co-produced Cole's debut solo album.

He has often collaborated with entertainment producer Ron Baldwin

Ron Baldwin

Ronald Eric Baldwin , music business manager, producer and entrepreneur.-References:...

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External links

• Brief biography + discography
• Analog Ears. Universal Audio WebZine, Volume 3, Number 2, April 2005.