Person · Male
Tony Buck
Australian drummer
- From
- Sydney, Berlin
- Since
- 1961–present
- Releases
- 36
- free improvisation
- free jazz
- jazz
About
Tony Buck (born 1962) is an Australian drummer and percussionist. He graduated from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (now Sydney Conservatorium of Music), becoming involved in the Australian jazz scene.
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Buck played in Great White Noise with Michael Sheridan and Sandy Evans during 1983, then Women and Children First with Sandy Evans. He is a founding member of The Necks with Chris Abrahams and Lloyd Swanton since 1987. He is leader of Peril, who he formed in Japan with Otomo Yoshihide and Kato Hideki, and astroPeril. He also formed the short lived L'Beato in the early 1990s, an industrial-oriented outfit reminiscent of Tackhead, which released one EP "The Piston Song".
In the early 1990s, Buck moved from Australia to Amsterdam and later moved to Berlin.
Member of
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Wizards of Oz drums (drum set)
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The Necks percussion, drums (drum set), guitar
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Peril other vocals, drums (drum set), sampler
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Kletka Red drums (drum set), sampler
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SPILL percussion, drums (drum set)
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Hammeriver drums (drum set)
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Trophies drums (drum set)
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Vellum drums (drum set)
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SKEIN drums (drum set)
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Das B drums (drum set)
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Tutti Orchestra percussion, drums (drum set)
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Glacial drums (drum set), shakers
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Women and Children First percussion, drums (drum set)
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Hear drums (drum set)
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Butch Morris Dedication Orchestra percussion, drums (drum set)
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Dempa drums (drum set), electronic instruments
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The Little Red Spiders drums (drum set), drum machine, sampler
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The Fell Clutch drums (drum set)
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Circadia percussion, drums (drum set)
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AUS drums (drum set)
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Corkestra percussion
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Ellaspeed drums (drum set)
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Frank Schulte Switchbox drums (drum set), electronic instruments
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Great White Noise drums (drum set)
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Heaven And percussion, drums (drum set)
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Silt drums (drum set)
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Sol6 percussion, drums (drum set)
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Tony‐Joe Bucklash drums (drum set), eponymous
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The Exiles percussion, drums (drum set), sampler
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Paul Brody’s DetoNation Orchestra drums (drum set), sampler
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The catholics drums (drum set)
Discography
Albums
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The Shape of Things to Come
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Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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[untitled]
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Durch und durch
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Weird Weapons
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The Fell Clutch
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Spill Plus
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Goldsbleed
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Unearth Apple Music
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Time Being
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MOT
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Unseen
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Ask the Axes
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Flatbosc & Cautery
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The Fruitful Darkness
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Mythographer
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Mongrels
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Environmental Studies Apple Music
Singles
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Also known as
Anthony Buck · Anthony S Buck
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 771e443d-914d-461b-aef3-e2d4124bf473
- ISNI
- 0000000078467437
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 9 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.