Anton Fier

Anton Fier (b. June 20, 1956) is an American drummer, composer and bandleader from Cleveland, Ohio
Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies. He was in The Lodge (with John Greaves), worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids, and founded The Golden Palominos. The 1978 Pere Ubu EP titled Datapanik in the Year Zero was dedicated to Fier.
He has collaborated extensively with Bill Laswell and also toured and recorded with Hüsker Dü guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Bob Mould. He also played with bassist Jack Bruce and Japanese guitarist Kenji Suzuki on the 1987 album Inazuma Super Session – "Absolute Live!!"
Fier played and recorded on the John Zorn-led album Locus Solus in 1983. They recorded a live album for Zorn's 50th birthday celebration: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 of the 50th birthday series on Tzadik Records.
Fier also produced a 2010 album by guitar virtuoso Jim Campilongo titled Orange.
Syd Straw, a member of the Golden Palominos, posted on Facebook on 11 October 2019 that Fier is no longer playing drums.
== Projects ==
*   Autonomous Zone
*   Blind Light
*   Divination
*   Electric Eels
*   Flying Mijinko Band
*   Friction
*   Friends Of Earth
*   Gestalt Et Jive
*   Locus Solus
*   Lounge Lizards
*   Mr. Stress Blues Band
*   Pere Ubu (1988-1991)
*   Peter Brötzmann Tentet
*   Swans
*   The Big Guns
*   The Feelies
*   The Golden Palominos
*   The Lodge
*   The Rockit Band
*   The Styrenes
*   Tokyo Rotation
*   X_Blank_X
== Partial discography ==
* Dreamspeed (Avant, 1993)
* Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud (Island, 1995)
* Dreamspeed/Blindlight 1992–1994 (Tzadik 2003)
== External Links ==
* Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/58286-Anton-Fier
Category:Drummer