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Anton Fier was born on 20 June, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., is an American rock drummer (1956–2022). Discover Anton Fier's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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Musician · composer · bandleader |
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66 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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20 June 1956 |
Birthday |
20 June |
Birthplace |
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Date of death |
14 September, 2022 |
Died Place |
Basel, Switzerland |
Nationality |
United States
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Anton Fier Height, Weight & Measurements
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Anton Fier Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Anton Fier worth at the age of 66 years old? Anton Fier’s income source is mostly from being a successful Drummer. He is from United States. We have estimated Anton Fier's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Drummer |
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Timeline
They recorded a live album for Zorn's 50th birthday celebration: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 of the 50th birthday series on Tzadik Records.
John Anton Fier III (June 20, 1956 – September 14, 2022) was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader.
In the mid-late-1970s Fier worked in a record store, began drumming, and contributed to recordings by The Styrenes and Pere Ubu.
The 1978 Pere Ubu EP titled Datapanik in the Year Zero was dedicated to Fier.
He moved to New York City and got a job at SoHo Music Gallery where he had the chance to talk with musicians.
Answering an ad in the Village Voice, he became a member of The Feelies in 1978, playing drums on their critically acclaimed debut album Crazy Rhythms.
He led The Golden Palominos, an experimental rock group active from the 1980s to 2010.
Fier, known as Tony, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruthe Marie Fier and Anton J. Fier Jr., a former Marine and electrician.
His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his stepfather, a polka musician.
In the mid 1980s, he was briefly a member of Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
From June 1981 through February 1982 Fier joined Pere Ubu as their drummer, replacing original drummer Scott Krauss.
He played drums, piano, marimba, percussion on their 5th album, Song of the Bailing Man.
He was in The Lodge (with John Greaves) and played in the first line-up of The Lounge Lizards, appearing on their debut album.
Fier then founded The Golden Palominos, which initially featured Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Fred Frith but later became a loose collective of musicians Fier was working with at the moment.
Fier played and recorded on the John Zorn-led album Locus Solus in 1983.
In 1984, he played on Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak.
Fier also contributed to records from the Electric Eels, Yoko Ono, Mick Jagger, Material, Herbie Hancock, Gil Scott-Heron, Peter Blegvad, Matthew Sweet, Stina Nordenstam, Lloyd Cole, Los Lobos, David Cunningham, Joe Henry, Afrika Bambaataa, and Jeff Buckley.
and played with bassist Jack Bruce and Japanese guitarist Kenji Suzuki on the 1987 album Inazuma Super Session – "Absolute Live!!"
Fier also produced several albums, such as the 1988 album of Drivin' n Cryin' Whisper Tames the Lion, a 2009 album by guitar virtuoso Jim Campilongo titled Orange, and Lianne Smith's Two Sides of a River, on which Fier also played drums.
He was also a member of Swans, appearing on their 1991 album, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity.
He also toured and recorded with Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü guitarist, vocalist and songwriter.
Syd Straw, a member of the Golden Palominos, posted on Facebook on October 11, 2019, that Fier was no longer playing drums.
Fier died on September 14, 2022, at the age of 66, at the Pegasos Clinic, in Basel, Switzerland, of VAD Voluntary Assisted Dying i.e. Assisted suicide.
According to Exit International director Philip Nitschke, Fier was not suffering from terminal illness, but "wanted to die on his own terms after feeling he had accomplished everything he could in life."
Golden Palominos Guitarist Nicky Skopelitis was Fier's friend and the executor of his estate.
Fier's cremated remains were delivered to Skopelitis along wth a Cremation notice, indicating the date of death as September 14, 2022.
As noted in The Independent, Fier reportedly had left a final letter, in which he wrote "My father died at 42, and my mother at 52. I never expected or prepared myself to live this long and had no example of how to properly do so."
{[The Independent, October 13, 2022}].
Fier's friends reported the musician had money troubles and injuries which hampered his drumming, and had discussed the possibility of ending his life for several years.