RIP Drummer Anton Fier, early member of Lounge Lizards & Feelies, was in The Lodge with John Greaves, worked with Pere Ubu, founded Golden Palominos

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was briefly in the Voidoids

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

Fier 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 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.

Syd Straw, a member of the Golden Palominos, posted on Facebook on 11 October 2019 that Fier was no longer playing drums. Fier died in August of 2022. His death was just announced