Fred Maher

Fred Maher (* around 1962 in Manhattan) is an American drummer and music producer.

Life

Together with keyboardist Michael Beinhorn and bassist Bill Laswell 1978 he founded the band to which was renamed a year later material. The band's style was a fusion of jazz, funk, punk, hip -hop and world music. In 1979, the debut EP Temporary Music, the self-titled debut album appeared in 1981.

In addition, he trained with Fred Frith and Laswell Massacre ( 1978-1981 ). He then belonged 1984-1988 Scritti Politti to. He also has the album Bear Witness ( 1989) by I'm Talking as well as produced Lou Reed's album New York ( 1989), with whom he also performed live (A Night With Lou Reed ). In addition, he produced Matthew Sweets album Girlfriend ( 1991) and several albums of Information Society, whose eponymous album reached platinum status in 1988. He, too, was one of Daevid Allen's New York Gong and played with Robert Quine.

In the 1990s, Maher worked as a studio musician and has been involved in productions of Lloyd Cole. He also produced Luna and he collaborated with producer Ron Baldwin.

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