| Tony Sales | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 26, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Genres | Rock Hard rock Pop rock |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Bass guitar Backing vocals |
| Years active | 1965 to present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Associated acts | Tony and The Tigers Tin Machine Chequered Past The Cheap Dates |
Tony Fox Sales (born September 26, 1951) is an American rock musician. A bass guitarist, Sales and his brother, Hunt Sales, played with Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine with David Bowie.
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Early life and career
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of 1950s/'60s TV comedian Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926–October 22, 2009) and Barbara Fox (born c. 1928), Tony grew up in Detroit, Michigan, with his younger brother, Hunt Sales (born 1954).
His first musical group was with Hunt in Tony and The Tigers. The band appeared on a TV show hosted by Steve Allen in 1965 and performed two songs, "I'll Be On My Way" and "When The Party's Over," vintage clips of which are featured on YouTube.[1]
Tony and The Tigers released the song "Turn It on Girl," which was a minor local hit in Detroit, appeared on the show Hullabaloo (1966) and also appeared on the local Detroit/Windsor dance show Swingin' Time with Robin Seymour.
Career
In 1970, the Sales brothers joined Todd Rundgren in the newly formed group, Runt, and recorded two albums. They provided the rhythm section for the Iggy Pop album Lust for Life (1977). The pair joined Pop on his subsequent tour, recorded and released as TV Eye Live 1977.
He and Anulka Dziubinska were married on August 20, 1978, in Los Angeles.[2] Sales had a car accident in 1979 and was in a coma for over eight months, but recovered from his injuries and went back into music. He and Taryn Power, daughter of the late movie star Tyrone Power and actress Linda Christian, had two children, Anthony Tyrone "Tony" Sales (born September 4, 1982)[3] and Valentina Fox Sales (born September 10, 1983).[4]
In 1984, Sales, along with singer Michael Des Barres, ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, bass player Nigel Harrison and drummer Clem Burke released an album under the band name Chequered Past. The album flopped and the band broke up shortly afterward.
Sales joined David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels and Hunt Sales in Tin Machine in 1988. On November 23, 1991, Tin Machine appeared on Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by then child actor Macaulay Culkin. Tin Machine recorded three albums and did two tours before it broke up in 1992. Bowie later stated that his memories of Tony and Hunt Sales' contribution to Lust for Life led him to invite them to join Tin Machine.[5]
Throughout the 1990s, Sales recorded and produced and was a member of the short-lived all-star band The Cheap Dates, which included actor Harry Dean Stanton, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Slim Jim Phantom.
Discography
With Todd Rundgren
- Runt (1970)
- Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971)
With Iggy Pop
- Kill City (recorded 1975, released 1977)
- Sister Midnight (recorded 1977, released 1999)
- Lust For Life (1977)
- TV Eye Live 1977 (1978)
With Tin Machine
- Tin Machine (1989)
- Tin Machine II (1991)
- Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992)
References
- ^ Tony and The Tigers in 1965 on YouTube
- ^ California Marriage Index, Date: Aug. 20, 1978, Location: Los Angeles, Groom: Tony F. Sales, born abt 1952, Bride: Anulka M. Dziubinska, born abt 1951.
- ^ California Birth Index, Name: Anthony Tyrone Sales, Date: Sep. 4, 1982, Sex: Male, Mother's Maiden Name: Power, Birth Place: Los Angeles.
- ^ California Birth Index, Name: Valentina Fox Sales, Date: Sep. 10, 1983, Sex: Female, Mother's Maiden Name: Power, Birth Place: Los Angeles.
- ^ David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p. 451.
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