Tony Maimone
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Tony Maimone is a bass player
Bass Player
Bass player can refer to:*Bass Player , an album by Rhombus*Bass Player , a magazine for bassists*Bassist, or bass player, a musician who plays the bass guitar...

, producer, and engineer who lives in Brooklyn, New York.

He was a member of Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu (band)
Pere Ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant...

 from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, often playing with drummer
Drummer
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 Scott Krauss. The duo were dubbed by a critic "one of the great unheralded rhythm section
Rhythm section
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s in all of rock
Rock music
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".

Maimone also has worked with Bob Mould
Bob Mould
Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...

, Frank Black
Frank Black
Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...

, The Mekons, They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...

, and Jon Langford
Jon Langford
Jon Langford born October 11, 1957, Newport, Monmouthshire is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is presently based in Chicago. He is the younger brother of science-fiction author and critic David Langford...

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Maimone currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, where he owns and operates Studio G, a recording studio with Joel Hamilton
Joel Hamilton
Joel Hamilton is a producer, engineer, and musician originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Since the late 1990s he has been based out of Brooklyn, NY. He shares a studio with partner Tony Maimone named Studio G. He has worked with a number of well known artists, as well as writing for various...

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He has produced and/or engineered albums for artists including The Book of Knots
The Book of Knots
The Book of Knots is an American experimental art rock band including Matthias Bossi, Joel Hamilton, Carla Kihlstedt and Tony Maimone.-History:...

, Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...

, The Dixons and The Shondes
The Shondes
The Shondes are an indie punk band from Brooklyn, NY, best known for their brand of pop-rock, featuring Jewish influences and radical political messages, and for organizing and performing at benefit events for organizations such as Birthright Unplugged, Jews Against the Occupation, and The Sylvia...

, Felili, Destronauts, Laura Brennemen, Will James, Bob Kidney, Lord Ward, Peg Simone, Gachupin, Jon Langford
Jon Langford
Jon Langford born October 11, 1957, Newport, Monmouthshire is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is presently based in Chicago. He is the younger brother of science-fiction author and critic David Langford...

, Cock Lorge, and Steve Northeast.

Tony Maimone plays with Megan Reilly's band, featuring Steve Goulding (The Mekons) on drums and Eric Morrison (Home) on piano.
He is also playing with And The Wiremen featuring the music of singer/guitarist Lynn Wright (Bee And Flower, Cordero, James Hall) with Paul Watson
Paul Watson (musician)
Paul "Watty" Watson is an American cornetist, guitarist, and songwriter living in Richmond, Virginia. He is best known for his work with The Orthotonics, FSK, Sparklehorse, and Patrick Phelan...

 (Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse was an American indie rock band led by the singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous.-History:Sparklehorse's first album, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot featuring Bob Rupe of the Silos and Cracker, was a modest college radio success...

, Vic Chestnutt, Orthotonics
Orthotonics
The Orthotonics were an American experimental rock and free improvisation group from Richmond, Virginia. They began in 1979 as the Ortho-Tones, but changed their name to the Orthotonics in 1982...

) on cornet and trumpet, Chris Michael on drums and percussion, Eric Eble (Cordero, Reid Paley Trio), Andrew Megginson (Blasco Ballroom) and Tim Ward (Lord Ward, Elevate) on backing vocals and Jon Petrow (Cloudroom, Bee and Flower) on guitar.

Currently he is playing with The Search Engines and Silvertone
Silvertone
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