Michael Barker (drummer)
Michael Barker is a New Zealand percussion musician best known for performing with The John Butler Trio and Split Enz. In more recent years Barker formed Swamp Thing.[1]
Michael Barker | |
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![]() Barker at the Cambridge Folk Festival. | |
Background information | |
Born | Rotorua, New Zealand |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Drums, percussion |
Years active | 1996–present |
Associated acts | The John Butler Trio, Split Enz, Swamp Thing |
Musical career
Michael wrote, recorded, mixed and released his first solo album, Wonderland in November 2006.
Since 2010, he and Grant Haua are Swamp Thing.[2]
Personal life
In 2007, Michael Barker made headlines as he unsuccessfully tried to save the life of a drowning man in Townsville, Queensland.[3]
gollark: It sounds like your CPU was just not boosting somehow. Probably a heating or configuration issue.
gollark: Is it? I mean, most people *don't* stream things with video, so you're only transferring a few hundred kbps at most, which is basically nothing.
gollark: If you fill the computer fully with sand, it allows excellent thermal transfer.
gollark: It still doesn't have much ventilation.
gollark: Easy.
References
- "Swamp Thing presentation by the New Zealand Herald". Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- Swamp Thing presentation by Muzic.net.nz
- uncredited (10 August 2007). "John Butler Trio drummer's bid to save drowning victim". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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