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
Barker at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Background information
BornRotorua, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
Years active1996–present

Musical career

Barker 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]

References

  1. "Swamp Thing presentation by the New Zealand Herald". Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. Swamp Thing presentation by Muzic.net.nz
  3. 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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