Michael Barker (drummer)

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Michael Barker
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Barker at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Background information
Born Rotorua, New Zealand
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion, vocals
Years active1996–present

Michael Barker is a New Zealand musician best known for performing with The John Butler Trio and Split Enz. In more recent years Barker formed Swamp Thing. [1]

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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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