Tony lost his battle with Renal Cell cancer at 1:30am on Wednesday, November 12th. To keep his memory alive we are going to move forward with the fundraiser at the Hard Rock Cafe on Dec. 16th. We appreciate everyone's continued support and stay tuned for tickets to an amazing tribute.


Tony Thompson is best known as the drummer from Chic, The Power Station and David Bowie's Let's Dance & Serious Moonlight Tour.



http://www.tonythompsonfund.com/

All the strength to his family and friends

Chic ROCKED!

noepie said:

That picture is wrong. That is Tony Thompson formerly of the group Hi 5.

And he was a lil young 2 be playing wid Chic.

YODAHENDRIX said:

That is him, i got this picture of bowienet.
I think he knows his former drummer better than you.

this is the wrong picture...
that is honestly a pic of Tony Thompson of HI-5!!!


The pic is wrong, there are more than 1 Tony Thompson's in music...and that ain't the one who played for CHIC, thats a pic of the 20 some odd year old guy from the r/b group 'HI-5'.


My sister was over here buggin out when she saw that pic and so was I...please post the Tony who died, instead of the younger Tony from HI-5!!!

WRONG PIC!

NPD313 said:

Oh lawd,I just noticed it too,that is NOT the Tony Thompson from Chic...lol...

Better
Notify
Bowie.net
Noepie.

They Suck

Okay, this realy is Tony:

No fucking way! Tony Thompson died? Damn. Peace to his soul.

This is Tony Thompson

stymie said:

AND HE WAS ONLY FORTY FUCKING EIGHT

YODAHENDRIX said:

I was about to say!!! I could've sworn that was the dude from Hi 5!!!

I'd like to dedicate the song "At Last I Am Free" to Tony's memory and also to the memory of Bernard Edwards.

God's rhythm section is a little more tighter up there.

I'm sorry, I forgot to add that it is on the C'est Chic CD.
[This message was edited Fri Nov 14 7:57:54 PST 2003 by cranshaw62]

Crap!!! Two members of The Power Station in one year?!?!? That sucks! Now I'm depressed!

noepie said:

HAHAH ok dude...If u say so...go look up Hi 5 and come back 2 me ahahahha

OMG- first Robert Palmer, now TT--let's just hope ANdy and John Taylor (also in Power Station and Duran Duran) aren't next. RIp Tony!

purplegypsy said:

incidentally i like ure avatar there.

Stevie rules

This is very tragic. I liked his work with Chic and The Power Station

Rest in Peace, Tony.

I'll never forget your aggressive funk/rock style!

All I can think about now is his drum intro on "Some Like it Hot".

"boom boom, boom boom bat!"

No! Oh man that really sucks. He was SO SUPA talented.

Just listen 2 any of the drumming on The Power Station album - AWESOME.

Godspeed Tony - thanx 4 the vibe.
[This message was edited Fri Nov 14 9:10:15 PST 2003 by bananacologne]

NWF said:

She wants to multiplyyy, are you gonna do it?




Only Andy and John are left from Power Station now. Oh, and Michael DesBarres too.

RIP Tony. Damn, only 48. It just ain't right.

JediMaster said:

They were so young too.

Man I just heard about it this morning and it was a total shock. No idea about his condition prior to the news. I haven't seen anything online initially but there are other articles if you do a search under the news section. He tore it up on Bang A Gong and Some Like It Hot...turn those songs up next time and you'll see what I mean. I met him briefly after a Power Station show a few years ago when they toured in support of their 2nd release. He was really nice. Always liked his cool laid back presence. Now I'm gonna play Chic and Power Station at work all day.

Aww. . . Rest in Peace.