Tony Fox Sales

Some of Tony and Hunt's recordings were placed in storage after Tony was injured in a car accident in 1979 so severely that he was near death for several minutes before being revived. He was consequently in a [[coma]] for over eight months but eventually recovered from his injuries and returned to working as a musicians.

Some of Tony and Hunt's recordings were placed in storage after Tony was injured in a car accident in 1979 so severely that he was near death for several minutes before being revived. He was consequently in a [[coma]] for over eight months but eventually recovered from his injuries and returned to working as a musicians.

===1980s to present===

In 1982, Sales joined a band named [[Chequered Past]], which included singer/actor [[Michael Des Barres]] (later of [[The Power Station (band)|Power Station]]), ex-[[Sex Pistols]] guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]’s bass player [[Nigel Harrison]] and drummer [[Clem Burke]]. According to Des Barres, the choice of name was not an idle one. "All the members have been through a lot," he told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' at his house in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], including the fact that Sales had fully recovered from a debilitating auto accident.<ref>{{cite news| title= Pop Beat - Motley Musicians Team Up For Chequered Past| work= [[Los Angeles Times]]| date= November 13, 1982| page= F1| first= | last= }}</ref> After an album released by Chequered Past in 1984 flopped, the band broke up shortly afterward.

In 1982, Sales joined a band, [[Chequered Past]], which included singer/actor [[Michael Des Barres]] (later of [[The Power Station (band)|Power Station]]), ex-[[Sex Pistols]] guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]’s bass player [[Nigel Harrison]] and drummer [[Clem Burke]]. According to Des Barres, the choice of name was not an idle one. "All the members have been through a lot," he told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' at his house in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], including the fact that Sales had fully recovered from a debilitating auto accident.<ref>{{cite news| title= Pop Beat - Motley Musicians Team Up For Chequered Past| work= [[Los Angeles Times]]| date= November 13, 1982| page= F1| first= | last= }}</ref> After an album released by Chequered Past in 1984 flopped, the band broke up shortly afterward.

The Sales brothers joined [[David Bowie]] and [[Reeves Gabrels]] to form the band [[Tin Machine]] in 1988. ''[[The New York Times]]'' said of the band's first album, "Tin Machine sounds as if it was made by people working together, not by a producer with a computer."<ref>{{cite news| title= And Now, The No-Frills David Bowie| work= The New York Times| date= June 4, 1989| page= H24| first= | last= }}</ref> On November 23, 1991, the band performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which was hosted that episode by then child actor [[Macaulay Culkin]]. Tin Machine recorded three albums and toured twice before dissolving in 1992. Bowie later stated that his memories of Tony and Hunt Sales' contribution to ''Lust for Life'' led him to invite them to join Tin Machine.<ref>{{cite book| last= Buckley| first= David |year= 1999| title= Strange Fascination: David Bowie - The Definitive Story| publisher= [[Virgin Books]]| page= 451 |isbn= 978-1-85227-784-0}}</ref>

The Sales brothers joined [[David Bowie]] and [[Reeves Gabrels]] to form the band [[Tin Machine]] in 1988. ''[[The New York Times]]'' said of the band's first album, "Tin Machine sounds as if it was made by people working together, not by a producer with a computer."<ref>{{cite news| title= And Now, The No-Frills David Bowie| work= The New York Times| date= June 4, 1989| page= H24| first= | last= }}</ref> On November 23, 1991, the band performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which was hosted that episode by then child actor [[Macaulay Culkin]]. Tin Machine recorded three albums and toured twice before dissolving in 1992. Bowie later stated that his memories of Tony and Hunt Sales' contribution to ''Lust for Life'' led him to invite them to join Tin Machine.<ref>{{cite book| last= Buckley| first= David |year= 1999| title= Strange Fascination: David Bowie - The Definitive Story| publisher= [[Virgin Books]]| page= 451 |isbn= 978-1-85227-784-0}}</ref>