Currently drumming with the soon to be huge Just Jack, Tony Thompson is also a well respected and sought after session drummer who has played with Legendary Manchester Jazz funk band '52^nd street', the Punk band 'Stomp', the 'Clint Boon Experience' highlighting his ability to leap from one genre to another. Funk, Punk, Indie, Dance and traditional Hip-Hop are among the many musical styles he's effortlessly worked with.

52^nd street inked a deal with Tony Wilson's Factory Records. A surprising move seeing as Factory Records were not really associated with Funk/Soul. 52^nd streets first release on Factory records in 1982 was "Look into My Eyes" and received critical acclaim. Towards the end of 1982 the band started experimenting with electronic sounds after being influenced by productions from New York City's hip-hop community and Bill Laswell's work with jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock.

A few bootlegs of another 52^nd Street track, a demo of "Cool as Ice" started to appear in the United states and within six weeks 52^nd Street secured a major US deal with A & M records and they helped the song gain a top 20 billboard Dance Chart position. A & M flew the band to the US to promote the release, playing live club dates mainly on the east side of the country, including two nights at the famous Danceteria in New York City.

After returning back from America Tony left 52^nd Street. He went on to tour as a session drummer with Gloria Gaynor and spent several weeks adding his extensive range of beats to the tracks of hip-hop artist 'Kaleef' on a tour support slot with Snoop Dogg and Warren G.

Upon meeting the ex Inspiral Carpets keyboardist Clint Boon in the early 1990's in a bar, Clint told Tony that the Inspiral Carpets had split, he discussed his intentions of forming a new band and then a few weeks later the 'Clint Boon Experience' was born. After a cagey start, with Clint unsuccessfully meeting with several major labels, things took off after inking a deal with small indie label Fierce Panda. After a tour bus accident in Scotland which hospitalised the band, Tony took a few years out then bounced back with the Clint Boon Experience and went on to do their first gig in Manchester a few months later.

Their first release 'White No Sugar', was enough to draw 400 people to the show without any advertising. Things were looking good for Tony and the band. Tony went on to record two albums with The Clint Boon Experience, The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel (1999), and Life in Transition (2000). In this year the band released the single Do What You Do (Earworm Song) which featured Fran Healey, the lead singer of the band Travis.

Tony recently met with Just Jack which leads us to the present day, and Tony's current work with Just Jack, an English singer, songwriter, poet, rapper and producer who made a name for himself with his debut album "Outer Marker", which received success both in the US and on English soil. Just Jack has made his long awaited comeback recently and caused quite a stir in the music industry and is expected to go on to achieve great things with his talent shining as brightly as it did two years ago. After spending weeks on tour with Just Jack, Tony recently entered the studio to record Just Jack's latest album 'Overtones' and current single 'Writers block' which was released on the 9th of October. Tipped by all the right people, Overtones is an album that transcends genres and will only further enhance Tony's, and Jack's reputation in the music industry.