# Tony Biggs

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For the English footballer, see [Tony Biggs (footballer)](/source/Tony_Biggs_(footballer)).

**Tony Biggs** began his broadcasting career in the early 1980s in Brisbane on [4ZZZ](/source/4ZZZ). He later moved to Sydney, where he hosted a show on [JJJ](/source/Triple_J), an Australian youth radio station. In the 1990s Tony moved to Melbourne, appearing on radio [3RRR](/source/3RRR) where he presented 'On the Blower' a talk-back discussion show. In the late 1990s Tony appeared on [RMITV](/source/RMITV) [Under Melbourne Tonight](/source/Under_Melbourne_Tonight),[1] a show on public television [Channel 31](/source/Channel_31_(Australia)). Tony Biggs has been the drummer in bands such as *The Black Assassins*, *Never Again* (Mark Gee on Bass), *Hell To Pay* (Ian and Cathy from [X](/source/X_(Australian_band)) with [Spencer P. Jones](/source/Spencer_P._Jones)), *The Outer Limits* (who opened in Brisbane for [Iggy Pop](/source/Iggy_Pop) on his 1983 Australian Tour with the [New Christs](/source/New_Christs)), [The Fuck Fucks](/source/The_Fuck_Fucks) and *The Love Addicts*.[2][3][4][5]

## References

1. [Under Melbourne Tonight](/source/Under_Melbourne_Tonight) ["Under Melbourne Tonight"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131113202325/http://web.aanet.com.au/vfok/umt/umt.htm). Archived from [the original](http://web.aanet.com.au/vfok/umt/umt.htm) on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2015-07-05.

1. M. Young and J. Jenkins (eds) *Rock Reader: Underneath the Riffs* (Melbourne: Wilkinson, 2008) pp. 65–68

1. Stewart, Paul (12 September 2004), "Big bash for Biggs", Sunday Herald Sun

1. Visontay, Michael (20 September 1990), "BIGGS REJIGS WITH LIVE GIGS", Sydney Morning Herald

1. Anderson, Doug (17 August 1987), "A HOLIDAY FOR MR BIGGS", Sydney Morning Herald

## External links

Triple R Programs > Presenters > Tony Biggs [http://www.rrr.org.au/presenter/tony-biggs](http://www.rrr.org.au/presenter/tony-biggs)

Triple R Programs > On The Blower [http://www.rrr.org.au/program/on-the-blower](http://www.rrr.org.au/program/on-the-blower)

Tracee Hutchison 'Fuck Tha Police' – how I remember the JJJ sackings [http://www.traceehutchison.com/broadcaster.html](http://www.traceehutchison.com/broadcaster.html)

The Black Assassins [http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm](http://members.optusnet.com.au/~toxicoh/blackas.htm)

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