Tony Thaxton is best known as Motion City Soundtrack. He was born as Tony Richard Thaxton on September 6, 1978, and is originally from Mechanicsville, VA, a suburb of Richmond, Va were he graduated from Atlee High School.



Tony Thaxton and bandmate Matt Taylor first met the members of Motion City Soundtrack while playing a show in Milton, Pennsylvania with their old band, Submerge.



After Motion City Soundtrack's drummer left, the members asked Thaxton to join, which he agreed to in late 2001. Thaxton was only a member for two weeks before recording the band's debut LP, 'I Am the Movie'.



Tony Thaxton previously drummed in the Richmond, VA bands Submerge, Gregor Samsa, and My Parents' Birthday. He also sang and played guitar for My Parents' Birthday.



In addition to drumming for Motion City Soundtrack, Tony Thaxton sings backup vocals, most notably in the live version of the song Hangman, where he sings a part originally recorded by Mark Hoppus of Blink 182.



Citing Nirvana’s Dave Grohl and Braid’s Damon Atkinson as a couple of his favorite drummers, Thaxton also mentions a musician that isn’t typically identified as a drummer: Ben Folds:

"He plays all the instruments on the Rockin’ The Suburbs record. And the thing is, he’s not a piano player who’s trying to play the drums. He actually does some really cool drum things. I’ve sat down and tried to play along to some of that stuff, and I’d wonder, What’s happening here?”