He played guitar and violin in Lou Reed's live tour band, and formerly played guitar and/or violin in multiple Brooklyn trip hop and electronic bands, including: Number19, BM Linx, and Puracane.
Tony Diodore grew up in Marion, Indiana where he studied violin with Patricia Tretick.
After moving to New York City he began playing in the band Number19 in 1999 with electronic musician Sarth Calhoun, drummer Marcus Righter, and vocalist/cellist Leah Coloff.
[2] Also in 2005 Tony formed the electronic, psychedelic rock band BM Linx with Jonathan Murray and drummer Andrew Griffith.
[5] In 2006 Tony played guitar and violin with Puracane for their album, I've Been Here the Longest, released by Astraea Records.