Tony Reiner

Anthony Jason Reiner (April 2, 1967 - September 15, 2003) was a British-Australian bass player, known for playing in the death metal group Nasty Infection.

Life and career
Reiner was born in, , but moved with his family to in his youth. He was raised in, where his father owned a pineapple farm. Reiner was a Christian.

Reiner was one of the founding members of Nasty Infection in 1987, along with Joshua Marchioni, Peter Oldfather, Ken Rainforth and Nathan Rainforth. Inspired by and seeking the new commercial and recording opportunities of the emerging Florida death metal scene, the band relocated to the in 1991, settling in.

Death
On September 15, 2003, hours after a performance at in the band's adopted hometown of, Reiner was found dead, his body sitting upright in a corner, by his fellow band members in the band's tour bus as they prepared to travel to  to play the first show of their 2003 fall North American tour. A medical examiner concluded that Reiner died from a heroin overdose. Reiner's body was repatriated to Australia for burial in his hometown of, where he was given a traditional Anglican funeral, per his belief system. He has a memorial marker at Woodlawn Cemetery in Tampa. Reiner was survived by his younger sisters, Melanie and Jessica, and his older brother, Wayne.