Fier played and recorded on the John Zorn-led album Locus Solus in 1983. They recorded a live album for Zorn's 50th birthday celebration: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 of the 50th birthday series on Tzadik Records.
He played with bassist Jack Bruce and Japanese guitarist Kenji Suzuki on the 1987 album Inazuma Super Session - "Absolute Live!!".
The 1978 Pere Ubu EP titled Datapanik in the Year Zero was dedicated to Fier.
In 1984 he played on Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak.
He was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader.
He was in The Lodge (with John Greaves), worked with Pere Ubu, was briefly in the Voidoids, and founded The Golden Palominos.
Fier also produced several albums, such as the 1988 album of Drivin' N Cryin', Whisper Tames The Lion, a 2009 album by guitar virtuoso Jim Campilongo titled Orange, and Lianne Smith's Two Sides of a River, on which Fier also played drums.
Fier was an early member of The Lounge Lizards and The Feelies.
Fier collaborated extensively with Bill Laswell and also toured and recorded with Hüsker Dü guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Bob Mould.
Syd Straw, a member of the Golden Palominos, posted on Facebook on 11 October 2019 that Fier was no longer playing drums.