Peter Buck
Date of birth: 1956-12-06
Place of birth: Oakland, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Peter Lawrence Buck, R.E.M.
Biography
Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has also been at various times an official member of numerous 'side project' groups. These groups included Arthur Buck (with Joseph Arthur), Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Tired Pony, The No-Ones and Filthy Friends, each of which have released at least one full-length studio album. Additionally, the experimental combo Slow Music (which also features Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain, Robert Fripp, and Bill Rieflin) have released an official live concert CD. Another side project group called Full Time Men released an EP while Buck was a member. As well, ad hoc "supergroups" Bingo Hand Job (Billy Bragg and R.E.M.), Musical Kings (Michelle Malone, Peter Buck, John Keane) and Nigel & The Crosses (Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck, Glenn Tilbrook and others) have each commercially released one track. "Richard M. Nixon", a band Buck founded in 2012 to support the release of his solo album with live gigs, has never issued an official recording. Richard M. Nixon consists of Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin, the same three musicians who comprise The Venus 3.[2] Buck also has a career as a record producer including releases by Uncle Tupelo, Vigilantes of Love, Dreams So Real, The Fleshtones, The Feelies, and The Jayhawks, as well as a session musician (for the likes of The Replacements, Billy Bragg, Decemberists and Eels).
Movie Credits
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1985-06-09
Touring in support of Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M. performs an energetic set with selections
Slacker Uprising
2007-09-07
Michael Moore visits colleges in swing states during the 2004 election with a goal to encourage 18–2
R.E.M. Live
2007-10-16
R.E.M. Live is a live album from R.E.M., recorded at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on February 26 and 2
R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990-09-25
Tourfilm (1990) is a documentary-style concert film by American rock band R.E.M. The film chronicles
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996-08-25
Live performance recorded at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia, 18, 19 & 21 November 1995.
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
2009-04-03
When a gang of suburban teens stumbled across a bunch of abandoned instruments and formed The Flesht
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991-09-24
This 50-minute release features promotional videos to the band's four singles from Out of Time ('Los
Left of Reckoning
1984-01-01
Promotional film for R.E.M.'s second album, Reckoning, directed by James Herbert.
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
2012-03-30
Why is it that Billy Bob Thornton, Dave Matthews, Peter Buck, Derek Trucks, Phish, Widespread Panic,
Athens, GA Inside/Out
1987-05-29
Led by the success of the B-52's and R.E.M., Athens, Georgia was the most happening music scene in t
Do It Again
2010-10-16
Chronicles Boston Globe reporter Geoff Edgers on his irrational quest to reunite The Kinks.
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
2004-01-01
On September 19, 1973, the musician and heir to a million-dollar fortune died under the influence of
R.E.M.: Succumbs
1987-01-01
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003-10-23
In View: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is a DVD featuring videos by the rock band R.E.M. during 1988–
R.E.M. by MTV
2014-11-21
The career of the band, from its start in Georgia to its breakup in 2011.
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
1991-06-06
A special commemorating the 10th anniversary of MTV. Included are performances created for this spec
R.E.M.: Parallel
1995-05-30
A collection of R.E.M. music videos from Monster and Automatic for the People. Includes Drive, Man o
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2004-03-16
Perfect Square is a video recording of a concert by rock band R.E.M., filmed on 19 July 2003 at the
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
2016-11-18
1991's Out of Time catapulted R.E.M. from an indie favorite to one of the biggest bands in the world
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
2008-03-11
A documentary that goes inside the dark, witty, surreal world of cult English singer/songwriter Roby
6 Days
2008-03-31
Behind-the-scenes footage and performances of songs from R.E.M.'s album Accelerate.
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017-12-08
A short documentary on the making of REM's "Automatic for the People" album.
R.E.M. at the BBC
2012-01-13
In September 2011 R.E.M., the rock band from Athens, Georgia, decided to call it a day after 31 year
R.E.M.
2002-05-09
A documentary on the band
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
1999-06-16
A rare portrait of the band, focusing on the creative crisis faced by the group when drummer Bill Be
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014-04-19
This release is composed of two performances that the band made on the U.S. television show MTV Unpl
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995-10-24
A behind-the-scenes documentary of R.E.M. as they prepare to embark on their 1995 Monster World Tour
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006-09-12
This is the first complete overview of R.E.M.'s videos for I.R.S. Records, developed and compiled by
R.E.M. - Monster
2019-01-07
A look (up to 2002) at the career of R.E.M., one of America's most successful and acclaimed bands.
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010-10-26
R.E.M. recorded this live performance on March 13, 2008 for the television series Austin City Limits
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990-07-01
This 35-minute release features promotional videos to all of the band's singles and several album-on
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
2000-10-17
What happens to the small historic town of Stirling, Scotland when R.E.M. decide to play three shows
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
2017-11-10
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with Dolby TrueHD 7_1 Atmos + Hi-
R.E.M.: This Way Up
1999-11-08
TV-documentary chronicling the recording of R.E.M.'s 11th studio album "Up" and the subsequent 1998
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001-08-09
R.E.M. returned to MTV Unplugged at TRL Studio at MTV Studios on May 21, 2001. The baroque pop set
R.E.M. at Rockpalast
1985-10-02
Feeling Gravitys Pull, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, Maps and Legends, Fall on Me, Green Grow the
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
2024-09-28
After being institutionalized for schizophrenia and manic-depression in his early 20s, Mike Mantione
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991-04-24
1. World Leader Pretend 2. Half a World Away 3. Disturbance At Heron House 4. Swan Swan H 5. Radio S
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
1996-09-04
Documentary of the band R.E.M. writing and recording their 1996 album "New Adventures in Hi-Fi.
This Is Not a Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009-10-07
US rock trio R.E.M. prepare for a five-night series of concerts in 2007 at the Olympia Theatre in Du
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998-10-19
Bridge School Benefit Concert
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998-10-17
Join R.E.M. on stage during their Up Tour for a stunning live performance at the iconic Shoreline Am
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991-03-22
22 March 1991 – Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
1982-10-10
The earliest pro-shot footage of R.E.M. in concert: a 50-minute live set filmed on Oct. 10, 1982, fo
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Documentary surrounding the festival.