Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 06, 1956
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Credits
57 titles
Peter Buck
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).
Known For
Filmography
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
Singing Earth
Himself
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Self
R.E.M. - Monster
Himself
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Gitarre
R.E.M. by MTV
Himself
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Self
R.E.M. at the BBC
Performer
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
Do It Again
Self
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
Himself
6 Days
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Himself
R.E.M. Live
Guitarist
Slacker Uprising
Self
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
The Colbert Report
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
Guitar
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Self - R.E.M.
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Himself
R.E.M.
Himself
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
Boston Public
Self
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
Himself
Man on the Moon
Original Music Composer
R.E.M.: This Way Up
Himself
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
Himself
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
Parkinson
Self
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
Self
R.E.M.: Road Movie
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Himself
R.E.M.: Parallel
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
Himself
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
Self
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
R.E.M. Tourfilm
Himself
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
The Simpsons
Peter Buck (voice)
MTV Unplugged
Self
Athens, GA Inside/Out
Himself