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).
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (43)
R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
Songs (Sound)
2026
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
as Self
2024
R.E.M. - Monster
as Himself
2019
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
2017
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
as Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
2017
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
as Gitarre
2016
R.E.M. by MTV
as Himself
2014
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
2014
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
as Self
2012
R.E.M. at the BBC
as Performer
2012
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
2010
Do It Again
as Self
2010
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
2009
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
as Himself
2009
6 Days
2008
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
as Himself
2008
R.E.M. Live
as Guitarist
2007
Slacker Uprising
as Self
2007
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
2006
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
as Guitar
2004
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
as Self - R.E.M.
2004
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
as Himself
2003
R.E.M.
as Himself
2002
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
2001
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
as Himself
2000
Man on the Moon
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1999
R.E.M.: This Way Up
as Himself
1999
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
as Himself
1999
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
1998
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
1998
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
as Self
1996
R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
as Himself
1995
R.E.M.: Parallel
as Himself
1995
R.E.M. - This Film Is On
as Himself
1991
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
1991
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
1991
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
1991
R.E.M. Tourfilm
as Himself
1990
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
1990
Athens, GA Inside/Out
as Himself
1987
R.E.M.: Succumbs
as Self
1987
R.E.M. at Rockpalast
1985
