Peter Buck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1956 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
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
TV · as Self (Archive Footage) · 1 ep
Singing Earth
TV · as Himself · 2 eps
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Movie · as Self
R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edt.)
Movie · as Guitars
R.E.M.: Monster (25th Anniversary Edt.)
Movie · as Himself
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
Movie
R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary Edt.)
Movie · as Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
R.E.M.: Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edt.)
Movie · as Gitarre
R.E.M. by MTV
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
Movie
R.E.M.: REMTV
Movie · as Guitars
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton
Movie · as Self
R.E.M. at the BBC
Movie · as Performer
Do It Again
Movie · as Self
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
Movie
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
Movie
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Movie · as Himself
6 Days
Movie
Slacker Uprising
Movie · as Self
R.E.M.: Live
Movie · as Guitarist
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
Movie
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Movie · as Self - R.E.M.
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
Movie · as Guitar
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest / Performer · 1 ep
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
Movie
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
Movie · as Himself
Boston Public
TV · as Self · 1 ep
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: This Way Up
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
Movie
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17
Movie
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
R.E.M.: Road Movie
Movie
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
Movie · as Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie · as Self
R.E.M.: Parallel
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Movie · as Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
R.E.M.: This Film Is On
Movie · as Himself
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
Movie
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy
Movie
R.E.M.: Tourfilm
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
Movie
The Simpsons
TV · as Peter Buck (voice) · 1 ep
MTV Unplugged
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Athens, GA Inside/Out
Movie · as Himself
R.E.M.: Succumbs
Movie · as Self
R.E.M.: at Rockpalast
Movie
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
Movie
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Austin City Limits
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rockpalast
TV · as Self (guitar) · 1 ep