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Peter Buck
Oakland, California, USA
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 t…
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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).
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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self (Archive Footage)
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2025
Singing Earth
TV show Himself
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2024
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Movie Self
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2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
R.E.M. - Monster
Movie Himself
- 2017
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2017
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Movie Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
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2016
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Movie Gitarre
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2014
R.E.M. by MTV
Movie Himself
- 2014
- 2012
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2012
R.E.M. at the BBC
Movie Performer
- 2010
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2010
Do It Again
Movie Self
- 2009
- 2009
More credits
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2008
6 Days
Movie
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2008
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Movie Himself
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2007
R.E.M. Live
Movie Guitarist
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2007
Slacker Uprising
Movie Self
- 2006
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2005
The Colbert Report
TV show Self
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2004
Parkinson
TV show Self - Guest / Performer
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2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2004
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
Movie Guitar
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2004
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Movie Self - R.E.M.
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2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Movie Himself
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2002
R.E.M.
Movie Himself
- 2001
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2000
Boston Public
TV show Self
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2000
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
Movie Himself
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1999
Man on the Moon
Movie Original Music Composer
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1999
R.E.M.: This Way Up
Movie Himself
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1999
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
Movie Himself
- 1998
- 1998
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1998
Parkinson
TV show Self
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1996
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
Movie Self
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1996
R.E.M.: Road Movie
Movie
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1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie Self
