Greek Buck were a

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musical duo, consisting of Don Pyle (formerly of

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) and Andrew Zealley. They are best known for "Spunk", the theme song to the

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television series '' Queer as Folk''. "Spunk rock Greek Buck gets harder"
''Daily Xtra'', Apr 17, 2002.

History

Originally billed as Barely Pink, Pyle and Zealley changed their name to Greek Buck in 1998. In 2000 Greek Buck released a five-song EP, ''Bucquiem''. Kevan Byrne and Kevin Lynn of

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, joined Pyle and Zealley. Their song "Spunk" was used as the theme song for the first three seasons of ''Queer as Folk'', and was included on original TV soundtrack album for the show. Pyle and Zealley also composed the scores to several films by

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''"Greek Buck - No Time (CD-EP)"
''Indieville'', and the short films ''This is Nothing'' and ''Herr''),

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'') and Wrik Mead (''Fruit Machine'', ''Hoolboom'', ''Camp''). CD releases of the soundtracks were billed as "Don Pyle + Andrew Zealley" to set them apart from the other Greek Buck releases. In 2002 the duo released an EP, ''No Time''."GREEK BUCK: New and Notable Releases"
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, and actress

. Zealley has also worked as a film and television composer separately from Pyle, was a member of the

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for electronic music artists under the name PSBEUYS.

Discography

Barely Pink

*'"Black Vinyl" / "Litho Star" (1997) (vinyl single) *''Lrg-n^ss10 (Galerie Largeness Installment No. Ten)'' (1997) (cassette EP)

Greek Buck

*''Messin' With Greek Buck'' (1998) (vinyl only) *''Bucquiem'' (2000) *''No Time'' (2002) (CD EP)

Don Pyle + Andrew Zealley

*''

'' (2001) (original soundtrack) *''

'' (2003) (original soundtrack)

References

External links

The Shadowy Site On A Shadowy Web
(Unofficial Shadowy Men Home Page with a section on Greek Buck) {{DEFAULTSORT:Greek Buck Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups from Toronto Canadian electronic music groups LGBT-themed musical groups 1997 establishments in Ontario Canadian musical duos