Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American

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and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the

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band

R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternati ...

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 Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through ...

), Hindu Love Gods,

The Minus 5 The Minus 5 is an American pop rock band headed by musician Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows, often in partnership with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. Band history McCaughey formed the band in 1993 as a side project with Buck, Jon Auer ...

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The Baseball Project The Baseball Project is a supergroup composed of Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon formed in 2007. The performers came together from discussions between McCaughey and Wynn at R.E.M.'s March 21, 2007 inductio ...

, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3,

Tired Pony Tired Pony was an indie folk supergroup consisting of Gary Lightbody, Richard Colburn, Iain Archer, Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Troy Stewart. Lightbody formed the group out of his appreciation for country music, and has during ...

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and

Filthy Friends Filthy Friends is an alt-rock supergroup based in Portland, Oregon. The band is fronted by Corin Tucker (of Sleater-Kinney) and guitarist Peter Buck (formerly of R.E.M. and Tired Pony). The other members of the band include alumni from bands ...

, each of which have released at least one full-length studio album. Additionally, the experimental combo Slow Music (which also features Fred Chalenor,

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Matt Chamberlain Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter. Biography Life and career Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...

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, and

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) 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

), Musical Kings (Michelle Malone, Peter Buck, John Keane) and Nigel & The Crosses (Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck,

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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 Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 199 ...

and

, the same three musicians who comprise The Venus 3. Buck also has a career as a record producer including releases by

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Vigilantes of Love Vigilantes of Love is an American rock band fronted by Bill Mallonee, with many secondary players drawn from the musician pool in and around Athens, Georgia, United States. In its later manifestations in the later 1990s and early 2000s, Mallone ...

Dreams So Real Dreams So Real were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, who gained national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They recorded three albums, including two releases on Arista Records. History The trio was led by song ...

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, and

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, as well as a

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(for the likes of The Replacements, Billy Bragg,

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and

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Early life

Peter Lawrence Buck was born on December 6, 1956, in

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, to Peter and Violet Buck. After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved, via Roswell, Georgia, to

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. After graduating with honors from Crestwood High School in 1975, Buck attended

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and joined

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fraternity. He eventually dropped out of Emory. Buck moved to

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, and attended the

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as well. While in Athens, Buck worked at the

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store, where he met future bandmate

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as well as R.E.M.'s future manager,

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Music

Buck's style of guitar playing is simple and yet distinctive. He makes wide use of open strings while chording to create chiming and memorable pop melodies. His sound, especially on mid-period R.E.M. albums that saw the band break through to international popularity, has been associated with

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guitars, particularly a Jetglo (black) model 360. He has also used a wide variety of other instruments as the group has continued to experiment and develop. On some more recent R.E.M. releases prior to ''

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'' (2008), his guitar parts have been less prominent. "When Peter plays guitar, there's a strong sense of ''fuck off'' that comes from his side of the stage. And you feel that he wants to be in a band because he likes what they do... but that's all," explained U2's lead singer

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in 2003. "And it's almost like performing and having to deal with all of that is a bit of a compromise for him, so just fuck off. And I like that energy a little bit, and that gives them their aggression." Buck has produced many bands, including

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, Charlie Pickett, and

. Buck also has made contributions on many other musicians' albums, including The Replacements, Billy Bragg,

The Decemberists The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band consists of Colin Meloy ( lead vocals, guitar, principal songwriter), Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (piano, keyboards, accordion), Nate ...

Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...

, and several

albums. Peter, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and

Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon (; January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", " Lawyers, Guns and Money", and " Roland the Headless Th ...

recorded an album under the band name Hindu Love Gods, while the R.E.M. bandmates and Zevon were recording tracks for Zevon's 1987 album '' Sentimental Hygiene''. Hindu Love Gods is one of many names the members of R.E.M. have used performing around the Athens area. Buck also continued to play live locally with the Normaltown Flyers, performing country and rock standards in local bars. The three instrumentalists from R.E.M. all performed on

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's 1991 album ''The Jewel Thief'', including the single " I Belong to You". Buck also coproduced the 1992

album, ''Killing Floor'', with songwriter

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. He co-wrote, produced, and performed on

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's 1997 album ''

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''. He recorded an EP with Keith Streng of

as Full Time Men in 1985, and along with R.E.M. sideman

has been a partner in

and a member of the instrumental band

. Additionally, In October 2005, he joined R.E.M. studio drummer

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guitarist

and three others in forming an improvisational performance band called Slow Music. His voice can be heard on one R.E.M. song: "I Walked with a Zombie" from the Roky Erickson tribute album '' Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye''. In 2006, Buck toured with

, McCaughey, and Rieflin as lead guitarist for Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 in the wake of the band's first release, '' Olé! Tarantula''. In 2008, after McCaughey and

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decided to work together, the duo asked Buck to be the bass player in their new band,

, along with drummer Linda Pitmon. Buck has contributed liner notes to compilations, reissues, and special editions, both of R.E.M.'s own material (the best-of compilations ''

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'' and ''

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'', the rarities, B-sides and out-takes collection ''

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'', and the special edition of ''

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'') and of other artists' work (such as

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' '' Love You''). On September 9, 2008, immediately following the band's concert in

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, Buck's signature

guitar, used live and in the studio since ''

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'' in 1982, was stolen from the stage. It was returned on September 18, 2008, by an anonymous source. In March 2012, six months after R.E.M.'s September 2011 dissolution, Buck, now signed to Mississippi Records, announced intentions of working on a solo album, backed by singer-songwriter

. The first track from the self-titled solo album, "10 Million BC," was released via

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on June 21, 2012. His eponymous first album was released later that same year. In the final days of 2013, Buck announced he would be releasing his second solo album soon. The new project, titled '' I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again'', was released on February 18, 2014, again on vinyl only. In 2015, Buck released his third solo album, ''Warzone Earth'', under Little Axe Records. In April 2017, Buck released the first single "Any Kind of Crowd" from his latest collaborative project with

, a super group with long time associates

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and

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. The same month also saw another new release with Buck and McCaughey teaming up with Frode Strømstad and Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen of Norwegian band I Was A King to form the group The No Ones. The first song from their Sun Station EP was released, with the EP set to follow later in the year. Peter Buck in Arthur Buck A

Arthur Buck, a side project with singer-songwriter

in which Buck and Arthur share songwriting duties, released their eponymous debut album in June 2018. The following year, the

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collaboration '' Beat Poetry for Survivalists'' was released.

Personal life

Starting in the 1990s, Buck relocated to the

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and divided time between

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, and

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. Buck currently lives in

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, Mexico. The guitarist is twice divorced. He was once married to Barrie Buck, the owner of Athens'

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. He has twin daughters with his ex-wife Stephanie Dorgan, Zelda and Zoe, born in June 1994. During his marriage to Dorgan, Buck became a partner in the music venue that she owned in Seattle, Crocodile Café, and often played there with his other band,

. Buck married his third wife, Chloe Johnson, on June 1, 2013, in Portland, Oregon. Buck is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of music, as well as his extensive personal record collection. Buck estimated his record collection to be around 25,000 in the late 1990s (he estimated he had 10,000 vinyl singles, 6,000 LPs and 4,000 CDs). Buck is an atheist.

Airline incident

On April 21, 2001, Buck was aboard a transatlantic flight (British Airways #48) from Seattle to London to play a concert at

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. Witnesses alleged that Buck exhibited various bizarre behaviors on the flight, including shoving a CD into a drinks trolley thinking it was a CD player, tearing up the "yellow card" warning notice handed to him by the flight crew, claiming "I am R.E.M." and being involved in a struggle over a yogurt cup with two flight attendants, which resulted in the cup exploding. Buck's actions led to two charges of common assault on the flight attendants, one charge of being drunk on a plane and one charge of damaging

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cutlery and crockery. At the ensuing trial in London, Buck's defense claimed that the moderate amount of wine he had drunk had reacted adversely with the brand of sleeping pill he was taking and rendered him unable to control his actions. The prosecution argued that he was simply intoxicated from supposedly consuming 15 glasses of wine. After the trial, which included testimony from

, the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, Buck was cleared on the grounds of non-insane automatism.

Discography

With R.E.M. *''

'' EP ( I.R.S.) 1982 *'' Murmur'' (I.R.S.) 1983 *'' Reckoning'' (I.R.S.) 1984 *''

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'' (I.R.S.) 1984 *''

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'' (I.R.S.) 1986 *''

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'' (I.R.S.) 1987 *''

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'' (

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) 1988 *'' Out of Time'' (Warner Bros.) 1991 *''

Automatic for the People ''Automatic for the People'' is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released by Warner Bros. Records on October5, 1992 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States. R.E.M. began pro ...

'' (Warner Bros.) 1992 *'' Monster'' (Warner Bros.) 1994 *''

'' (Warner Bros.) 1996 *'' Up'' (Warner Bros.) 1998 *'' Reveal'' (Warner Bros.) 2001 *''

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'' (Warner Bros.) 2004 *''

'' (Warner Bros.) 2008 *''

Collapse into Now ''Collapse into Now'' is the fifteenth and final studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on March 7, 2011, on Warner Bros. Produced by Jacknife Lee, who previously worked with the band on ''Accelerate'' (2008), the alb ...

'' (Warner Bros.) 2011 Solo *''

Peter Buck 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 ca ...

'' (

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) 2012 *'' I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again'' (Mississippi) 2014 *''Wazone Earth'' (Mississippi) 2015 *''Dear December'' ( Yep Rock) 2017 *'' Beat Poetry for Survivalists'' (

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) 2020 *''All the Kids are Super Bummed Out'' ( Cherry Red) 2022 Produced *

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: ''Burn Something Beautiful'' (

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) 2016 *

: ''Father's House'' (Coyote) 1986 *

: ''

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'' (

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) 1986 *

: ''Beautiful Light'' (Naked Language) 1993 *

: '' Paging Mr. Proust'' (

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/Sham) 2016 * John Wesly Harding: ''Greatest Other People's Hits'' (

) 2018 *

: ''March 6-20, 1992'' (Rockville) 1992 *

: ''Killing Floor'' (Fingerprint/Sky) 1992 Recorded with Arthur Buck *''Arthur Buck'' (

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) 2018

*''Baseball Project, Vol. 2: High Inside'' (Yep Rock) 2011 *''

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'' (Yep Rock) 2014

& Peter Buck *''Words + Music'' (Warner Bros.) 1997

*'' Invitation'' (

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) 2017 *'' Emerald Valley'' (Kill Rock Stars) 2019 Hindu Love Gods * ''Hindu Love Gods'' (

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) 1990

*''

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'' (

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) 1995 *''

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'' ( Hollywood/Malt) 1997 *''

Let the War Against Music Begin ''Let the War Against Music Begin'' is an album by American rock group The Minus 5. It was released on Mammoth Records in 2001 as part of a split album with '' Because We Hate You'' by the Young Fresh Fellows. Recording and release This album wa ...

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/Malt) 2001 *'' I Don't Know Who I Am (Let the War Against Music Begin, Vol. 2)'' (Return to Sender) 2003 *''

Down with Wilco ''Down with Wilco'' is the fifth album by American rock band The Minus 5. Produced by Scott McCaughey and Jeff Tweedy, it is a collaboration between McCaughey and Wilco, recorded at SOMA Studios Chicago in September and December 2001. Released ...

'' (Yep Rock) 2003 *'' In Rock (The Minus 5 album)'' (Yep Rock) 2004 *''Gun Album'' (Yep Rock) 2006 *''

'' (Yep Rock) 2006 *'' Killingsworth'' (Yep Rock) 2009 *''Of Monkees and Men'' (Yep Rock) 2010 *''Dear December'' (Yep Rock) 2017 *''Stroke Manor'' (Yep Rock) 2016

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Breaking the Ethers ''Breaking the Ethers'' is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna, the Screaming Trees and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music. It was produced by B ...

'' ( Epic) 1997 *''

Trading with the Enemy Trading with the enemy is a legal term of English origin that is used with a number of related meanings. It refers to: #An offence at common law and under statute #A ground for condemnation of ships in prize proceedings #A ground for illegality a ...

'' (Fast Horse) 2001 *''

Cinemathique ''Cinemathique'' is the third album by collaborative band Tuatara. The band expanded to eleven members on this album, and it was their first album for Barrett Martin's record label, Fast Horse Recordings. Track listing Musicians *Peter Buck - ...

'' (Fast Horse) 2002 *''

The Loading Program ''The Loading Program'' is the fourth release by collaborative group Tuatara Tuatara (''Sphenodon punctatus'') are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Despite their close resemblance to lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rh ...

'' (Fast Horse) 2003 *'' East of the Sun'' (Fast Horse) 2007 *''

West of the Moon West of the Moon is a studio album by the alternative rock band Tuatara. It was released in 2007, after '' East of the Sun''. Track listing # Bird's Eye View # Los Angeles # Wrong Turn # Are You Feeling Me # When The Love Is Gone # The Old Carvi ...

'' (Fast Horse) 2007 *''The Here and the Gone'' (Fast Horse) 2008 *''Underworld'' (Sunyata) 2014 *Shamanic Nights (Sunyata) 2016 Robin Hitchcock and the Venus Three *'' Olé! Tarantula'' (Yep Rock) 2006 *''

Goodnight Oslo ''Goodnight Oslo'' is the sixteenth studio album by Robyn Hitchcock, and his second with The Venus 3. Recorded with Peter Buck of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows and Bill Rieflin of Ministry and R.E.M., who are billed collec ...

'' (Yep Rock) 2009 *'' Propellor Time'' (Yep Rock) 2010

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The Place We Ran From ''The Place We Ran From'' is the debut album by the alternative rock/alt country supergroup Tired Pony, released on July 5, 2010, through Polydor/ Fiction in the United Kingdom and on July 28, 2010, in the United States by Mom and Pop. The album g ...

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Polydor Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

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The Ghost of the Mountain ''The Ghost of the Mountain'' is the second album by Tired Pony, released on 19 August 2013 in the United Kingdom and on 1 October 2013 in the United States. The album was recorded between February and March, 2013, at Jacknife Lee's studio in T ...

'' (Fiction Records, Fiction/Polydor) 2013 The No Ones *''The Great Lost No Ones Album'' (Yep Rock) 2020 Slow Music Project *''Live at the Croc 19 Oct 2005'' (Slow Music) 2005 Full Time Men *''Full Time Men'' EP (Coyote) 1985

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