Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wr ...
and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial ...
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
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,
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 Rhynchocephalia. The name ''tuatara'' is derived from the Māori language and m ...
,
The Baseball Project,
Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3,
Tired Pony,
The No-Ones
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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 such ...
, 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
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a sessio ...
, 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
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music i ...
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.
Buck also has a career as a record producer including releases by
Uncle Tupelo,
Vigilantes of Love,
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 songw ...
,
The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York, United States, formed in 1976.
History 1976–1979
The Fleshtones were formed in 1976 in Whitestone, New York, by Keith Streng (born September 18, 1955, New York City) an ...
,
The Feelies, and
The Jayhawks, as well as a
session musician
Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...
(for the likes of
The Replacements,
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music i ...
,
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), ...
and
Eels
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
).
Early life
Peter Lawrence Buck was born on December 6, 1956, in
Berkeley, California
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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
Roswell is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States. At the official 2010 census, the city had a population of 88,346. The 2020 estimated population was 94,884, making Roswell the state's ninth largest city. A close suburb of Atla ...
, to
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...
. After graduating with honors from
Crestwood High School in 1975, Buck attended
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
and joined
Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He eventually dropped out of Emory. Buck moved to
Athens, Georgia
Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the ...
, and attended the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
as well. While in Athens, Buck worked at the
Wuxtry Records store,
where he met future bandmate
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence.
Pos ...
as well as R.E.M.'s future manager,
Bertis Downs.
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
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. The company is credited as the first known maker of electric guitars – a steel guitar in 1932 – and today produces a range ...
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 ''
Accelerate
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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
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.
Born and raised in Dublin, he attended ...
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
Uncle Tupelo,
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 songw ...
,
Drivin N Cryin,
The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York, United States, formed in 1976.
History 1976–1979
The Fleshtones were formed in 1976 in Whitestone, New York, by Keith Streng (born September 18, 1955, New York City) an ...
,
Charlie Pickett, and
The Feelies. Buck also has made contributions on many other musicians' albums, including
The Replacements,
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music i ...
,
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, and several
Eels
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
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
''Sentimental Hygiene'' is the sixth studio album by rock singer-songwriter Warren Zevon and his first " sober" one. The album was released on August 29, 1987, by Virgin Records. The release of ''Sentimental Hygiene'' marked the first studio albu ...
''.
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
Nikki Sudden's 1991 album ''The Jewel Thief'', including the single "
I Belong to You".
Buck also coproduced the 1992
Vigilantes of Love album, ''Killing Floor'', with songwriter
Mark Heard. He co-wrote, produced, and performed on
Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.
Biography
Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...
's 1997 album ''
West
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
''. He recorded an EP with Keith Streng of
The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York, United States, formed in 1976.
History 1976–1979
The Fleshtones were formed in 1976 in Whitestone, New York, by Keith Streng (born September 18, 1955, New York City) an ...
as Full Time Men in 1985, and along with R.E.M. sideman
Scott McCaughey has been a partner in
The Minus 5 and a member of the instrumental band
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 Rhynchocephalia. The name ''tuatara'' is derived from the Māori language and m ...
. Additionally, In October 2005, he joined R.E.M. studio drummer
Bill Rieflin,
King Crimson
King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
guitarist
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a sessio ...
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
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson (July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member and the leader of the 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre.
Biography
Erick ...
tribute album ''
Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye
''Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye'' is a 1990 tribute album to singer-songwriter Roky Erickson, founder of the 13th Floor Elevators and solo artist, whose career was subject to significant periods of challenge from schizophrenia. The album w ...
''. In 2006, Buck toured with
Robyn Hitchcock, 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
Steve Wynn decided to work together, the duo asked Buck to be the bass player in their new band,
The Baseball Project, 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 ''
Eponymous
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''.
Usage of the word
The term ''epon ...
'' and ''
In Time
''In Time'' is a 2011 American science fiction action film written, directed and produced by Andrew Niccol. Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake star as inhabitants of a society which uses time from one's lifespan as its primary currency, with ...
'', the rarities, B-sides and out-takes collection ''
Dead Letter Office'', and the special edition of ''
New Adventures in Hi-Fi'') and of other artists' work (such as
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...
' ''
Love You'').
On September 9, 2008, immediately following the band's concert in
Helsinki
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, Buck's signature
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. The company is credited as the first known maker of electric guitars – a steel guitar in 1932 – and today produces a range ...
guitar, used live and in the studio since ''
Chronic Town
''Chronic Town'' is the debut EP by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on August 24, 1982, on I.R.S. Records. Containing five tracks, the EP was recorded at the Drive-in Studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in October 1981, eigh ...
'' 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
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 ...
. The first track from the self-titled solo album, "10 Million BC," was released via
SoundCloud
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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
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 such ...
, a super group with long time associates
Scott McCaughey,
Bill Rieflin,
Kurt Bloch and
Corin Tucker of
Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney ( ) is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994. The band's current lineup features Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals), following the departure of longtime member ...
. 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.
Arthur Buck, a side project with singer-songwriter
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 ...
in which Buck and Arthur share songwriting duties, released their eponymous debut album in June 2018. The following year, the
Luke Haines
Luke Michael Haines (born 7 October 1967) is an English musician, songwriter and author. He has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder.
Career
''New Wave''
Hain ...
collaboration ''
Beat Poetry for Survivalists'' was released.
Personal life
Starting in the 1990s, Buck relocated to the
Pacific Northwest
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and divided time between
Portland, Oregon
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, and
Seattle, Washington
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. Buck currently lives in
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
Todos Santos (; "All Saints") is a small coastal town in the foothills of Mexico's Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, on the Pacific coast side of the Baja California Peninsula, about an hour's drive north of Cabo San Lucas on Highway 19 and an h ...
, Mexico.
The guitarist is twice divorced. He was once married to Barrie Buck, the owner of Athens'
40 Watt Club
The 40 Watt Club is a music venue in Athens, Georgia. Along with CBGB, the Whisky a Go Go, and selected others, it was instrumental in launching American punk rock and new wave music.
The 40 Watt Club was the primary performance space for numero ...
.
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,
The Minus 5. 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
Trafalgar Square
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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
British Airways
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The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers ...
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
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.
Born and raised in Dublin, he attended ...
, the lead singer of the Irish rock band
U2, Buck was cleared on the grounds of non-insane
automatism.
Discography
With R.E.M.
*''
Chronic Town
''Chronic Town'' is the debut EP by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on August 24, 1982, on I.R.S. Records. Containing five tracks, the EP was recorded at the Drive-in Studio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in October 1981, eigh ...
'' EP (
I.R.S.) 1982
*''
Murmur'' (I.R.S.) 1983
*''
Reckoning'' (I.R.S.) 1984
*''
Fables of the Reconstruction'' (I.R.S.) 1984
*''
Lifes Rich Pageant'' (I.R.S.) 1986
*''
Document
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'' (I.R.S.) 1987
*''
Green
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'' (
Warner Bros.) 1988
*''
Out of Time'' (Warner Bros.) 1991
*''
Automatic for the People'' (Warner Bros.) 1992
*''
Monster
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'' (Warner Bros.) 1994
*''
New Adventures in Hi-Fi'' (Warner Bros.) 1996
*''
Up'' (Warner Bros.) 1998
*''
Reveal'' (Warner Bros.) 2001
*''
Around the Sun
''Around the Sun'' is the 13th studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 2004 on Warner Bros. Records.
Description
The album was released in three editions: Cassette (the band's final release on the medium), ...
'' (Warner Bros.) 2004
*''
Accelerate
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'' (Warner Bros.) 2008
*''
Collapse into Now'' (Warner Bros.) 2011
Solo
*''
Peter Buck'' (
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
) 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'' (
Omnivore
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) 2020
*''All the Kids are Super Bummed Out'' (
Cherry Red) 2022
Produced
*
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10, 1951) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. His primary instrument is the guitar. He has played in various rock genres, including punk ...
: ''Burn Something Beautiful'' (
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...
) 2016
*
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 songw ...
: ''Father's House'' (Coyote) 1986
*
The Feelies: ''
The Good Earth'' (
Twin/Tone
Twin/Tone Records was an independent record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which operated from 1977 until 1994. It was the original home of influential Minnesota bands the Replacements and Soul Asylum and was instrumental in helping the ...
) 1986
*
The Fleshtones
The Fleshtones are an American garage rock band from Queens, New York, United States, formed in 1976.
History 1976–1979
The Fleshtones were formed in 1976 in Whitestone, New York, by Keith Streng (born September 18, 1955, New York City) an ...
: ''Beautiful Light'' (Naked Language) 1993
*
The Jayhawks: ''
Paging Mr. Proust'' (
Thirty Tigers
Thirty Tigers is an American entertainment company which offers music marketing, distribution, and management services to independent artists. It is based in Nashville.
History
The company was founded in 2002 by David Macias and Deb Markland ...
/Sham) 2016
*
John Wesly Harding: ''Greatest Other People's Hits'' (
Omnivore
An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nu ...
) 2018
*
Uncle Tupelo: ''March 6-20, 1992'' (Rockville) 1992
*
Vigilantes of Love:
''Killing Floor'' (Fingerprint/Sky) 1992
Recorded with
Arthur Buck
*''Arthur Buck'' (
New West
New West Records is a record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. It had offices in Burbank, California, and Beverly Hills, California. The label was established in 1998 by Cameron Strang "for artists who perform real musi ...
) 2018
The Baseball Project
*''Baseball Project, Vol. 2: High Inside'' (Yep Rock) 2011
*''
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* H ...
'' (Yep Rock) 2014
Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.
Biography
Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...
& Peter Buck
*''Words + Music'' (Warner Bros.) 1997
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 such ...
*''
Invitation'' (
Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally kn ...
) 2017
*''
Emerald Valley'' (Kill Rock Stars) 2019
Hindu Love Gods
*
''Hindu Love Gods'' (
Reprise) 1990
The Minus 5
*''
Old Liquidator'' (
Glitterhouse Records) 1995
*''
The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy'' (
Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to:
* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywoo ...
/Malt) 1997
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Let the War Against Music Begin'' (
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus ''Mammuthus'', one of the many genera that make up the order of trunked mammals called proboscideans. The various species of mammoth were commonly equipped with long, curved tusks an ...
/Malt) 2001
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I Don't Know Who I Am (Let the War Against Music Begin, Vol. 2)'' (Return to Sender) 2003
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Down with Wilco'' (Yep Rock) 2003
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In Rock (The Minus 5 album)
''In Rock'' is an album by American rock band The Minus 5. It was released in 2000 by Book Records, and re-released in 2004 by Yep Roc. The album was recorded over one day in 2000 with songs written impromptu by band leader Scott McCaughey and sol ...
'' (Yep Rock) 2004
*''Gun Album'' (Yep Rock) 2006
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The Minus 5'' (Yep Rock) 2006
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Killingsworth'' (Yep Rock) 2009
*''Of Monkees and Men'' (Yep Rock) 2010
*''Dear December'' (Yep Rock) 2017
*''Stroke Manor'' (Yep Rock) 2016
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 Rhynchocephalia. The name ''tuatara'' is derived from the Māori language and m ...
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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 b ...
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Epic) 1997
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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 ...
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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
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The Loading Program
''The Loading Program'' is the fourth release by collaborative group Tuatara. The release mainly consists of remixes of songs from their first three albums.
Track listing
Tuatara (band) albums
2003 remix albums
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East of the Sun'' (Fast Horse) 2007
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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 Carv ...
'' (Fast Horse) 2007
*''The Here and the Gone'' (Fast Horse) 2008
*''Underworld'' (Sunyata) 2014
*Shamanic Nights (Sunyata) 2016
Robin Hitchcock and the Venus Three
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Olé! Tarantula'' (Yep Rock) 2006
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Goodnight Oslo'' (Yep Rock) 2009
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Propellor Time'' (Yep Rock) 2010
Tired Pony
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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 gre ...
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Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a tradi ...
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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 State ...
) 2010
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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
References
Further reading
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