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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Peter Buck
| image = Peter-Buck(R.E.M.).jpg
| caption = Buck on stage with R.E.M. in 2008
| image_size = 250px
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Peter Lawrence Buck
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|12|6}}
| birth_place = [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], California United States
| label = [[Mississippi Records]]
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[folk rock]],<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/518931/stipe-carrey-duet-on-rem-penned-soundtrack/ Stipe, Carrey Duet On R.E.M. - Penned Soundtrack] [[MTV]].com Retrieved 20 June 2016</ref> [[college rock]], [[jangle pop]]
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer
| years_active = 1980–present
| instrument = Guitar, [[mandolin]], [[banjo]], vocals, bass
| associated_acts = [[R.E.M.]], [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]], [[The Minus 5]], [[Tuatara (band)|Tuatara]], [[The Baseball Project]], [[The Venus 3]], [[Eels (band)|Eels]], [[Mark Eitzel]], [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]], [[Tired Pony]], Saint John and the Revelations, The Filthy Friends [[Corin Tucker]], [[The Decemberists]]
| notable_instruments = [[Rickenbacker 360]] [[Gibson Les Paul]] Gibson Flatiron Mandolin [[Fender Jag-Stang]]
}}

'''Peter Lawrence Buck''' (born December 6, 1956) is an American [[musician]] and songwriter who is best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the [[alternative rock]] band [[R.E.M.]]

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 [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|Hindu Love Gods]], [[The Minus 5]], [[Tuatara (band)|Tuatara]], [[The Baseball Project]], [[Robyn Hitchcock|Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3]] and [[Tired Pony]], each of which have released at least one full-length album. Additionally, another side project group called Full Time Men released an EP while Buck was a member; ad hoc "supergroups" Bingo Hand Job ([[Billy Bragg]] and [[R.E.M.]]) and Nigel & The Crosses (Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Buck, [[Glenn Tilbrook]] and others) have each commercially released one track.

Other notable groups of Buck's that have ''not'' recorded include Slow Music, which plays semi-regular gigs, and "Richard M. Nixon", a band Buck founded in 2012 to support the release of his solo album with live gigs. Richard M. Nixon consists of Buck, [[Scott McCaughey]] and [[Bill Rieflin]], the same three musicians who comprise The Venus 3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/08/peter_bucks_first_post-rem_sol.php |title=Peter Buck's First Post-R.E.M. Solo Record as Richard M. Nixon Features Vocals From Mike Mills, Corin Tucker, and ... Peter Buck |last=Kornelis |first=Chris |work=[[Seattle Weekly]] |publisher=[[Village Voice Media]] |date=August 14, 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}</ref>

Buck also has a notable 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 (band)|The Replacements]], [[Billy Bragg]], and [[Eels (band)|Eels]].)

==Early life==
Peter Lawrence Buck was born in [[Berkeley, California]]. After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]. After graduating with honors from [[Crestwood High School (Georgia)|Crestwood High School]] in 1975, Buck attended [[Emory University]] and joined [[Delta Tau Delta]] fraternity. He eventually dropped out of Emory. Buck moved to [[Athens, Georgia]], and attended the [[University of Georgia]] as well. While in Athens, Buck worked at the Wuxtry Records store, where he met future bandmate [[Michael Stipe]] as well as R.E.M.'s future legal and managerial representative, [[Bertis Downs, IV|Bertis Downs]].<ref>{{Cite journal
|url = http://www.uga.edu/gm/1202/Pro3.html
|last = Waldman
|first = Matt
|title = Bertis Downs . . . in his own words
|journal = Georgia Magazine
|publisher = University of Georgia
|volume = 82
|issue = 1
|date = December 2002
|accessdate = 2007-03-13
|postscript = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
|url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.com/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-978
|title = Entry for Peter Buck
|journal = New Georgia Encyclopedia
|publisher = The Georgia Humanities Council & The University of Georgia Press
|accessdate = 2007-03-12
|postscript = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.nndb.com/people/386/000024314/
|title = Entry for Peter Buck
|publisher = www.nndb.com
|accessdate = 2007-03-13}}</ref>

==Music==
[[File:R.E.M. (65).JPG|thumb|left|240px|Buck onstage in Naples, 2008]]
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]] guitars, particularly a Jetglo (black) model 360.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.rickenbacker.com/news_item.asp?news_id=22&news=recent
|title = ''RIC makes the list with REM – 8/7/2005''
|publisher = www.rickenbacker.com
|accessdate = 2007-03-13
}}</ref> 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 (R.E.M. album)|Accelerate]]'' (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]] in 2003.<ref>''[[The South Bank Show]]'', May 12, 2003.</ref> "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]], [[The Fleshtones]], [[Charlie Pickett]], and [[The Feelies]]. Buck also has made contributions on many other musicians' albums, including [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]], [[Billy Bragg]], [[The Decemberists]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Wolk |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/230682 |title=Colin Meloy Reveals Details of New Decemberists Album | Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=November 4, 2010 |accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> [[Robyn Hitchcock]], and several [[Eels (band)|Eels]] albums.

Peter, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and [[Warren Zevon]] recorded an album under the band name [[Hindu Love Gods (band)|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.

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 (Nikki Sudden song)|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]]'s 1997 album ''[[West (Mark Eitzel album)|West]]''. He recorded an EP with Keith Streng of [[The Fleshtones]] 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 (band)|Tuatara]]. Additionally, In October 2005, he joined R.E.M. studio drummer [[Bill Rieflin]], [[King Crimson]] guitarist [[Robert Fripp]] 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: A Tribute to Roky Erickson|Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye]]''. 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 (songwriter)|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 (album)|Eponymous]]'' and ''[[In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003|In Time]]'', the rarities, B-sides and out-takes collection ''[[Dead Letter Office (album)|Dead Letter Office]]'', and the special edition of ''[[New Adventures in Hi-Fi]]'') and of other artists' work (such as [[The Beach Boys]]' ''[[Love You (The Beach Boys album)|Love You]]'').

On September 9, 2008, immediately following the band's concert in [[Helsinki]], Buck's signature [[Rickenbacker]] guitar, used live and in the studio since ''[[Chronic Town]]'' in 1982, was stolen from the stage. It was returned on September 18, 2008, by an anonymous source.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=894
|title = PETER BUCK'S RICKENBACKER RETURNED!
|publisher = REM HQ
|accessdate = 2008-09-20}}</ref>

In March 2012, six months after R.E.M.'s September 2011 dissolution, Buck, now signed to Mississippi Records,<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304137304579292323064252670 "R.E.M.'s Peter Buck on Music and Travel"] – ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', January 3, 2014</ref> announced intentions of working [[Peter Buck (album)|on a solo album]], backed by singer-songwriter [[Joseph Arthur]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/06/joseph-arthur-backs-rems-peter-bucks-singing-debut.html
|title = Joseph Arthur Back Peter Buck's Singing Debut
|publisher = ''Paste'' magazine
|date = June 4, 2012
|accessdate = 2012-07-12}}</ref> The first track from the self-titled solo album, "10 Million BC," was released via [[SoundCloud]] on June 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1640
|title = STUDIO VERSION OF 10 MILLION BC
|publisher = REM HQ
|accessdate= 2012-07-12}}</ref> His eponymous [[Peter Buck (album)|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.

==Personal life==
Buck currently divides time between [[Portland, Oregon]]<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-roar-back-with-collapse-into-now-20110207 |title= R.E.M. Roar Back With 'Collapse into Now' |work= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= February 7, 2011 |authorlink= David Fricke |last= Fricke |first= David |accessdate= February 6, 2012}}</ref> and [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]].

The guitarist is twice divorced. He was once married to the owner of Athens' [[40 Watt Club]], Barrie Buck.
He has twin daughters with his ex-wife Stephanie Dorgan, Zelda and Zoe, born in June 1994. Buck married his third wife, Chloe Johnson, on June 1, 2013, in Portland, Oregon.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Buck is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of music, as well as his extensive personal record collection. On March 12, 1999, in an interview on ''Wiese'', a television music show based in [[Oslo]], Buck estimated his 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.murmurs.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17327&d=1024329453 |title=Murmurs.com |publisher=Murmurs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

===Airline incident===
On April 21, 2001, Buck was aboard a trans-polar flight (British Airways #48) from Seattle to London to play a concert at [[Trafalgar Square]]. 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]] 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, on the other hand, argued that he was simply intoxicated from supposedly consuming fifteen refills of wine. After the trial, which included testimony from [[Bono]], the lead singer of the Irish rock band [[U2]], Buck was cleared on the grounds of non-insane [[Automatism (law)|automatism]].<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1912288.stm
|title = R.E.M. star cleared of air rage attack. April 5, 2002
|publisher = BBC News website
|accessdate = 2006-08-01
| date=April 5, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,679895,00.html
|newspaper = The Guardian
|title = R.E.M. guitarist cleared of air rage
|first = Jeevan
|last = Vasagar
|date = April 6, 2002
|accessdate = 2006-08-01
| location=London
|postscript = }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book
|last = Buckley
|first= David
|title = R.E.M. Fiction: An Alternative Biography
|publisher = Virgin Publishing
|date=October 2003
|isbn = 978-0-7535-0870-1}}
* {{Cite book
|last = Grey
|first = Marcus
|title = It Crawled from the South: An R.E.M. Companion
|publisher = Da Capo
|year = 1997
|isbn = 978-0-306-80751-0}}

==External links==
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