Peter Buck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 6, 1956
- Birthplace
- 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 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).
Filmography
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight 2024
as Self
R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edt.) 2021
as Guitars
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting 2019
as Self (archive footage)
R.E.M.: Monster (25th Anniversary Edt.) 2019
as Himself
R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed 2017
Actor
R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary Edt.) 2017
as Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki
R.E.M.: Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edt.) 2016
as Gitarre
R.E.M.: REMTV 2014
as Guitars
R.E.M. by MTV 2014
as Himself
R.E.M.: Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions 2014
Actor
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton 2012
as Self
R.E.M. at the BBC 2012
as Performer
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX 2010
Actor
Do It Again 2010
as Self
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin 2009
Actor
The Fleshtones: Pardon Us for Living But the Graveyard Is Full 2009
as Himself
6 Days 2008
Actor
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects 2008
as Himself
R.E.M.: Live 2007
as Guitarist
Slacker Uprising 2007
as Self
R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine 2006
Actor
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! 2004
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
R.E.M. : Perfect Square 2004
as Guitar
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons 2004
as Self - R.E.M.
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) 2003
as Himself
R.E.M. 2002
as Himself
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 2001
Actor
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance 2000
as Himself
Man on the Moon 1999
Original Music Composer
- R.E.M.: This Way Up
R.E.M.: This Way Up 1999
as Himself
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb 1999
as Himself
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18 1998
Actor
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17 1998
Actor
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film 1996
as Self
R.E.M.: Road Movie 1996
Actor
Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
as Self
R.E.M.: Rough Cut 1995
as Himself
R.E.M.: Parallel 1995
as Himself
- R.E.M.: This Film Is On
R.E.M.: This Film Is On 1991
as Himself
MTV's 10th Anniversary Special 1991
as Self
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged 1991
Actor
R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy 1991
Actor
R.E.M.: Tourfilm 1990
as Himself
R.E.M.: Pop Screen 1990
Actor
Athens, GA Inside/Out 1987
as Himself
R.E.M.: Succumbs 1987
as Self
R.E.M.: at Rockpalast 1985
Actor
R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater 1984
Actor
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground 1982
Actor
Credits from TMDB.