Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 800 pixel, file size: 43 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Playing a steel-string guitar without a pick (fingerpicking). ... A mandolin is a small, stringed musical instrument which is plucked, strummed or a combination of both. ... For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) A modern 5-string banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin adapted from several African instruments. ... An electronic keyboard is a keyboard instrument which uses electricity to produce or amplify its sound. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... This article is about the band. ... Hindu Love Gods formed in Athens, GA in 1984. ... The Minus 5 began life as a side project from the Young Fresh Fellows Scott McCaughey who formed the band in 1993. ... Tuatara, in a promotional shot for their second album, Trading With the Enemy Tuatara is a Seattle-based collective experimental band, featuring members of R.E.M., Minus 5, and the Screaming Trees. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... William Bill Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years, before retiring from the group and becoming a farmer. ... Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) is the bass player of the band R.E.M. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Macon, Georgia in the early 60s. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and... This article is about the band. ...

Biography

After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. After high school, Peter attended Emory University in Atlanta; however, he eventually dropped out. He later moved to Athens, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia as well. While in Athens, he worked at the Wuxtry Records store through which he met regular customer Michael Stipe as well as R.E.M.'s future legal and managerial representative, Bertis Downs.^{[1] [2] [3]} Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... Hotlanta redirects here. ... Emory University is a private university located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ... The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and... Bertis Downs, IV originally provided legal counsel (particularly for initial contracts) and then became both counselor and manager for the rock band R.E.M. Members of the public encountering Bertis are generally particularly impressed with his courtesy and patience. ...

Buck currently lives in Seattle, Washington. This is notable considering the remainder of R.E.M. (Mike Mills and Michael Stipe) still live in Athens, Georgia. Peter has twin girls, Zelda and Zoe, born in 1994 and is twice divorced. Nickname: Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area  - City  142. ... Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) is the bass player of the band R.E.M. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Macon, Georgia in the early 60s. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and... Athens-Clarke County is a unified city-county in Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ...

Peter, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Warren Zevon 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. Hindu Love Gods formed in Athens, GA in 1984. ...

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 breakthrough to international popularity, has been associated with Rickenbacker guitars, particularly a black model 360.^[4] However 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, the guitar has been noticeably less prominent, often turned down lower in the mix in deference to the band's increasing use of synthesizers, strings and other atmospherics. Mod revivalist band The Jams Bruce Foxton (left) on a Rickenbacker bass and Paul Weller on a Rickenbacker guitar Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (IPA pronunciation: ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ...

Buck has produced many bands, including Uncle Tupelo, The Fleshtones, and The Feelies, among others. Buck also has made contributions on many other musicians' albums, including The Replacements, Robyn Hitchcock, and several Eels albums. Buck also coproduced the 1992 Vigilantes of Love album, Killing Floor, with songwriter Mark Heard. Along with R.E.M. sideman Scott McCaughey, he has been a partner in The Minus 5, for which he plays bass, and has been a member of the instrumental band Tuatara. Additionally, In October 2005, he joined R.E.M. studio drummer Bill Rieflin and four 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." He also recorded an EP with Keith Streng of The Fleshtones as Full Time Men in 1985. Buck is currently touring 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. Uncle Tupelo Uncle Tupelo was a popular music group formed in 1987 in Belleville, Illinois. ... The Fleshtones in 1981. ... The Feelies were an alternative rock band from Haledon, New Jersey. ... The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats, from the insult of a detractor who joked the bands name was The Placemats, which the band then adopted) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... Eels (also sometimes eels or EELS, depending on the album) is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as Mr. ... Vigilantes of Love is a rock band fronted by Bill Mallonee. ... Cover of Mystery Mind John Mark Heard (1951-August 1992) was a record producer, singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia. ... Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and (with Peter Buck) the Minus 5. ... The Minus 5 began life as a side project from the Young Fresh Fellows Scott McCaughey who formed the band in 1993. ... Tuatara, in a promotional shot for their second album, Trading With the Enemy Tuatara is a Seattle-based collective experimental band, featuring members of R.E.M., Minus 5, and the Screaming Trees. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... William (Bill) Rieflin is a contemporary musician that has worked with Ministry, KMFDM, Pigface, R.E.M. and many others, often in the capacity of a drummer. ... Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Texas. ... The Fleshtones in 1981. ... Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... Olé! Tarantula is a 2006 album by Robyn Hitchcock, recorded with Peter Buck of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows and Bill Rieflin of Ministry . ...

Buck has contributed liner notes to a number of compilations, reissues, and special editions, both of R.E.M.'s own material (the best-of compilations Eponymous and In Time, and the special edition of New Adventures in Hi-Fi) and of other artists' work (such as the Beach Boys' Love You). Eponymous is a compilation album by the band R.E.M. It was their last release on I.R.S. Track Listing Radio Free Europe (original hib-tone single) - 3:46 Gardening At Night (different vocal mix) - 3:31 Talk About The Passion - 3:20 So. ... New Adventures in Hi-Fi is R.E.M.s tenth album, and their fifth major label release for Warner Bros. ... The Beach Boys, originally the Beech Boys, a small team of four brothers from the south of Poland, emigrated to America in the early 1950s in search of a fortune to be made in the Arizonian logging industry. When it soon became evident they had been the victims of... Love You is the 1977 follow-up to The Beach Boys comeback album 15 Big Ones. ...

Disturbance on a flight

On April 21, 2001, Buck was aboard a transatlantic flight from Seattle to London to play a concert at Trafalgar Square. Witnesses alleged that Buck exhibited various bizarre behaviours 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 yoghurt pot with two stewards, which resulted in the exploding of the pot. Buck's actions led to two charges of common assault on the stewards, one charge of being drunk whilst on a plane, and one charge of damaging British Airways cutlery. Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ...

At the ensuing trial in London, Buck's defence claimed that the small 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 of the rock band U2, Buck was cleared on the grounds of non-insane automatism.^{[5] [6]} This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known as Bono (IPA pronunciation: ), is the lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ... Automatism is a disassociative state where the individual suffering from it has no control over their actions. ...

References

1. ^ Waldman, Matt (December 2002), "Bertis Downs . . . in his own words", Georgia Magazine Vol 82 (No 1), University of Georgia. Retrieved on 2007-03-13
2. ^ "entry for Peter Buck", New Georgia Encyclopedia, The Georgia Humanities Council & The University of Georgia Press. Retrieved on 2007-03-12
3. ^ entry for Peter Buck. www.nndb.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
4. ^ RIC makes the list with REM - 8/7/2005. www.rickenbacker.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
5. ^ "R.E.M. star cleared of air rage attack. 5 April 2002". BBC News website. Retrieved on 2006-08-01.
6. ^ Vasagar, Jeevan (6 April 2002), "R.E.M. guitarist cleared of air rage", The Guardian. Retrieved on 2006-08-01

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Further reading

• Buckley, David (Oct 2003). R.E.M. Fiction: An Alternative Biography. Virgin Publishing. ISBN 978-0753508701. 
• Grey, Marcus (Jan 2001). It Crawled from the South: An R.E.M. Companion. Da Capo. ISBN 978-0306807510. 

External links

• The Buck-owned Crocodile Café