Peter Buck News and Photos

TVD Ticket Giveaway: Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3 at the 9:30 Club, 4/27

Wed, April 24 2013 4:14pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Robyn Hitchcock has been composing alt-pop for decades, traversing soundscapes of sublime and accessible compositions with enlightened lyricism among several different musical ventures.

KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day One: Robyn Hitchcock

Wed, March 13 2013 6:38pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Austin was blissfully cool and breezy this morning as the floor in front of our stage at Mellow Johnny's filled - excitement for the start of our SXSW programming clear.

Watch Colin Meloy, Ben Gibbard, and Peter Buck perform R.E.M.’s “You Are the Everything”

Fri, February 15 2013 3:21pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

We've already seen Ben Gibbard and Peter Buck perform some R.E.M. together, but now watch what happens when The Decemberists' Colin Meloy is added to the fold.

REM video directed by James Franco and starring Lindsay Lohan surfaces online – watch

Sat, November 17 2012 4:32pm - Source: NME

REM 's video for their track 'Blue', which was directed by actor James Franco and features fellow Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan, has surfaced online – scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to watch.

Fricke's Picks: R.E.M. Guitarist Peter Buck Makes Solo Debut

Wed, October 31 2012 6:27pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Complete freedom after a long spell in a very successful rock band has its privileges.

Peter Buck: Peter Buck

Tue, October 23 2012 5:05am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Not quite a year after R.E.M. split, guitarist Peter Buck , a great sideman who had intimated that he'd never become a frontman, is unexpectedly first out of the gate with a self-titled solo debut.

Peter Buck’s Solo LP Out Today

Fri, October 05 2012 3:38pm - Source: Stereogum

Way back in March, we reported that the former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck was working on a new solo album, and in a post on the R.E.M. website , Buck announced that the thing would be out today.

Former R.E.M. Guitarist Peter Buck Announces First Solo Album

Wed, October 03 2012 9:10pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck announced on his former band's website today that he will release his first solo album this Friday, October 5th, on Mississippi Records.

Peter Buck’s solo album, live band detailed

Mon, August 20 2012 5:59pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

As previously reported , ex-R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck will release his debut solo album this year.

R.E.M. 'Document' 25th anniversary edition

Thu, August 09 2012 12:13am - Source: Music-News.com

R.E.M. has teamed with Capitol/I.R.S. for the release of the expanded 25th Anniversary Edition of their fifth studio album, Document.

R.E.M. Readies Remastered 25th Anniversary Edition of 'Document'

Tue, August 07 2012 12:59pm - Source: Rolling Stone

R.E.M. have announced a remastered 25th anniversary edition of their 1987 LP Document , featuring a previously unreleased live recording of a concert during their Work tour on September 14th, 1987 in Utrecht, Holland.

REM's Peter Buck debuts solo track '10 Million BC' – listen

Sat, June 16 2012 3:43pm - Source: NME

REM 's Peter Buck has posted his first solo material online – scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to hear his track '10 Million BC'.

Peter Buck, '10 Million BC': Ex-R.E.M. Guitarist Goes Solo With Fuzzy Garage Tune -- Listen

Fri, June 15 2012 5:47pm - Source: Spinner

Peter Buck is a master of both jangle and fuzz, and with " 10 Million BC ," the first song to surface from the R.E.M. guitarist's forthcoming solo debut, he focuses on the latter.

Hear R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Solo Debut-"10 Million B.C."

Fri, June 15 2012 4:50pm - Source: INDIEBLOGHEAVEN

Former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has filled in on others records but never really stepped up on vocals, until now.

New Music: Peter Buck – “10 Million BC”

Fri, June 15 2012 4:21pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Fans of R.E.M. will be pleased to know that Peter Buck plans to release his debut solo album in the near future (title and date still forthcoming).

Cheap Thrills: Peter Buck - 10 Million B.C.

Fri, June 15 2012 1:11pm - Source: Music Justice

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Quarantining The Past: Uncle Tupelo's 'March 16-20, 1992'

Tue, April 03 2012 10:20am - Source: Prefix Magazine

For all those shouting bands that cashed in and faded fast, we had an antidote in Uncle Tupelo: a band that whispered, angry and beautifully.

Todd Rundgren Readies 'Musical Revival Camp' With Guest Peter Buck

Fri, March 16 2012 3:46pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Todd Rundgren 's second annual retreat, now called Musical Revival Camp , will take place July 23rd-27th at the Full Moon Resort in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York, with guests including Peter Buck. After launching the event last year as "Survival Camp," Rundgren tells Rolling Stone he has recast the gathering as more of a "tent festival" than a convention.

Peter Buck Of R.E.M. Working On Solo Record

Thu, March 15 2012 12:45pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

It was unlikely that the members of R.E.M. would stay quiet for long following the band's recent split.

Big Star's 'Third' at SXSW: M. Ward, Tommy Stinson, Lucero & More Join Tribute

Mon, March 12 2012 8:02pm - Source: Spinner

Two years ago, the music world was stunned by the loss of Alex Chilton , the man behind both the Box Tops and Big Star. Hailed as "a Rosetta stone for a whole generation" by Peter Buck , Chilton's death came only a few days before he was supposed to perform at SXSW , and the event instead was recast as a tribute concert.

"More Thoughtful, Less Brutal" // The 405 meets Robyn Hitchcock

Wed, December 14 2011 10:23am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Robyn Hitchcock has been entertaining and delighting a ever-growing audience since he first emerged with the Cambridge based band the Soft Boys in 1976.

Artist talks about staying friends with his ex-bandmates and why he won't make a solo LP

Tue, November 29 2011 4:17pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"This is my last day of work," Michael Stipe says cheerfully, strolling through the Rolling Stone offices after giving one of his final interviews as the singer of R.E.M. Theoretically, he is promoting the two-CD compilation Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011 , a thorough primer on the band's wild ride from the small post-punk scene in Athens, Georgia, to worldwide celebrity.

R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 – 2011

Wed, November 16 2011 6:38am - Source: The Four Oh Five

After forming way back in 1980 when Michael Stipe met guitarist Peter Buck in an Athens record shop where Buck worked R.E.M. have risen from college rockers to stadium fillers, and along the way released fifteen studio albums.

Tony Sachs: Imperfect Circle: R.E.M. Sums Up A Career In 40 Songs

Tue, November 15 2011 7:27pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

It's embarrassing how messed up the news of R.E.M.'s breakup has left me.

R.E.M. – Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (2011)

Mon, November 14 2011 2:18pm - Source: Something Else!

In September, R.E.M. announced to its legions of fans they have punched the clock on a three-decade-long career which took them from penny-pitcher nights in eastern Georgia to sold-out arenas all over the known world.

R.E.M's Peter Buck: 'I'm sad we'll never play together again'

Fri, November 11 2011 11:47am - Source: NME

REM 's Peter Buck has said that he's sad the band may not ever play together again – but also claimed he couldn't imagine the group changing their minds about their recent decision to split.

R.E.M. star: We don�t care about cash

Fri, November 11 2011 11:05am - Source: Music-News.com

Peter Buck says R.E.M. have 'never' been in the entertainment industry to make money.

Why I'll Miss R.E.M.

Tue, October 25 2011 11:51am - Source: Mojo

"I was surprised to hear R.E.M. had split. I'd thought they were the sort of band that would keep going regardless of creative output or popularity or market fluctuations or sentiment. They had such a positive image of what it was to be in a band. It seems like a mature and healthy decision but I'm sad too. It would be nice if the world still had R.E.M. in it. But we must move on.

New John Wesley Harding -- and Hanging Out with Peter Buck

Mon, October 17 2011 3:39pm - Source: MOG

John Wesley Harding has a new album out and he's put out some really interesting albums over the years, including 2000's Confessions of St. Ace and several in the 1990s including The Name Above The Title.

Rob Sheffield Says Goodbye to R.E.M.

Thu, September 22 2011 3:29pm - Source: Rolling Stone

I love dozens of songs by R.E.M. , but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or 8 years to start liking it.

After 31 years, alt-rock pioneers R.E.M. 'calls it a day'

Thu, September 22 2011 10:03am - Source: The Independent - Music

After 31 years and 15 albums, the pioneering American alternative rock group R.E.M. announced Wednesday that it will be no more.

Farewell to R.E.M., and a return to Accelerate

Wed, September 21 2011 6:12pm - Source: Something Else!

There were a handful of nights back in the early 1980s when me and my buddy Gene did little else but sit around in his folks' living room, bliss out on the heat of the woodstove, and listen to Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom and, especially, R.E.M.'s Murmur.

Half Notes: R.E.M. – Accelerate (2008)

Sun, September 18 2011 11:41am - Source: Something Else!

There were a handful of nights back in the early 1980s when me and my buddy Gene did little else but sit around in his folks' living room, bliss out on the heat of the woodstove, and listen to Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom and, especially, R.E.M.'s Murmur.