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Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Th
Buck in 2022
Buck was an employee at Wuxtry Records (pictured) in Athens, Georgia when he met Michael Stipe.
Buck on stage in Naples, Italy, in 2008
Buck with Arthur Buck in 2018
R.E.M.
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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the Universit
Peter Buck
…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 played 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…
Clockwise from top left: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
The steeple of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in 2015; this is all that remains of where members of R.E.M. lived briefly and performed their first concert on April 5, 1980.
Mitch Easter (left) was R.E.M.'s producer until 1984, helping to define the band's early sound.
Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right) on stage in Ghent, Belgium, during R.E.M.'s 1985 tour