On a day like today, in 1956, he was born Peter BuckAmerican musician and songwriter, co-founder and lead guitarist of R.E.M.
Throughout his career with the band Losing My Religion, founded in 1980, Buck has also been an official member of other side projects such as Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, The Baseball Project, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 and Tired Pony. Each of them has released at least one album.
Additionally, Buck has a notable career as a record producer (on releases by Uncle Tupelo, Dreams So Real, The Fleshtones, Charlie Pickett and The Feelies) and as a session musician (for The Replacements, Billy Bragg and Eels).
In a recent interview, there was talk of a likely REM reunion, but sadly for REM fans, Buck ruled out that possibility.
REM meeting? Peter Buck talked about it
the american group R.E.M. broke up more than 10 years ago, and her ex-guitarist Peter Buck He reaffirmed his intentions to stay away permanently.
In an interview with Classic Rock MagazineBuck reflected on the end of the set announced in 2011, stating that “when the non-musical stuff got so intense, it took some of the pleasure out of me”.
“It’s just the stuff where you wake up and you’re like, ‘God, I really don’t want to get my picture taken today. And I really don’t want to pretend to be an actor in a video that I can’t act in,'” he said.
The American explained that he loved playing Glastonbury “and playing in front of a lot of people and selling multiple copies of records, but it was never the reason I did it. And when we got to the point where we decided it was the end of it, it felt like a great shared experience.“.
“I wouldn’t change it, but I’m not going back to that”said Buck, adding that “on the last tour we did, we were still playing to a lot of people. We went to South America, which was like being The Beatles. So we all said, ‘Yeah, this is a really good stopping point.’“.
