and yeh, he's a classic. not only does he play wonderful mandolin on the billy bragg album (cf other thread); he's also an old sentimentalist who talks to his plants as if they were children (IIRC from an old NME interview).
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 23 September 2004 15:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 23 September 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 23 September 2004 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 23 September 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 23 September 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Phil Dennison (Phil D.), Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― molly, Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Reminds me of his famous quote about being the most famous "underground" band akin to being the world's tallest midget...
― frankE (frankE), Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 September 2004 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stew S, Thursday, 23 September 2004 20:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Thursday, 23 September 2004 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 23 September 2004 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 23 September 2004 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 23 September 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
this is not to say that buck is bad, just that too much of him is a bad thing.
for his part in rem's great records, buck is classic.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 23 September 2004 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― wickerbocker please (hammy), Friday, 24 September 2004 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link
agreed
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:25 (nineteen years ago) link
One thing: At least I'll give him credit for a sense of humour, recording a track called "E-Bow The Letter" and NOT actually using the e-bow on said track. Assuming that actually WAS a joke of some kind. Never could tell with those guys.
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Also a great porn star name!
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Then again, "Country Feedback" also consists of mostly what the title tells us :)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 24 September 2004 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stew S, Friday, 24 September 2004 19:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 24 September 2004 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link
um, I think there's e-bow in that. There was in the video. -- manthony m1cc1o
there's ridiculous amounts of e-bow in that song. including the two-note lead. -- Joseph Cotten
Sorry, my mistake. (Well, not ENTIRELY mine: I actually read that somewhere recently and just assumed it was correct! I've never even HEARD "E-Bow The Letter", to my knowledge.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter $.., Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter $.., Thursday, 30 September 2004 09:19 (nineteen years ago) link
so here's what Buck is doing post - R.E.M.http://journaldelpacifico.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Todos-Santos-Music-Festival-Poster-231x300.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://journaldelpacifico.com/blog/music-festival/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone heard the Peter Buck solo album yet? I ordered it on impulse the other night, still waiting for it to show up.
― trebek sajak iii (cwkiii), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/slicingupeyeballs/peter-buck-10-million-bc-rem
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Thursday, 1 November 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
hmm, sounds like steve wynn
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.daysofthecrazy-wild.com/audio-new-peter-buck-corin-tucker-supergroup-debut-12-songs-at-portlands-secret-society/
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 3 May 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
encouraging? but please, don't name this band "super-Earth."
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 3 May 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
TS: super-Earth vs. SuperHeavy
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:19 (ten years ago) link
Get a haircut u tramp
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
Ridiculously stoked about this.
― kaleb, Sunday, 4 May 2014 07:47 (ten years ago) link
Yeah same
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 4 May 2014 09:32 (ten years ago) link
Cool. The tragic curse of recording and performing solo under his own name is that he can never break up. Super groups are more dramatic and suspenseful.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
The new solo album, I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again, is pretty good! Looking forward to super-Earth, which seems like a natural evolution from the two solo records: Rieflin and McCaughey have been his backing band for a while now, and the songs with Tucker have been highlights of both records, so this makes sense. Anyway, I'm excited!
― cwkiii, Monday, 5 May 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Krist is in: http://www.spin.com/articles/krist-novoselic-super-earth-peter-buck-corin-tucker-rem/
― some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
that's a weird vibe-combination, i think?
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
every generation gets their travelin' wilburys
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 02:24 (ten years ago) link
if someone from the Fastbacks was already in the mix, i don't feel like having Novoselic dramatically offsets that makeup. anyway it seems like Buck-Tucker is the songwriting team and the other guys are just filling out the sound.
― some dude, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
http://thebaseballproject.net/
So is Buck no longer in this group? I think sometimes he records with them, but doesn't tour. Haven't heard the 3rd release that cam out in March
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
I didn't hear anything about him leaving the group. Mike Mills is involved now, too.
http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2014/03/29/baseball-project-third-album - this was linked on the official R.E.M. site recently.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
I sometimes wonder what he thinks of fans of only the early REM stuff.
It seems he would be quite discerning/critical with bands he likes....that obviously, arent REM
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
I mean, if pressed, you could imagine him being more critical over the catalogue in a few years, beyond Around the Sun
Another likely story would be - "I never listen to it"
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
can't wait to read that tyler
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
this line from a recent interview has some shades of "i am R.E.M. and you are just an air steward/yogurt container" : "I have 20 songs I demoed for R.E.M. that didn’t get used, and I could easily find another singer and make a record that would sound exactly like what the next R.E.M. record would’ve sounded like"
anyway i can't say i'm a huge fan of his solo records but buck gets an eternal free pass for his contributions to R.E.M. from chronic town thru automatic. also seems like he's having more fun now than he was in the last 10 or so years of REM. the contrast between the surly sunglasses wearing guy of later years and his younger self is pretty striking. dunno why they kept chugging along when the fun and inspiration was clearly gone
― avp, Monday, 2 June 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
That might be reading into things quite a bit. I saw him once playing bass with the Minus Five and I don't know as that he was any more or less surly. Saw R.E.M. three times in the later years and he always seemed to be giving it his all. Too easy to say things are "more fun now" because he writes songs about apes.
― timellison, Monday, 2 June 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
true that i'm probably pulling some of that from thin air. still though he does pretty much admit that REM was on its way to becoming a chore and his new thing lets him be as off the cuff as he likes
― avp, Monday, 2 June 2014 03:11 (ten years ago) link
Weird that there's no mention of his production of The Feelies - The Good Earth, one of the best albums he was ever associated with. Run Westy Run's Green Cat Island (1990) is also well worth checking out.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 2 June 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
As is Uncle Tupelo's "March 16-20, 1992" ... a Buck production.
― alpine static, Monday, 2 June 2014 05:15 (ten years ago) link
http://pelhamminorhockey.com/news_images/org_950/Image/peter_puck2.jpg
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 2 June 2014 14:20 (ten years ago) link
He's one of those dudes, like Elvis Costello, who produced some pretty iconic records and then, weirdly, never really worked as a producer for hire again.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 2 June 2014 14:26 (ten years ago) link
I have seen him on stage a good 8 or so times due to my fiendish Robyn Hitchcock fandom and he always looks totally disgruntled. I think that's just his playing face and he's always focused on what he's doing.
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 2 June 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah, i've never seen him w/ hitchcock, but my brother did a few years ago and he said Buck looked extremely disinterested. but i think that's just his Buck Face (and in those situations he probably has some idea of just being a sideman who no one is paying attention to). He must enjoy it to some extent, he certainly doesn't have to be playing with Robyn Hitchcock to make ends meet. or maybe Robyn knows some dark things about Buck and is blackmailing him.
― tylerw, Monday, 2 June 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
He's indicated he loves that gig. The skeleton in the closet is probably just "I peter buck am a huge soft boys nerd"
― Khamma chameleon (Jon Lewis), Monday, 2 June 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
he always looks totally disgruntled.
Last time I saw him with Robyn, he also did an opening set with his own group and he looked and sounded drunk as a leader, but such characteristics were less noticeable later that night backing Robyn. It still made me later look up that old story of him on the plane.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
new (?) album warzone earth is a major jam session, way more raucous than i was expecting. it's even kind of stooges-y. dude can't sing for shit but neither can lots of solid bros
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
I still can't believe what a big deal REM used to make about quitting on 12/31/99 on how stupid it would be to continue making records once they became irrelevant and mediocre, and then proceeded to do just that.
― yes wave (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:15 (eight years ago) link
i think about that a lot too. my friends and i thought it was such a cool idea and that factored into our love of the band. wish they had kept their word.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
it's really stupid to make records
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
They are the biggest example of a band that stuck around too long.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
i'm relistening to those 1980 show links, i like that version of rem.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 25 November 2015 21:22 (eight years ago) link
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Saturday, May 3, 2014 12:09 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
still waiting for this, but guess i need to hear the new stuff
TBP is maybe my favorite band now
― Comprehensive Nuclear Suggest-Ban Treaty (benbbag), Thursday, 26 November 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
really enjoying The No Ones - The Great Lost No Ones Album
https://the-no-ones.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-lost-no-ones-album
Peter Buck and his homie Scott McCaughey plus guys from a Norwegian power pop band called I Was a King that I'm not familiar with
really nice jangle stuff, not surprising but there are some really good songs on here and has good energetic feel
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link