Peter Buck

The group was among the first in the alternative movement in the mid-70s, and recorded the "The Good Earth" with the help of Peter Buck of R.E.M. Person L has just released a new album this week. The five-member group, Person L,...

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...stabbed her to silence the screams. Another high-profile case turning on the concept of automatism was that of the guitarist Peter Buck of the band REM. He was acquitted of attacking BA staff on a transatlantic flight to London in...

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Rock star Peter Buck used automatism as a defence in court Automatism is essentially a legal defence, arguing that a person cannot be held responsible for their actions because they had no conscious knowledge of them. There are two...

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...and sweet, sweet pop. As far as my take on the band and record as a fellow Slumberlander, I'm reminded of some notes from [R.E.M.'s] Peter Buck. I think they're from Dead Letter Office, referring to hearing Pylon's "Crazy" on the radio: "I...

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...still has the knack for arranging great pop songs and filling them with memorable lyrics. He’s backed again by the Venus 3: Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin. Available now. His live album, “I Often Dream of Trains in...

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...the first place. Fans old and new will find plenty to enjoy here, as the bandaEUR™s core trio of vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and MillsaEUR"augmented by drummer Bill Rieflin and guitarist Scott McCaugheyaEUR"sound tight and...

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...baseball and decided to weave together baseball stories and modern-rock flair. In 2007, they were joined by Linda Pittmon and Peter Buck, with whom they recorded 2008's Volume One: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails. The album is a melodic crash...

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...and "Driver 8" (Fables Of The Reconstruction), I was reminded of the reasons why this band caught my ear in the first place. Sure, Peter Buck's guitar was one part, but it was the fantastic singing and bass playing of Mike Mills that did...

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...took over the bass spot from DeNunzio. With this new lineup, The Good Earth locks into more of an easygoing, R.E.M.-ish lope (Peter Buck produced the record-hey) more often than it motors frantically, as it often did on the debut. Somehow...

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...Ireland's Olympia Theater from June 30 to July 5, 2007. "We were just trying to do something we hadn't done before," guitarist Peter Buck said in August. "There was no relaxing during the set. Every second we were playing something we didn't...

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