Biography
Peter Buck was the guitarist for R.E.M., arguably the most important American rock band of the post-punk era. The big, jangly sound of Buck's Rickenbacker was one of R.E.M.'s signatures as they rose from cult status to mainstream acceptance, and his eclectic tastes and embrace of other stringed instruments (especially mandolin) was a major part of R.E.M.'s stylistic growth. Nearly as important as his guitar work was Buck's eagerness to champion o...Read more