Peter Lawrence Buck popularly known as Peter Buck is one of the finest and most talented rock musician of America. He is the co- founder and the lead guitarist of the famous rock band R.E.M. HE was born on 6th December 1956, which makes his age 58. His birthplace is Berkeley, which lies in California, USA. He is an American by nationality. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia with his family after the brief stays at Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1975 he graduated with honors from Crestwood High School. He then studied at Emory University. He did not complete his study in Emory and eventually dropped out. He then moved to Athens, Georgia and started studying at the University of Georgia. While woking at the Wuxtry Records store in Athens he met Michael Stipe who is the future bandmate of R.E.M. and Bertis Downs the future legal and managerial representative of R.E.M.

He has been active in the field of music since 1980. His guitar playing style is very unique and simple. His signature is Jetglo black model 360 of Rickenbacker guitars. He uses open strings rapidly while playing chords and melodies to make distinctive sounds. His melodic sounds and unique style of playing guitar took the band R.E.M not to only to the break through but the international popularity. His musical contribution can also be seen in the albums of other musicians like The Replacement, The Decemberists, Robyn Hitchcock, Billy Bragg and Eels. In 1992 he coproduced the Vigilantes of Love album Killing Floor. He is the co- writer and producer of the 1997 Mark Eitzel's album West. He went on the tour Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 with Robyn Hitchcock, Rieflin and McCaughey as the lead guitarist in 2006. He became part of the new band The Baseball Project formed by McCaughey and Steve Wynn as the bass guitarist along with Linda Pitmon. His signature Rickenbacker guitar, which he used in live concerts and also in the studio, was stolen from the stage immediately after the band's concert in Helsinki on 9th September 2008. Later on 18th September 2008 the guitar was returned by an unknown source. His band R.E.M. got dissolute in September 2011. In March 2012 he announced to work on a solo album along with singer- songwriter Joseph Arthur. He has also voiced in one of the many songs by R.E.M. titled I Walked with a Zombie.

He is quite tall man with the height of 6 feet 2 inches. He is an active user of Instagram and regularly posts pictures to be in touch with his supporters and admirers. He has many followers of different ethnicity from around the world in Twitter and he addresses his fans from the site. His detailed biography can be read from IMDb. More information regarding him can be found in wiki websites like Wikipedia.

He was married to Barrie Buck the owner of Athens' 40 Watt Club. The relationship came to an end after he got divorce from his wife in 1994. In 1995 he married Stephanie Dorgan. He has two children born from the relationship. He was again divorced in 2007. He again married Chloe Johnson on 1st June 2013. He does not have a girlfriend right now. He has the estimated net worth of $50 million dollars. He is definitely not gay however he has not publicly spoken about his sexual preferences.