Sprung from the ashes of Vancouver's pop trio
cub, bassist/vocalist
LISA MARR "unleashed a new band on an unsuspecting world".
BUCK began lighting up the L.A. music scene in early '98 after Marr and drummer
Lisa G. relocated to the City of Angels.
With the addition of guitarist/vocalist
PEPPER BERRY, they quickly became club favorites and critics darlings. The band signed to a record deal just three months after their first show and never let their foot off the gas. Buck's self-titled debut, released in September of '98 on
Sympathy for the Record Industry, garnered praise from around the globe and won a spot in
BAM's Top 20 California Albums of the Year as well as a nomination for
Best Independent Album of the Year by the
California Music Awards.
Over the next three years, Buck contributed to several compilations, released numerous 7 inches as well as the 7 song EP
Buck in Black on
Lancerock Records. The latter recorded entirely live in the studio, no overdubs in a little less than 6 hours!
With a seemingly ever changing drum chair, Buck spent a lot of their time on the road with TV appearances, on-air radio performances and touring with some of their favorite bands like:
Dance Hall Crashers, The Muffs, Mr. T Experience, The Queers, and The Groovie Ghoulies.
The group disbanded in October of 2000 playing their last show at their old stomping grounds:
Spaceland in
Silverlake, CA. Lisa Marr now heads up her country/pop outfit
THE LISA MARR EXPERIMENT as well as the
HERE AND NOW while Pepper Berry fronts the punk trio
BOBOT ADRENALINE.
The trio of Lisa Marr, Pepper Berry and Sherri Solinger reunited in February of 2005 to play 2 reunion shows to coincide with the release of their last 2 studio recordings "Former Child Actor" and "Only Friends", produced by
Jeff McDonald (Redd Kross) and released on the
Geykido Comet Records.
7-inch available at
www.gcrecords.com.
The band has made no plans to play anymore shows, so you will just have to hold your breath until the 2010 reunion.