The Buck Pets
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The Buck Pets were an American alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s in Dallas, Texas. They were clearly influenced by earlier bands such as The Replacements, Buzzcocks and The Jesus and Mary Chain but incorporated better production values and more overt nods to classic rock than their college rock/punk predecessors. The band seemed to get a degree of support from their record label, Island, for their first two LPs, the hard edged The Buck Pets, and the more melodic follow up Mercurotones. On the eve of the release of Mercurotones, Island was bought by PolyGram- the A&R staff were let go and projects were shelved while the new owners evaluated their new property. Support for The Buck Pets was then almost non-existent. The band also had opening spots on tour with larger acts such as Neil Young (Ragged Glory Tour) and Jane's Addiction, but in the end, The Buck Pets failed to see commercial success.
As a coda, The Buck Pets released the more restrained, melancholy album To the Quick in 1993 on the independent label Restless.
On April 10, 2010, The Buck Pets reunited for a one night show at the club Trees in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas, Texas and released RARES (and unreleased) a collection of rare and previously unreleased material.
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- Guilty Where's My Head
- A Little Murder
- Lost
- Song for Louise Post
- The Bad Sleep Good, or Not at All
- PM Sick of It All
- Iron Cock
- How Delicious She Looks
- Hey Sunshine
- Good Day
- Inamorata
- Hammer Valentine
- Brother Take These Dreams
- More and More
- Shameless
- Ready To Break
- Perfect
- Libertine
- Ave. F Blues Down Through the Avenue
- Five O'clock or Thursday Up to You
- Some Hesitation
- Pearls
- Moon Goddess (R.T. Cocaine Blues)
