The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy
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The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy is an album by American
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 rock
Rock music
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 band The Minus 5
The Minus 5
The Minus 5 is an American rock band, headed by musician Scott McCaughey and featuring R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.-Band history:Formed in 1993, McCaughey designed the Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup...

. Their final release of new material for Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records
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, it was released in 1997. The album title comes from contributors Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

 and Scott McCaughey
Scott McCaughey
As a singer and songwriter, Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.He is also bassist for Robyn Hitchcock's most recent touring band, The Venus 3, along with Bill Rieflin and Peter Buck....

.

Track listing

All songs written by Buck and McCaughey, except where noted:
  1. "The Rest of the World" – 3:10
  2. "Cross Every Line" – 4:01
  3. "Empty Room" – 3:42
  4. "Wasted Bandage" – 3:04
  5. "Boeing Spacearium" (Buck, McCaughey, and Robert Pollard
    Robert Pollard
    Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

    ) – 3:27
  6. "My Mummy's Dead
    My Mummy's Dead
    "My Mummy's Dead" is the closing song on the album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon. It is one of the songs John wrote concerning his mother, along with "Julia" and "Mother"...

    " (John Lennon
    John Lennon
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    ) – 2:30
  7. "Moonshine Girl" – 3:20
  8. "Popsycle Shoppe" – 2:47
  9. "Wouldn't Want to Care" – 2:56
  10. "Spidery Moon" – 2:42
  11. "Bullfight" – 4:15
  12. "Hate Me More" – 5:08

Personnel

  • Jon Auer
    Jon Auer
    Jonathan P. "Jon" Auer is an American musician who co-founded the power pop band The Posies, along with Ken Stringfellow. Auer and Stringfellow have also been a part of the rejuvenated Big Star....

  • Chris Ballew
    Chris Ballew
    Christopher "Chris" Ballew is a member of the alternative rock group The Presidents of the United States of America and performs as a children's artist under the pseudonym Caspar Babypants....

  • Peter Buck
    Peter Buck
    Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

  • John Crist
  • Dave Dederer
    Dave Dederer
    Dave Dederer, best known as guitarist and singer for The Presidents of the United States of America, was born on October 5, 1964. An alumnus of Seattle, Washington's The Bush School and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he founded The Presidents with fellow Bush School alumnus...

  • Jason Finn
    Jason Finn (musician)
    Jason Finn is a drummer and singer for The Presidents of the United States of America. He was previously the drummer of Love Battery until 1995 , when he joined Chris Ballew and Dave Dederer to form The Presidents of the United States of America...

  • John Keane
    John Keane (record producer)
    John Keane is an American record producer based in Athens, Georgia, who has worked extensively with R.E.M., Indigo Girls and Widespread Panic. He owns and operates John Keane Studios in Athens, which opened in 1981....

  • Barrett Martin
    Barrett Martin
    Barrett Martin , is an American drummer, upright bassist, composer, producer, writer, and Zen artist. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington groups Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara...

  • Scott McCaughey
    Scott McCaughey
    As a singer and songwriter, Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.He is also bassist for Robyn Hitchcock's most recent touring band, The Venus 3, along with Bill Rieflin and Peter Buck....

  • Mike McCready
    Mike McCready
    Michael David McCready is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Dave Krusen, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam...

  • Robert Pollard
    Robert Pollard
    Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

  • Ken Stringfellow
    Ken Stringfellow
    Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...

  • Christopher Wilson
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