This archive is intended for scholarly use only. The publications from which these articles and reviews were derived retain full copyright.
Album reviews and live reviews are located on their own pages. Also, be sure to check history, featuring the transcript of an e-mail interview with original Buck Pets bassist Chuck Smith, and trivia for additional information.
- "Buck Pets" (no author indicated)
Just Music Volume 1 (January 1989), pages 9 and 13
© 1989 by Mike Swinford (ed.), Waco, TX
(article with quotes from Tony)
- "The record industry is turning to Deep Ellum for fresh faces," by Russell Smith (photo by Evan Caglage)
The Dallas Morning News, January 22, 1989
© Russell Smith/Evan Caglage and The Dallas Morning News
Contributed by Marci Mangham
- The Buck Pets press kit (from and © 1989 by Island Records):
- Press release from Island Records, with tour itinerary;
- 8" x 10" black and white glossy (photo by James Bland);
- 2 page Island bio (updated; cosmetically closer to original printing); and
- 1 page of blurb reviews (from USA Today, Billboard, and others)
- "The Buck Pets -- Besser als die Post" ["Better than the Post Office"], by Frank Heukemes
Break Out [German-language] magazine (July 1989), page 17
(phone interview with Andy and Chris)
© 1989 by Break Out magazine
- "Rude Boys -- Buck Pets," by Jon Young
Musician magazine, no. 129 (July 1989), page 14
(mini-interview with Chris)
Published by Amordian Press Inc. (Gloucester, MA)
© 1989 by Musician (a Billboard publication), all rights reserved.
This issue features The Who on its cover. Even though Musician has long since ceased publication, don't expect this transcription online anytime soon; it's probably just not worth it.
- "PETS ROCK," by Russell Smith (photo by Juan Garcia)
The Dallas Morning News, Tuesday, August 15, 1989
© Russell Smith/Juan Garcia and The Dallas Morning News
Contributed by Marci Mangham
- Big, loud deal, by ??? (show preview/blurb)
The Dallas Observer(?), August 1989(?)
- Mademoiselle magazine, either late 1989 or early 1990
An anonymous fan reports that the Buck Pets won "Best Looking" in the Mademoiselle magazine "album cover awards," for their 1st album on Island. (Anyone seen this?)
- "The trend-bucking Buck Pets hit the road," by Tom Maurstad
The Dallas Morning News, January 12, 1990
© Tom Maurstad and The Dallas Morning News
Contributed by Marci Mangham
- "Profiles: The Buck Pets", by Maureen O'Dell
B-Side fanzine (August/September 1990), page 10
(interview with Tony Alba)
© 1990 by Maureen O'Dell and B-Side.
- "New Bands: The Buck Pets," by Nina Malkin
Seventeen magazine, vol. 50 no. 1 (January 1991), page 40
(mini-interview with Andy)
© 1990 by News America Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.
- "The Buck Pets - Growing Up In Public," by Dave Hall
Music Players Magazine, No. 28 (Feb. 28-Mar. 13, 1991), pp. 42-43
(interview with Chris)
© 1991 by AM Publications Inc., Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater, FL
- "The Buck Pets," by A. R. Carroll
Nite Moves Music Magazine, Vol. 6 Issue 73 (April 1991), p. 5
(article with quotes from Ian)
© 1991 Nite Moves Publications Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
- "The Buck Pets," by Kevin Byrne
Buzz Vol. VII Issue 65 (April-May 1991)
(mini-interview with Andy)
Published by REAL GEORGE PRODUCTIONS
© 1991 by George Guarino, Albany, NY
- "The Buck Pets," by Karl Rumpf
Flipside fanzine (March/April 1993)
(3 page interview with Andy)
© 1993 by Karl Rumpf and Flipside.
- Appearance in Cash Box magazine (June 19, 1993)
Does anyone have this issue? (Billy Idol is on the cover)
- "The Buck Pets -- Sniffing Out Success," by H P Newquist
Guitar magazine (November 1993), pp. 15 and 164
(phone interview with Chris)
© 1993 by Cherry Lane Magazines, Inc.
- tothequick press kit (from and © 1993 by Restless Records):
- Bio and early 1994 West Coast tour itinerary, from Restless Records;
- 5" x 7" black and white glossy (no photographer credit given);
- Cover story and feature article from BUDDY - The Original Texas Music Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 10 (April 1993);
- From The Dallas Observer: a review of tothequick and a preview of the tothequick record release show (June 10-16 and June 17-23, 1993);
- Reviews of tothequick, from Billboard (May 22, 1993) and The Aquarian Weekly, issue No. 677 (July 21-28, 1993)
- Appearances in BAM magazine, 1989-1993
To my knowledge, the Buck Pets were never formally featured in BAM magazine. However, someone on their staff must have really liked the Buck Pets as they were invariably featured with a photo in the "concert calendar" section whenever they played the Oakland/S.F. area. All scans (c) BAM Publications, Inc.; photo credits are as given in each image below.
- "The Buck Pets," by Ian Beech [sic]
In: Greg Jacobs (editor), Hell on Wheels: a tour stories compilation, pp. 27-30
© 1994 by Rockpress Publishing (San Diego, CA)
Because this book is apparently still in press (or at least can still be bought new; ISBN 0-9627013-3-5), Ian's tour stories are not reprinted online here.
