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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.
Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s
Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was
only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hello
CD of the Month Club in 1994.
Their full-length debut album Old Liquidator was released in 1995, and the
Minus 5's lineup consisted of McCaughey, Buck, and Jon Auer and Ken
Stringfellow of The Posies. After releasing Old Liquidator on East Side
Digital, the group reconvened in late 1996 to record their Hollywood
Records debut, The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy, released the following
spring. The same year, McCaughey's 1989 solo album My Ch
