MYSTERY TO ME
In addition to the earlier mentioned live appearances, Peter Buck, for a period in 1990, played on a regular basis with The Normaltown Flyers. Every Wednesday Peter Buck went down the road to Allens, Athens GA, and after the band had played a few songs, Peter got up on stage and joined The Normaltown Flyers for the rest of the evening. They played a lot of cover songs, but most of the songs performed are still unknown to us.
Regarding recorded songs, there are a few albums where we do not have the specific information and have therefore had to make a little Second Guessing. The Fleshtones' album "Forever Fleshtones" (Also released as "Beautiful light") has no information on which specific tracks Peter Buck and Mike Mills contributed. The same goes for Kevn Kinney's solo album "MacDougal Blues" where Peter Buck played. Bill Berry and Peter Buck contributed to the Doubting Thomas album "Blue Angel" with no further information. Finally, Mike Mills performed with the Backbeat Band and according to Marcus Gray's book has recorded 20 songs. Only 12 songs appeared on the soundrack album and 1 non-album track was released as a b-side of a single.
| YEAR | SIDEPROJECT |
| 1981 | Bill Berry performing with Love Tractor |
| 1981 | Michael Stipe performing as Gaggle O'Sound |
| 1981 | Michael Stipe performing as Boat Of |
| 1983 | Michael Stipe & 2 friends faking their way through Nino Rota - style Italian Cafe Music outside 40 Watt Club Athens |
| 1984 | Peter Buck performing with Dream Syndicate as Adolf and The Casuals, featuring Raoul |
| 1986 | Bill Berry and Mike Mills performing with the coverband Corn Cob Webs |
| 1986 | Peter Buck performing with The Moberleys |
| 1988 | Mike Mills as drummer for the surf band The New Invicibles |
| 1991 | Peter Buck performing with John Wesley Harding |
| 1995 | Mike Mills & Nathan December performing with the blues band MDS ( Mandatory Death Sentence ) |
| 1995 | Mike Mills performing with Nathan December, Scott McCaughey & members of the road crew as The Singapore Slinngs |
| Unknown year | Peter Buck performing with Our Favorite Band |
| Unknown year | Bill Berry, Peter Buck & Mike Mills as Strip Show Backing Band |
| Unknown year | Peter Buck performing with The Kilkenny Cats |