When this page began, I didn't really know much about the early history of the Buck Pets. The feature artcles I've seen (see buckpets press) really don't go into much detail about their pre-Island Records days. In early 1999, I received an e-mail from original Buck Pets bassist Chuck Smith, which read in part:

8-JAN-1999 14:20:15.15
From: chuckeysmith@yahoo.com "Charles Smith"
To: meroy@mocha.memphis.edu
CC:
Subj: buck pets

Please feel free to post my e-mail address to anyone wishing to know what really happened with the Buck Pets (from formation in ~late 85 to ~ early 88). Specific questions will be answered the quickest.

Thanks,

Chuck Smith

Chuck also graciously agreed to an e-mail interview. (The interview is now online; for courtesy's sake, please read it before e-mailing him to see if your question has already been answered.)

For more information, try:

• Steve Huey's remarkably complete Buck Pets bio in the All Music Guide
  
  
• The Buck Pets' bio in Texas' Local Music Register
  
  
• "The Preacher and the Prophet," a history ("or not") of Deep Ellum from 1984-1998, includes several Buck Pets references. From The Dallas Observer (June 17, 1999)