Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Seattle, WA
Website Link(s): Universal Trendsetter
Label(s)[]
- Hello CD of the Month Club
- East Side Digital
- Hollywood Records
- Mammoth
- Houston Party
- Yep Roc
- Book
- Return To Sender
- Cooking Vinyl
Genre(s)[]
RIYL[]
Band Members[]
- Scott McCaughey
- Peter Buck
- Ken Stringfellow
- Jon Auer
- John Ramberg
- Bill Rieflin
- Chris Ballew
- Wilco (one album)
- Kurt Bloch
- Robyn Hitchcock
Includes Members of[]
- The Young Fresh Fellows
- R.E.M.
- The Posies
- The Model Rockets
- The Presidents Of The United States Of America
- Wilco
- The Fastbacks
- Sgt. Major
- The Soft Boys
- The Bells
- Chainsuck
- KMFDM
- Ministry
- 1000 Homo DJs
- Pigface
- Revolting Cocks
- Swans
- Big Star
Band Biography[]
The Minus 5 is a side project of Young Fresh Fellows frontman (and R.E.M. side guitarist) Scott McCaughey and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. They've been going since 1993, and have recorded a bunch of records for various labels.
Below is a guide to the various Minus 5 releases and could not have been put together without the invaluable assistance of Christophe Claessens' excellent UniversalTrendsetter.org site devoted to the many projects of Scott McCaughey.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Old Liquidator
- The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy
- My Chartreuse Opinion (Scott McCaughey solo album, reissued as "The Minus Five of Scott McCaughey")
- In Rock
- Let the War Against Music Begin
- Down With Wilco (A Tragedy In Three Halfs)
- I Don't Know Who I Am (Let The War Against Music Begin vol 2)
- The Minus 5 (a/k/a The Gun Album)
EPs[]
- Hello EP
- Emperor of the Bathroom
- Limited edition CD Sampler (split w/ The Young Fresh Fellows)
- At The Organ
Singles[]
- A Thousand Years Away
- Retrieval Of You
Appears On[]
Compilations[]
- Bite Back: Live At The Crocodile Cafe
- For A Decade Of Sin
- The World Of Dr. Illteams
- This Is Where I Belong: The Songs Of Ray Davies
- It's Clobbering Time
- Wig In A Box: Songs From Hedwig & The Angry Inch
- Por Vida
- Colonel Jeffery Pumpernickel
- More Oar
- Trampoline Records Greatest Hits Vol. 1