2026
Do Not Bend 16
Released 17 February 2026. Bandcamp-only — no streaming platforms, no vinyl, no cassette by deliberate choice ('I just want to keep this as uncomplicated and un-stressful as possible'). ~30 minutes ('Packs a punch and then - poof!'). Tempo range: 72-118 bpm. One song in 3/4 time (his first since 2011). Old school approach: 'fell back on some of the tricks I used to use back in the 90s.' 'I finally executed a few ideas I've had in the back of my mind for decades.' Lyrics posted on Vertices Substack same day (17 Feb). Buck 65's self-description of the process: 'took an old school approach... out of necessity.'
2025
Keep Moving 15
Released April 28, 2025. 31 tracks. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes and cuts by Buck 65. Recorded at The Bell Jar. Mixed and polished by Sixtoo at The Treatment Center.' Sixtoo's mixing credit is notable — the longest creative relationship in Buck 65's career (Sebutones, early solo work, now still collaborating in 2025). Available in 24-bit/44.1kHz — higher resolution than earlier Bandcamp releases. Fan observation: 'The improvement in sound quality from Sixtoo's mixing is definitely noticeable.' Considered by some fans his best record.
2023
Punk Rock B-Boy 41
Released November 3, 2023. 19 tracks. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes and cuts by Buck 65. Additional scratches on Morgana by Skratch Bastid.' Physical: Handmade cassette edition — 10 made only, each J-card and cassette dubbed by hand at real-time speed, each one unique. SOLD OUT. Fan reaction: 'might be the hardest album Buck 65 has ever made. Not an ounce of fat on it.' 'Classic Buck. Has a Dirtbike vibe to it.' (Top fan track: Terminal Illness.)
Drum Study
2023
Drum Study #3 EP
2023
Drum Study #2 EP
2023
Drum Study #1 EP
2023
Super Dope 21
Released May 5, 2023. 15 tracks. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes, cuts and artwork by Buck 65. Mastered by Deeskee.' Available on cassette, CD, and vinyl via shop.handsmade.xyz. Fan notes: 'it's like 1992 all over again' — perceived as a hard return to pure hip-hop craft after the more exploratory post-Warner years. Outtake EP '14 KT Gold' (Apr 2023) released before this album from the same sessions.
2023
14 KT Gold EP 1
Recorded during the sessions for the Super Dope album, which was released on May 5th.
2022
No Children anthology
Released October 14, 2022. 25 tracks spanning 25 years of the Buck 65 catalogue. Self-description: 'A collection of odd socks, lost songs, sore thumbs and new stuff, spanning 25 years. Some of these songs are very lo-fi. Others were recorded in nice studios. So be warned that the sound levels are all over the place.' Notable tracks: 'Sebutone Def (demo)' — 'I've been bumpin it since I copped that killer Moodswing9 mixtape way back when' (confirms Moodswing9 era version predates this compilation); 'Blood On Green' — 'this is my fave' (fan); 'The Centaur Revisited (instrumental)' and 'Roses And Blue Jays (original version)' — both alternate takes of known works.
2022
Textural Healing single
An instrumental thing-thing from a few years back, made with $3,000 worth of rare records.
2022
The Wildlife Revisited EP
Released April 27, 2022. 3 tracks. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes, cuts — Buck 65.' Accompanied by Buck 65's full retelling of the 1995 dream that inspired the original Wildlife: 'One morning in 1995, I woke up from an incredibly fucked-up and scary dream. Before I got out of bed, I wrote the story of the dream on paper while all the details were still fresh...' [full account on Bandcamp]. Fan note: 'Had the original version many years ago, but sadly lost it somewhere. Great to hear it again and read the story behind the trilogy.' — confirms the original Wildlife circulated but was hard to find; this 2022 Bandcamp release is the first purchaseable version.
2022
Bad Santa single
Unused and unmastered demo from I-don't-know-when.
2022
The New Sammy Sosa single
Released April 8, 2022. Single track, 3:15. Credits: 'vocals, beat, scratches by Buck 65.' The name references Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs/Dominican Republic baseball slugger) — playful appropriation of sports celebrity as hip-hop persona marker, consistent with Buck 65's Americana obsessions and baseball references.
2022
King of Drums 9
Released June 10, 2022. 21 numbered parts. Credits (Bandcamp): 'Beats, cuts, rhymes — Buck 65. Scratch verse in Part 9 by D-Styles. Additional instrumentation on Part 21 by Charles Austin and Andrew Glencross. Mastered by Deeskee. Artwork by Controller 7.' D-Styles (San Diego turntablist, DMC champion) contributes the scratch verse on Part 9. Physical: Limited edition CD (art by Controller 7, SOLD OUT) + Limited red/black dual-colour cassette (SOLD OUT). Buck 65's first new album after a seven-year layoff (2014-2022). The impetus for starting the Vertices Substack. Instantly became his self-described favorite album ever made: 'It will be a special one forever.' Buck 65's own lineage: 'the record that should have been the follow-up to Language Arts, just 25+ years later.' First press: ~300 copies. Second press (2025): quadruple vinyl deluxe edition with instrumentals and lyric sheet insert.
2015
Smurf Burps single
Dumbest song ever recorded. Vocals punctuated with burps pronounced as words. Collaboration with Jorun Bombay.
2014
Neverlove
2014 concept album around love and heartbreak. Heavy use of featured artists across all tracks.
2013
Sass 1 & 2 EP
Released June 6, 2013. 2 Bandcamp tracks, each containing a full compressed album. Bandcamp description: 'A compilation of two albums for people with short attention spans. Sass 1 is 14 songs, clocking in at 4 minutes, 23 seconds, total. Sass 2 is a bit heftier — 16 songs in 7 minutes, 13 seconds. Both albums recorded in 2013.' Total: 30 micro-tracks in 11:36. Average track length: ~23 seconds each. A deliberate experiment in hypercompression — two full albums that together don't reach 12 minutes. Format mirrors the extreme short-form approach first explored on Weirdo Magnet (1996) but taken to an extreme.
2012
Ode To Levon single
A tribute to Levon Helm following his passing. Country-folk-rap.
Dirtbike
2011
Dirtbike 4 +1 version 2
Released July 7, 2011. 1 track: Dirtbike 4 (57:08) — one continuous ~57-minute recording, same marathon format as Dirtbike 3. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes cuts — Buck 65. "Don't Want To Live Here Anymore" beat by Jorun Bombay. Additional vocals by Colleen Brown.' The gap between Dirtbike 3 (Dec 2008) and Dirtbike 4 (Jul 2011) is 2.5 years. A 'Dirtbike 4 Instrumental (Mostly)' edition was released Dec 5, 2025, breaking the 57min monolith into 5 named parts (Handle Bars, Forks, Frame, Front Wheel, Back Wheel — all bicycle anatomy, continuing the cycling/Dirtbike motif).
2008
Dirtbike 3 1
Released December 1, 2008. 1 track: Dirtbike 3 (58:44). The third and final album in the 3-month challenge. Credits: 'Beats, rhymes, cuts — Buck 65. Additional production and instrumentation — Buddy Peace, Moka Only, Jel, Emily Wells, Charles Austin, Mia Clarke, Old Man Luedecke, Norm Adams, Tunng. Additional cuts — Buddy Peace. Additional vocals and/or words — Sage Francis, Rodney DeCroo, Old Man Luedecke, Emily Keane.' Notable: Sage Francis (Providence-based alt-hip-hop) and Rodney DeCroo (Vancouver poet/songwriter) as vocalists; Old Man Luedecke (Nova Scotia folk, connected to Buck 65's Atlantic Canada roots); Tunng (UK freak-folk collective). Mia Clarke adds violin/strings. This is the most collaborative of the three Dirtbikes. Single track — nearly an hour — like a continuous DJ set/mixtape.
2008
Dirtbike 2
Released October 1, 2008. 2 tracks: Part 1 (32:25), Part 2 (33:57). Buck 65: 'I've always considered #2 to be the best of the Dirtbikes. My ex-wife is a great writer. She'd write stories and I'd turn them into songs. That's basically what's going on here.' Fan: 'Hell And Detroit is my fave Buck 65 Song Ever. Favorite track: Part 1.' Credits: 'Beats, rhymes, cuts — Buck 65. Additional production — Emily Wells, Buddy Peace, Jel, Gabriel Minnikin, John Zytaruk, Barnes & Barnes. Additional cuts — Buddy Peace, D-Styles. Additional vocals — Emily Keane, Jenn Grant. I know I'm forgetting some people.' Notable: D-Styles on cuts; Jenn Grant (Canadian folk singer); Barnes & Barnes (the 'Fish Heads' duo — Bill Mumy and Robert Haimer). The ex-wife writing-as-songs framework: this confirms the same template appears across Dirtbike 1 and 2.
2008
Dirtbike 1 6
Released September 1, 2008. 2 tracks: Part 1 (34:00), Part 2 (32:38). Bandcamp notes: 'In 2008, I challenged myself to write and record three albums in three months. The result was Dirtbike 1, 2 and 3. My ex-wife is a great writer. She'd write stories and I'd turn them into songs. That's basically what's going on here.' Credits: 'Beats, rhymes, cuts — Buck 65. Additional production and instrumentation — Emily Wells, Buddy Peace, Jorun Bombay, Moka Only, Jel, Tom Inhaler, Serafina Steer. Additional cuts — Buddy Peace, Skratch Bastid, D-Styles. Additional vocals and/or words — Moka Only, Dose One, Governor Bolts, Emily Keane. I know I'm forgetting some people.' Fan note: 'A friend gave me Dirtbike 1-3 many years ago, I had no idea where he got them. I'm happy to see you getting this stuff out on Bandcamp so I could actually buy it and support.' — confirms these albums circulated as unofficial CDRs before the Bandcamp releases.
2011
20 Odd Years +4 versions 6
2011 release, return to WEA Canada. The title references his career length at that point (~20 years from first cassette in 1990/1991). Represents a career-reflective period alongside his rising CBC radio profile.
2010
Unhip EP
2010 CDep.
2007
Situation +1 version 8
Released on Strange Famous Records (Sage Francis's label). Fan top track: '1957'. The move to Strange Famous reflects the end of his Warner deal and a return to independent distribution.
2007Situation (Instrumentals)instrumental version
2007
Heck
2007 album.
2006
Dirtywork EP EP
5-track EP recorded at 11 rue Princess in Paris in October 2006. Self-released, one song per week over five weeks. Buck 65: 'It felt important to me to get some work out there that was 100% mine. It's been a while. I've been working with others for some years now. The last album was done almost entirely with Tortoise and the next album is a major collaboration as well.' Written and recorded during an intense creative period alongside Big Rig deadline work and sessions for the next album. Features Old Man Luedecke (banjo), Lucas Pierce (upright bass), and Charles Austin (guitar) on select tracks. 'Indestructible Sam' tells the true story of Samuel Dombey, a gravedigger in post-Civil War New Orleans.
2005
Secret House Against the World 8
Widely regarded as his finest work by the fan community alongside Vertex. Fan top tracks include 'The Floor' and 'Devil's Eyes'. The title evokes his characteristic themes: isolation, shelter, and resilience against hostile modernity.
2004
463 EP
2004 CDep. 463 also appears as track 12 on Talkin' Honky Blues (2003).
2004
Sore single
2004 7'' single. Sore also appears as track 4 on Talkin' Honky Blues (2003).
2003
Talkin' Honky Blues 17
Breakthrough album and critical favourite. Described by Gigwise as being about 'a hillbilly trying to live a simple existence in a technically complicated world, where hip hop has its fat ass firmly on the throne.' Features the Riverbed series of tracks — a meditation on river/water life, houseboat existence, and road life as metaphor. Uses Egyptian children's records and obscure French breaks in the production. Fan top track: 'Wicked And Weird'. Enhanced CD included a free downloadable new song each month.
2002
Square +1 version 21
Transitional album. Originally made in 2000, held back for a long time before release (as Terfry was touring constantly between 2000-2003). Released on WEA (Warner) in 2002. Precursor to Talkin' Honky Blues. Described as especially abstract, 'arranged like a square for maximum vinyl compatibility' — four songs, each on one side of a vinyl record.
2001
Synesthesia +1 version 17
2001 album on Endemik Music. Originally intended as ONE continuous track — a manufacturing error split it into separate tracks. Additionally, the original release was remade entirely: June 2002 mailing list: 'I re-made Synesthesia. First time around I made it in a rush and wasn't happy with it. Now it's an entirely different album, with new songs and different artwork.' Two distinct versions exist: the OG 3-track version (work-synesthesia-og, confirmed on Bandcamp: Shape 1/2/3, Sep 2001) and this remade 17-track version. Buck 65's elemental metaphor: 'Man Overboard is bent spoons and standing on one finger.'
2001
Man Overboard +3 versions 19
Pivotal album released on Anticon. The Amazon.com description notes it 'pits Terfry's numerous personalities against each other, often to brilliant effect.' Considered a hallmark of a new avant-garde movement in underground hip hop. Associated with the broader Anticon collective (Sixtoo was also a member). Fan top track: 'Pants On Fire'.
2001Man Overboard (Demo/Limited Edition CDr)limited edition with bonus
2000
Vertex +1 version 38
One of his most acclaimed early albums. Fan community considers 'The Centaur' from this album as a joint all-time top track. Represents the peak of his Language Arts / abstract period. Recorded with no vocal compression — SM58 straight into the cassette 4-track. Buck 65: 'Vertex is a séance.'
2000
Boy, Girl Fight +1 version
2000 album.
2001Tags of the Times 3 1anthology
2000
Year Zero single
2000 12'' single.
1998
Achilles
Originally released in 1998. Sold maybe five cassettes at Scribble Jam. Conceived as beats for b-boy battles. An SP-1200 sampler and a turntable. Recorded on 4-track. As lo-fi as it gets.
1997
Language Arts +1 version 20
Album in the Language Arts series. Self-produced on home cassette 4-track, SM58 direct to recorder, no compression (as confirmed for all pre-Vertex albums from June 2002 mailing list). Buck 65: 'Language Arts is a cauldron with bat wings and snake tongues.' The 2002 Warner reissue was subtitled as a remaster. Note: Square (2002) is described as 'the fourth album in the Language Arts series' — this album and the other Language Arts volumes form a named series.
1997
Wildlife single 1
Promo 12'' single from 1997. Promotional only.
1996
Weirdo Magnet +1 version 3
First album released under the Buck 65 name (previously Stinkin' Rich). Released on Metaforensics. Part of the 'Language Arts' series — a cycle of albums in the mid-to-late 1990s that established Terfry's abstract hip-hop aesthetic.
1994
Stolen Base single
7'' single from 1994. Murderecords release.
1992
Kiss My Ass (OG version) single
The very first show Buck 65 played was a tribute to KISS night, just before Christmas 1992. He wrote this song for the occasion. A remix appeared on the 2000 album Synesthesia.
No contributions found
Other
E-MU SP-1200
Buck 65's primary sampler. Confirmed in the June 8, 2002 mailing list email: 'I use ye good olde SP 1200 sampler.' Previously confirmed in 2002 Paris HipHopSection interview. The SP-1200 is a legendary hip-hop production tool known for its characteristic 12-bit sound, gritty sampling, and a 10-second sampling limit per sound. Buck 65 on the limitation: 'the SP1200 forces me to fight with myself to use best as I can the 10 seconds of sampling — it brings a certain challenge and a distinctive sound.' The machine is central to his aesthetic — its constraint is a creative forcing function.
Home cassette 4-track recorder
Buck 65's recording device for all albums up to and including Man Overboard (2001). June 8, 2002 mailing list: 'Everything I did up to and including Man Overboard was recorded on a crappy, old cassette 4-track.' Also confirmed: 'On everything up to Vertex, I didn't even have any compression on my vocals.' This means Language Arts, Weirdo Magnet, Vertex — some of his most admired work — were captured on a consumer cassette 4-track with no vocal compression whatsoever. The rawness is a feature, not a limitation.
Obscure vinyl collection (Egyptian, French, etc.)
Not a piece of gear but a defining production resource: Buck 65's collection of deeply obscure vinyl breaks. Egyptian children's records, French breaks, and other non-Western sources form the production palette of Talkin' Honky Blues. The search for these records is described as 'like religion' — an ongoing spiritual practice of deepening obscurity. The John Travolta 1976 self-titled album (Midland International Records) is one documented instance of a crate find — he discovered the funky break on 'A Girl Like You' around 1995/96 and later introduced it to Biz Markie via Marc Costanzo/Len.
Shure 447 needles (stylus)
Buck 65's turntable stylus of choice. Confirmed June 8, 2002 mailing list: 'I use Shure 447 needles.' The Shure M447 is a DJ cartridge known for good tracking and skip resistance — suited to the kind of aggressive digging and sampling work he does.
Shure SM58 microphone
Buck 65's vocal microphone. Confirmed June 8, 2002 mailing list: 'I use a '58' for a mic.' The SM58 is the industry-standard live vocal microphone — rugged, dynamic, omnipresent at every live show. Using it as a studio recording mic (rather than a condenser) contributes to his intimate, dry vocal sound. Combined with the home 4-track setup, the SM58 defines the texture of his early records.
Technics SL-1200 turntable
The canonical hip-hop and turntablism instrument. Buck 65 uses the turntable 'a LOT' in production (June 8, 2002 mailing list). The 1200 Hobos collective are named for this specific deck. Used with Shure 447 needles. Both a performance instrument and a primary sampling tool.
Vestax 05 and Vestax 07 mixers
Two Vestax DJ mixers: 'an old, original, dark grey Vestax 05 (my baby), and an 07.' (June 8, 2002 mailing list.) The 05 is described with clear affection — 'my baby' — suggesting it's his primary mixer. Vestax made high-quality scratch DJ mixers favoured by serious turntablists in the 1990s.
Yamaha MD-8 digital 8-track
The recorder Buck 65 upgraded to after Man Overboard (2001). June 8, 2002 mailing list: 'Now I have an MD-8 digital eight-track, and I borrow a compressor when the time comes.' The MD-8 uses MiniDisc as the recording medium — a step up from cassette 4-track but still a home/project studio device. The borrowed compressor is telling: he still lacks dedicated outboard gear.
Labels
Anticon
Oakland-based underground hip-hop collective/label. One of the most critically respected independent hip-hop operations of the early 2000s. Released Man Overboard (2001). Associated with abstract, introspective, avant-garde hip-hop.
Endemik Music
Funtrip Records
Label that released Sebutonedef (1996) by Sebutones (Buck 65 + Sixtoo).
Hand'Solo Records
Handsmade Records
Primary release vehicle for all post-comeback albums.
Hard Leaders Records
Last Gang Records
Metaforensics / Four Ways to Rock
Label for early Buck 65 albums: Weirdo Magnet, Language Arts, Vertex. Small independent from the Halifax / Canadian underground.
Murderecords
Independent label run by Sloan (Halifax alternative rock band). Signed Stinkin' Rich after hearing Chin Music. Released Game Tight and Stolen Bass. Sloan's involvement legitimised his early work within Halifax's indie rock/alternative scene.
No Records
Halifax independent label that released Stinkin' Rich's first cassette Chin Music (1993). The starting point of his recorded career.
Self-released
Strange Famous Records
Independent label run by Sage Francis. Released Situation (2007). Known for socially conscious underground hip-hop.
Warner Music Canada (WEA)
Major label that signed Buck 65 in 2002, reissued his back catalogue, and released Square, Talkin' Honky Blues, Secret House Against the World, and 20 Odd Years. An unusual pairing — a major label embracing deeply abstract hip-hop.
Key places
CBC Music
Canada's national public radio broadcaster's music channel. Terfry has hosted the weekday Drive show since September 2, 2008. The CBC role represents a full-circle return: it was CBC Stereo's Brave New Waves that first gave him access to hip-hop in the mid-1980s. Now he is the broadcaster.
CKDU-FM
Dalhousie University campus/community radio station. The station that Terfry had to climb a tree to hear (33-watt transmitter). He later hosted The Bassment and The Treatment Program shows there as DJ Critical / Jesus Murphy. The station was the entry point into his musical education and career.
Halifax
Provincial capital of Nova Scotia. The nearest city to Terfry's hometown and the scene for his early music. Halifax had a 'small but fiercely inventive underground rap community' in the early 1990s (citizenfreak bio). CKDU (campus/community radio, Dalhousie University) was the hub of this scene. Sloan and Murderecords were also based here.
Mount Uniacke
Rural community in Nova Scotia, 40km north of Halifax. Terfry's birthplace and hometown. The rural isolation of Mount Uniacke — its distance from hip-hop culture, the fact that he had to climb a tree to hear CKDU on 33 watts — shaped his obsessive self-teaching and his outsider relationship to the genre. The country/folk influences that run through his work have their roots here.
Paris (2002 residency)
Buck 65 lived in Paris for a period in 2002 after signing with Warner Music Canada. The move was partly to be with his girlfriend, whose studies had taken her there; the label paid. His October 2002 mailing list email is the most lyrical document of his life in Paris: 'I beat a parade drum in the Montparnasse cemetery. The ghosts of Sartre, Man Ray, Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Seberg follow me through the catacombs.' He compared his mode of living to Henry Miller's Paris period — 'live like Henry Miller and start a quiet revolution in Europe.' The displacement was palpable: 'I miss baseball. I miss junk food. I miss country music. I can't find sour cream.' The Paris residency is where the HipHopSection interview confirming his complete gear spec was conducted.