Question: The Buck Pets were influenced by what American rock band that was formed in 1979 in Minneapolis?

Context articles: 3 Pill Morning
R.E.M.
Flipper (band)
Karl Mueller (rock musician)
Boiled in Lead
The Revolution (band)
The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy
The Ramrocks
The Replacements (band)
The Buck Pets

3 Pill Morning (sometimes stylized as 3PM) is an American Rock / Hard Rock band from Minneapolis, formed in 2004.
 The band consists of Jeff Stebbins (vocals), Jon Stephenson (guitar), Ryan Lee (bass) and Tom DuPree III (drums).
 On October 1, 2008, the band released their debut album "The Side Effects of Chronic Ambition" independently.
 Their first radio single "Loser" spawned from their EP "Take Control" and stayed in rotation on the Top 100 chart on Active Radio in the US for over 6 months in 2011.
 On July 17, 2012, the band released their sophomore full-length studio album entitled "Black Tie Love Affair" on Page 2 Music distributed by eOne.
 The music video for "Skin" was officially released on July 5, 2012.
 The band's latest album "Never Look Back" was released on July 29, 2016 on Countdown Entertainment distributed by The Fuel Music.
 The album recognized as the Billboard #15 Hard Rock Albums and #14 Heatseekers Albums for that week.
R.E.M. was an American rock band that formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by lead singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.
 One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Stipe's particular vocal quality and obscure lyrics, Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, and Mills' melodic basslines and backing vocals.
 R.E.M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone.
 The single was followed by the "Chronic Town" EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records.
 In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, "Murmur", and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio.
 Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love".
 The group signed to Warner Bros.
 Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.
Flipper is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1979, continuing in often erratic fashion until the mid-1990s, then reuniting in 2005.
 The band influenced a number of grunge, punk rock and noise rock bands.
 Their slowed-down, bass-driven and heavily distorted style of punk is also considered a key forerunner to sludge, and influenced bands such as the Melvins and Nirvana, whose bass player Krist Novoselic played with the band in the 2000s.
Karl Mueller (July 27, 1963 in Minneapolis – June 17, 2005 in Minneapolis) was an American rock musician.
 He was the bass guitarist and a founding member of the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum.
Boiled in Lead is a rock/world-music band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and founded in 1983.
 Tim Walters of "MusicHound Folk" called the group "the most important folk-rock band to appear since the 1970s."
 Their style, sometimes called "rock 'n' reel," is heavily influenced by Celtic music, folk, and punk rock, and has drawn them praise as one of the few American bands of the 1980s and 1990s to expand on Fairport Convention's rocked-up take on traditional folk.
 "Folk Roots" magazine noted that Boiled in Lead's "folk-punk" approach synthesized the idealistic and archival approach of 1960s folk music with the burgeoning American alternative-rock scene of the early 1980s typified by Hüsker Dü and R.E.M. The band also incorporates a plethora of international musical traditions, including Russian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Scottish, Vietnamese, Hungarian, African, klezmer, and gypsy music.
 Boiled in Lead has been hailed as a pioneering bridge between American rock and international music, and a precursor to Gogol Bordello and other gypsy-punk bands.
 While most heavily active in the 1980s and 1990s, the group is still performing today, including annual St. Patrick's Day concerts in Minneapolis.
 Over the course of its career, Boiled in Lead has released nearly a dozen albums and EPs, most recently 2012's "The Well Below".
The Revolution (originally called The Rebels) is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979 by Prince.
 Although widely associated with rock music, the band's sound incorporated rhythm and blues, pop, funk, and psychedelia elements.
 Before their official break-up, The Revolution had released two studio albums, two soundtracks, and two videos.
 The band is known for its many members, varied in race and gender.
The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy is an album by American rock band The Minus 5.
 Their final release of new material for Hollywood Records, it was released in 1997.
 The album title comes from contributors Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey.
The Ramrocks or Buck Ram's Ramrocks were an American rock band of the 1950s led by Buck Ram.
 They toured as the backing band of Ray Scott.
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979.
 Initially a punk rock band, they are considered pioneers of alternative rock.
 The band was composed of the guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bass guitarist Tommy Stinson and drummer Chris Mars for most of its career.
 Following several acclaimed albums, including "Let It Be" and "Tim", Bob Stinson left the band in 1986, and Slim Dunlap joined as lead guitarist.
 Steve Foley replaced Mars in 1990.
 Towards the end of the band's career, Westerberg exerted more control over the creative output.
 The group disbanded in 1991, with the members eventually pursuing various projects.
 A reunion was announced on October 3, 2012.
 The Replacements never had significant commercial success, except for "I'll Be You", which hit number 1 on the "Billboard" Alt Rock chart, but they influenced numerous alternative rock acts.
The Buck Pets were an American alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s in Dallas, Texas.
 They were clearly influenced by earlier bands such as The Replacements, Buzzcocks and The Jesus and Mary Chain but incorporated better production values and more overt nods to classic rock than their college rock/punk predecessors.