Career
He was the bassist for the rock band Filter from 2010 to 2013 and is the current bassist for the rock band Fuel. Originally from Queens, New York, Philosophy Buckman arrived in Los Angeles after living in Baltimore and Boston, and attending college in San Diego. Buckman made a name for himself in the Los Angeles music scene as the bassist for the band Tribal Sex Cult.
Upon the demise of T.S.C., Philosophy kept busy with a wide variety of projects including Texture (Vital Recordings), Helicopter Helicopter, (Initial Records), FINE (Flip Records), Kill the Complex, and The Snow (Northern Lights) as well as contributing to various film and television soundtracks.
Other bands he has been associated with include Onesidezero (Maverick), vOLUMe, THE iMPOSTERS (Interscope), and Go Betty Go (sideonedummy). On June 14, 2015, he performed bass with Fuel in Madeira Beach, Florida, as well as on June 25 at Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during their Summerland tour, as bassist Brad Stewart was unable to perform with them.
Buckman has an extensive career as a voiceover, television and film actor. He was the voice of all television and radio commercials for the Carl"s Junior./Hardee"s restaurant chains from 2000 to 2011.
After a year away from the restaurant"s commercials, Buckman was asked to come back, and is once again the voice of both chains.
He has also done voiceover work for Yamaha motorcycles and ATVs, the World of Warcraft video game, and countless promos for American Broadcasting Company, Columbia Broadcasting System, National Broadcasting Company, Adult Swim, and MSG.
