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03-31-2016, 08:33 PM
R.E.M.'s first gig: A free concert at their school's student center
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In January 1980, University of Georgia student Michael Stipe, who was studying painting and photography, struck up a friendship with Peter Buck, a fellow student and clerk at the Wuxtry record store in Athens. The two shared a taste for “weird” records, and within a couple months they decided to start writing music and form a band
They soon joined with two more students, drummer Bill Berry and bassist Mike Mills, best friends who had played together for years
Their first performance, before they had yet settled on a name, was at a friend’s birthday party on April 5. Sometime soon after, the group was brainstorming names, and (as the legend goes) Stipe opened a dictionary to a random page and settled on “R.E.M.,” the term for the Rapid Eye Movement that occurs during sleep Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/rem-1980/)
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In January 1980, University of Georgia student Michael Stipe, who was studying painting and photography, struck up a friendship with Peter Buck, a fellow student and clerk at the Wuxtry record store in Athens. The two shared a taste for “weird” records, and within a couple months they decided to start writing music and form a band
They soon joined with two more students, drummer Bill Berry and bassist Mike Mills, best friends who had played together for years
Their first performance, before they had yet settled on a name, was at a friend’s birthday party on April 5. Sometime soon after, the group was brainstorming names, and (as the legend goes) Stipe opened a dictionary to a random page and settled on “R.E.M.,” the term for the Rapid Eye Movement that occurs during sleep Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/rem-1980/)
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