Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Jangle Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, American Underground Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1980 in Athens, GA
The dB's, The Smiths, The Replacements, Pylon, Let's Active, Hüsker Dü, The Feelies, Dream Syndicate, Richard Thompson, Billy Bragg, Crash Test Dummies, Camper Van Beethoven, Guadalcanal Diary, The Church, The Beautiful South, Green on Red, Bob Mould, Game Theory, Morrissey Deep Blue Something, Pavement, Red House Painters, Live, Juliana Hatfield, Fire Town, Bettie Serveert, Guadalcanal Diary, Dumptruck, Dada, Unrest, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Sebadoh, Railroad Jerk, The Ocean Blue, The Jack Rubies, Sloan, Pookah, Magnapop |  |
R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Though there were no overt innovations in their music, R.E.M. had an identity and sense of purpose that transformed the American underground. Throughout the '80s, they worked relentlessly, releasing records every year and touring constantly, playing both theaters and backwoods dives.
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Release: June 24, 2008
Label: Warner
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Release: March 31, 2008
Label: Warner Bros.
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