remphish1 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 R.E.M. Played their first gig at a steeple in Athens GA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I will listen and watch a lot of R.E.M. today to celebrate! One of my all time faves. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boss_Tweedy Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 R.E.M. Played their first gig at a steeple in Athens GA Still my all-time favorite band (sorry, Wilco). Got an original brick from the steeple last year from the campaign to restore it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I stopped by the steeple a year or so ago when my son and I were in the Athens area. I think my son thought I was a little nuts. (Of course later that same day he asked us to take a detour through Atlanta so he could see where Gucci Mane grew up.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 During one 5 year stretch, R.E.M. was my favorite band. I first saw them in September, 1982 at Huff Gymnasium in Champaign for five bucks!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 During one 5 year stretch, R.E.M was my favorite band. I first saw them in September, 1982 at Huff Gymnasium in Champaign for five bucks!!Very Jealous! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 ^^^ Don't be. It just makes me old! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 ^^^ Don't be. It just makes me old! Ha that is one way to look at it...I'll settle for the bootleg I guess...Got a couple from 82-83 and they play all the songs so fast and with so much energy..fun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 During one 5 year stretch, R.E.M. was my favorite band. I first saw them in September, 1982 at Huff Gymnasium in Champaign for five bucks!!I saw them for the first time around the same time, maybe a year or so later (must have been right when Murmur was released), in a gym at Harvard, with Husker Du opening. I don't know if it was $5, but it wasn't much more. They were my wife's and my favorite band for many years. I still listen to R.E.M. more than every once in a while, and every time I do just freaks me out how great they were and how much I love their music. Same with my wife. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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