R.E.M.

Formed at the University of Georgia in 1980, by Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry and Mike Mills. R.E.M. Would soon become the flag bearers for the burgeoning Alternative scene in the music industry. Fueled by their love of the jangley folk-rock guitars of bands like the Byrds and the lyrical intellectualism in the words of artists like Lou Reed and Patti Smith, they soon found themselves with a whole new musical style. Signing to indie label, IRS records, the band spent the decade ...