Take This Group And R.E.M. It!
NEW YORK—In just a couple of years, R.E.M. has gathered a coast-to-coast constituency not through hype or promotion but through originality, smarts and solid songwriting. On the trail of their popular EP, these tunesmiths from Athens, Georgia are making quite a splash with their first I.R.S. LP, Murmur.
Take This Group And R.E.M. It!
THE BEAT GOES ON
NEW YORK—In just a couple of years, R.E.M. has gathered a coast-to-coast constituency not through hype or promotion but through originality, smarts and solid songwriting. On the trail of their popular EP, these tunesmiths from Athens, Georgia are making quite a splash with their first I.R.S. LP, Murmur. Onstage, R.E.M. is just as riveting in the cavernous Ritz as it is in the comparatively tiny back room at Maxwells in Hoboken. R.E.M. hit both niteries on their spring swing through New York. The Maxwells gig was advertised only as Chronic Town (The Band Time Forgot)" but enough R.E.M. fans got the hint and the show promptly sold out. Let the skeptics be damned—Americans are becoming feverishly devoted to a band that doesnt use synthesizers, advocate armed revolution or dress up like women.