REM fans -- check this out.

[driver8]

REM at the 40 Watt Club with Bill Berry where he belongs...behind the drum kit.

This is the REM I called my favorite band...this is the REM that used to rock!

Rock on, boys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ER3tw61pc

[driver8]

1. Kicking my own thread...

I know that I'm not the only REM fan around here!

[enigmatic]

2. Right on, bro

I spent more than a few drunken nights at The 40 Watt (as well as The Uptown Lounge)when one or all of R.E.M. would wander in; this is Gold...

[driver8]

4. Did you go to the University of Georgia??

What years were you hanging out there?

[enigmatic]

20. I lived there in my mid-20's

For a few years while I was in a band there. The 40 Watt, Uptown Lounge The GA Bar, The GA Theater; what a incredible amount of clubs playing awesome music...

[EnviroBat]

3. Oh hell Yeah!

We're covering "Crush With Eyeliner" in a couple of weeks. I'm a big fan!

[SKKY]

5. Does this mean Berry is coming back?

I hope so. Without him, they've turned into a cross between Dishwalla and Hootie.

[CottonBear]

6. No. He's happy being a gentleman farmer in Oconee County.

A friend and I were talking outside of Publix the other week and he said hello to her as he walked in carrying a little girl. (She buys hay grown on his land.) He seems very happy to be retired.

[Common Sense Party]

16. So does he play with R.E.M. whenever they're in Athens?

Or was this a one-time deal?

[CottonBear]

17. One time deal. You never know when they might play again though!

They (the three guys left) pop up unannounced now and then and play a few songs or a whole set at various clubs and events! Bill has played at a charity concert and a few other events. They really support local politics and charitable community organizations with their time and money. They are real assests to Athens-Clarke County.

[driver8]

13. I agree -- Their last few albums have sucked big time.

What's with all of the ballads and piano?

I want guitars, bass, and drums!!

[Common Sense Party]

15. Amen to that. I haven't bothered with them since "Automatic for

the People" -- and that album was questionable.



I miss the 80s.

[itsmesgd]

7. Woo Hoo, REM and UGA

And how bout the Dawgs uber-comeback against VT in the Chick/Peach Bowl.

[electron_blue]

8. thanks for the link!

[tigereye]

9. I miss Bill

he looks well. Glad he is happy. It's refreshing to see them in a small venue - I was never totally comfortable with their giant concerts....


I still love those guys, all these years later. I was looking at one of the first of their eps I bought years ago. Sigh. Wonderful.


also check out Peter Buck playing on Robyn Hitchcock's new CD, Ole Tarantula - they were here not too long ago and I wish I had gone to see them!

thanks!

[peekaloo]

11. Ole Tarantula refuses to leave my CD player.

My favorite CD of 2006. You don't suppose 'The Authority Box' was written for Bu$h, do ya? :evilgrin:


Come on guys give us a rockin' album this year. Please?

I still love 'em, too. :D

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Oh God, that is awesome!

My sister and I took a side trip to Athens on our way to Augusta two years ago. I thought it was an awesome place. We had a good time although we didn't get to stay very long.

Thanks for posting! :hi:

[KG]

12. was he the guy with the uni-brow?

[driver8]

14. 224 Views??!! Holy sh*t!

I didn't know that there were that many REM fans lurking about.

[underpants]

18. Excellent

This is the second time in about a year they got back together. The other time was at a bowling alley wedding of their guitar tech.

[mike_c]

19. oh man I loved the 40 Watt in Athens....

I went to grad school at UGA during the late 80's and early 90's.