It was just a few weeks ago that R.E.M. announced plans for a massive vinyl box set full of their earliest singles, the appropriately titled '7IN-83-88.'
"It was a typical Athens story," Bill Berry says in an old MTV interview. "Four guys meet at a party and want to play at other parties and drink beer and have fun."
To pair with Reese Witherspoon's upcoming film 'Wild,' an original folky soundtrack is being curated to fit directly in with the movie's central wilderness theme.
The steeple of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Athens, Ga. -- where R.E.M. played their very first gig in 1980 -- has been at risk of being demolished for the past three years.