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How R.E.M. made the alternative mainstream.

In an award-winning programme first broadcast on RT脡, Ken Sweeney tells the story of R.E.M.'s rise to fame and how they managed to turn the alternative mainstream.

In an award-winning programme first broadcast on RT脡, Ken Sweeney tells the story of R.E.M.'s rise to fame and how they managed to turn the alternative mainstream.

Ken travels to Georgia, to hear how R.E.M. set out from their home town of Athens as evangelists for a new alternative music which returned to simple melody and jangling guitars.

What R.E.M. achieved was beyond their wildest dreams, but it took nearly a decade for them to get there.

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Fri 19 Oct 2018 01:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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  • Fri 19 Oct 2018 01:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music