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. And I Feel Fine ... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Search: Radio Free Europe
by: R.E.M.
Release Date September 11, 2006
Strange as it seems, if REM had split up after leaving IRS, you probably wouldn't have heard much of them. You'd've heard about them far more than you'd actually heard them : faded American legends, spoken of in reverent tones by the few who were there. A band as influential as The Velvet Underground.
IRS never seem to fail to remind us that once upon a time, they had REM as their apprentices... and if they split there they would be legends. The guitarist would be playing in fair to middling indie bands. The bassist probably working in the industry. The drummer went off to be a farmer, whilst the singer became a mystery
Between 1982 and 1987, when REM were far from a big band, they made five albums for the label. Between ... Read More:
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