I saw Mike Mills and Peter Buck playing in a small baseball-themed band a couple years ago. They must just love performing.
Yes, REM was scrappy and Low-Fi, but Mills and Buck were magic with Stipe on vocals
I really love every one of their 90s albums. What's your favorite album?
Well, Chronic Town, a six song masterpiece.  They formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980
I still listen to Murmur regularly. It came out in 1983. Almost 40 years ago! It
Murmur was a full-length album that bested Michael Jackson on the charts in '83.
I didn't like their 2000s stuff as much, I think they lost steam when Bill Berry left.
Yeah, their album, Greed, er Green was the beginning of the end for their crispness. Have you heard Hindu Love Gods the band?
I haven't, but I disagree about Green. It's the start of a run of 5 incredible albums.
"Stand' was a corny song on Green.  My last fav album of REM was Fables of the reconstruction.
Oh you're a fan of the IRS albums. I can respect that. Some people don't like their work after they joined a major label.