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Keith Emerson behind a wall of keys
 
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JMacBass65 said:
REM is the strangest band to ever achieve superstardom. Change my mind.

Here they are in 83 or so.

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Mills with his Rick. looks like he replaced the bridge like Geddy did, but a closer look reveals what looks like a strat pickup in the mute route, and an extra toggle switch.

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Mills has been a Fender guy for decades now. Here he is with a P Bass in Washington DC for a show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Big Star's #1 Record.

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He also did a fair bit of singing this night as well. His vocal harmonies were always an REM secret weapon. That's Chris Stamey of the DBs on the Strat (he also sang, played bass, and keys), and Pat Sansone of Wilco on bass (and on guitar, vocals, and keys), obscured by Mills. The show also featured the last surviving member of Big Star, Jody Stephens on drums and vocals, and John Auer of the Posies on guitar and vocals. The amount of talent on stage this night was unreal. Simply a fantastic show!

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Well, they spent quite a few years on IRS, developing their sound after coming out of nowhere with their first indie single, "Radio Free Europe"; after all it was the DIY era. "RFE" was catchy enough, and was a hit on the college radio circuit. Athens was a classic college town incubator, and they certainly benefited by the relative success of their scenemates the B-52's. By then, the original punk rock explosion had served its purpose, the class of '77 moved on to other things, 'new wave' had lost its meaning(watered down examples were being co-opted by MTV), all sorts of sub-genres(synth pop, 2-tone ska, goth, new romantic, hardcore, etc)emerged, followed by kids who couldn't care less about Night Ranger or Huey Lewis. Even though they cited Wire as one of their influences, REM came along with an organic sound, reminiscent of the Byrds, with a splash of power pop and maybe a bit of CCR(but without those endless solos over E7). They just bided their time, building up their cult following, and developing their writing skills. By the end of the decade, they became something of a sonic brand; there were quite a number of indie soundalike bands by then.
When Warner Brothers picked them up at dawn of the 90's, they were at a peak moment, and the label threw their promotional power behind the band. Everything clicked, even with the arrival of grunge. At least that's how I remember it.
 
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"................and maybe a bit of CCR(but without those endless solos over E7)................."
Ouch! In CCR's era long solos were cool. Not so much since then. I still listen to Susie Q on occasion and Chooglin' is pretty amazing on the new Netflix rocumentary of their Albert Hall appearance. I never liked that song much until I saw that, but with the visual it's really powerful. But the comment is sorta ironic since CCR absolutely mastered the art of the sub-3 minute single.
 
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bassist Rick Anderson of The Tubes has passed, he was their solid foundation to allow the stage insanity to be legit art while seriously rocking out. they kinda stole the show from Led Zeppelin the first time I saw them in '73 @ Kezar Stm., totally unknown outside of San Fran and Phoenix but ready for prime time. then 2yrs later I saw their grand finale wrapping up a colossal White Punks On Dope tour with The Runaways opening @ the Golden West Ballroom in Norwalk. this was a band that knew how to have fun and leave a lasting impression.
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Bass V said:
bassist Rick Anderson of The Tubes has passed, he was their solid foundation to allow the stage insanity to be legit art while seriously rocking out. they kinda stole the show from Led Zeppelin the first time I saw them in '73 @ Kezar Stm., totally unknown outside of San Fran and Phoenix but ready for prime time. then 2yrs later I saw their grand finale wrapping up a colossal White Punks On Dope tour with The Runaways opening @ the Golden West Ballroom in Norwalk. this was a band that knew how to have fun and leave a lasting impression.
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What's even more impressive is how many usable photos you found, considering all the onstage "shenanigans", if you now what I mean.
 
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Michedelic said:
Well, they spent quite a few years on IRS, developing their sound after coming out of nowhere with their first indie single, "Radio Free Europe"; after all it was the DIY era. "RFE" was catchy enough, and was a hit on the college radio circuit. Athens was a classic college town incubator, and they certainly benefited by the relative success of their scenemates the B-52's. By then, the original punk rock explosion had served its purpose, the class of '77 moved on to other things, 'new wave' had lost its meaning(watered down examples were being co-opted by MTV), all sorts of sub-genres(synth pop, 2-tone ska, goth, new romantic, hardcore, etc)emerged, followed by kids who couldn't care less about Night Ranger or Huey Lewis. Even though they cited Wire as one of their influences, REM came along with an organic sound, reminiscent of the Byrds, with a splash of power pop and maybe a bit of CCR(but without those endless solos over E7). They just bided their time, building up their cult following, and developing their writing skills. By the end of the decade, they became something of a sonic brand; there were quite a number of indie soundalike bands by then.
When Warner Brothers picked them up at dawn of the 90's, they were at a peak moment, and the label threw their promotional power behind the band. Everything clicked, even with the arrival of grunge. At least that's how I remember it.
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That's an excellent summary, well done!

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"................and maybe a bit of CCR(but without those endless solos over E7)................."
Ouch! In CCR's era long solos were cool. Not so much since then. I still listen to Susie Q on occasion and Chooglin' is pretty amazing on the new Netflix rocumentary of their Albert Hall appearance. I never liked that song much until I saw that, but with the visual it's really powerful. But the comment is sorta ironic since CCR absolutely mastered the art of the sub-3 minute single.
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Yeah, Chooglin' on that Netflix doc is something special.
 

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