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Archive for November, 1988

Interview: Peter Buck of R.E.M.

Wednesday, November 30th, 1988

By Elianne Halbersberg 11.30.88 East Coast Rocker Thanks to Rebecca Lewis for this article. Guitarist Peter Buck remembers walking down an Athens street with bassist Mike Mills the day it hit him that R.E.M. had an actual recording contract. “We were both broke,” he recalls. “My girlfriend worked in a pizza place and she would [...]

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New R.E.M. Album Pleasant But Pointless

Monday, November 14th, 1988

By Chris Heim 11.14.88 Chicago Tribune The golden boys of Southern pop wrap up their contract with I.R.S. (their debut on Warner Bros. is slated for early November) with a pleasant if rather pointless “best of” set. There are different takes of three previously released songs and another track that originally appeared on the “Made [...]

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