I have said this before, but as good as REM could occasionally be they ruined College Radio. Way too many fucking student were in awe of this supposedly mysterious band that by 1984 you had just about millions of bands sounding exactly like them. Tenth-rate geeky power-pop with mumbly vocals... It was all you'd hear on college radio for years when you really just wanted to hear Pere Ubu, Joy Division, Velvet Underground or whatever cool stuff they used to play...
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