Kurt Andersen talks with Coyne about the group’s evolving sound, the inspiration behind the band’s biggest hit (“Do You Realize??”), and his well-publicized dis of fellow indie rockers The Arcade Fire.
We have a real rarity to offer: a cassette recording one of R.E.M.’s first appearances, in 1981, at the club Tyrone’s O.C. in Athens, Georgia. (Audio courtesy of Mike Henry, with permission from R.E.M.)
