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Old 11-30-2016, 04:20 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Yeah. But my Nirvana obsession let's me know about them as a band to creepy amounts. If R.E.M. is considered important in that as well, I've never heard anything about it. Always seemed like they were a band that finally found success thanks to the alt. boom in the 90s rather than help shape the genre or help with its mainstream success.
REM were already successful in the 80s. They were one of the key bands that set the stage for groups like Nirvana to become popular in the 90s.
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