Don't know if you'd consider Maryland "the South" (most don't, some do), and I'm a bit younger (in high school in the mid-80s), but the first four R.E.M. albums were rarely off my turntable and/or car tape deck. Other than "Automatic for the People" and (to some degree) "Out of Time" it's been pretty much downhill for them since then. But I was just listening to "Reconstruction" last night and it's still wonderful.
I wonder if there'll ever be any move to put the Replacements in. That was a great, great band that never got the recognition they deserved.
That's good stuff right there. Their IRS stuff is their best by far.
"I wonder if there'll ever be any move to put the Replacements in. That was a great, great band that never got the recognition they deserved."
Amen. Truly one of the greatest.