REM = DOA?

[Chicago Jake]

Apparently R.E.M. is calling it a career after 31 years as a band! And for a few of those years, they were even relevant. Have they even had a hit since the mid-nineties?

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-break-up-after-three-decades-20110921

[Ardbeg... innit]

Rusty Elder Music. The great thing about living where I do is seeing the billboards for the local casinos advertising irrelevant musical acts coming to visit. Cant say that REM has been around, but Neil Sedaka made a suitable substitute back in July.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Reunion tour yet?

[Chicago Jake]

Haven't heard.

Actually, re-reading my initial post, I feel a little bad for calling them irrelevant. Who says a band needs to be relevant? If they make music that people enjoy, that's all you can really ask of them. Sorry about that, REM!