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Topic	Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever = the best post-punk band since R.E.M ?
GodardOnGodard 03/30/20 4:23:53 AM #31:	DuranOfForcena posted... GodardOnGodard posted... REM is post-punk dude. DuranOfForcena posted... if i'm wrong then one of you guys might want to edit their wikipedia article to display your "correct" information about them see how long that lasts dude saying stuff like "R.E.M. wasn't anywhere close to anything related to punk" shows you haven't got a clue about music anyone with a basic knowledge of rock history would know that. who were their influences? proto-punk, punk, post-punk artists. who were their peers? all the iconic American underground/college rock/post punk bands of the 80s You can't write the history of American post-punk without REM. Even bios of other post-punk bands make mention of them. Hsker D and R.E.M. were the two American post-punk bands of the '80s that changed the direction of rock & roll. R.E.M. became a superstar band https://www.allmusic.com/artist/minutemen-mn0000474482/biography More than any other hardcore band, the Minutemen epitomized the free-thinking independent ideals that formed the core of punk/alternative music. Wildy eclectic and politically revolutionary, the Minutemen never stayed in one place too long; they moved from punk to free jazz to funk to folk at a blinding speed.... Like their peers Black Flag, Hsker D, *R.E.M*., Sonic Youth, and the Meat Puppets, the Minutemen built a large, dedicated cult following throughout the United States through their relentless touring. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/minutemen-mn0000474482/biography --- http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8015/joelrapie9.gif <cite>GodardOnGodard posted [p:936467074] in Rolling Bl... [t:78513550]...</cite> <quote>DuranOfForcena posted... </cite> <quote>GodardOnGodard posted... REM is post-punk dude. DuranOfForcena posted... if i'm wrong then one of you guys might want to edit their wikipedia article to display your "correct" information about them see how long that lasts</quote> dude saying stuff like "R.E.M. wasn't anywhere close to anything related to punk" shows you haven't got a clue about music anyone with a basic knowledge of rock history would know that. who were their influences? proto-punk, punk, post-punk artists. who were their peers? all the iconic American underground/college rock/post punk bands of the 80s You can't write the history of American post-punk without REM. Even bios of other post-punk bands make mention of them. Hsker D and R.E.M. were the two American post-punk bands of the '80s that changed the direction of rock & roll. R.E.M. became a superstar band https://www.allmusic.com/artist/minutemen-mn0000474482/biography More than any other hardcore band, the Minutemen epitomized the free-thinking independent ideals that formed the core of punk/alternative music. Wildy eclectic and politically revolutionary, the Minutemen never stayed in one place too long; they moved from punk to free jazz to funk to folk at a blinding speed.... Like their peers Black Flag, Hsker D, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, and the Meat Puppets, the Minutemen built a large, dedicated cult following throughout the United States through their relentless touring. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/minutemen-mn0000474482/biography --- http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8015/joelrapie9.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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