re: Why do all the dawgs claim REM?

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Matthew Sweet is from Oklahoma. He moved to Athens to be “from Athens” because it gave him a better chance of being discovered at the time. Athens was Seattle before Seattle was Seattle with regard to Indy/alt rock.

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I was in Gainesville at the time... must have been a lot of good drugs in Athens back then...

BTW REM is one of my favorite bands... B-52s were great but just who they were.

Must add: We were sitting in a dark bar on University Ave in Gainesville listening to a band... Tom Petty snuck in from the back and took over the stage.. Great memory!