*throws stones in razorbacker's general direction*
If you think they're over-rated, you can't have heard their early, pre-Out of Time stuff. They pretty much reinvented the American indie rock scene in the early 80's.
Yeah, yeah, I know, different strokes and all that, but I can't help it: whenever someone badmouths R.E.M., I step up on my soap box. But then again, you're talking to the girl who has a gigantic framed poster of Michael Stipe in her living room.![]()