College rock
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College rock is rock music played on student-run university and college campus radio stations located in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and 1990s. The stations' playlists were often created
Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right) of R.E.M., a band which was among the first successful college rock acts.
The Replacements, pictured in 1984, came from the Minneapolis alternative scene.
R.E.M.
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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the Universit
College rock
…indie rock—wouldn’t exist". Subsequently, Rolling Stone cited Alex Chilton's power pop band Big Star as a foundational influence on college rock and R.E.M., noting "[...] What the Velvet Underground was to punk, Big Star's Alex Chilton was to college rock." Other early influences included the Soft Boys…
Clockwise from top left: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
The steeple of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in 2015; this is all that remains of where members of R.E.M. lived briefly and performed their first concert on April 5, 1980.
Mitch Easter (left) was R.E.M.'s producer until 1984, helping to define the band's early sound.