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Jangle or jingle-jangle is a sound characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars played in a droning chordal style. The sound is mainly associated with pop music as well as 1960s guitar
A Rickenbacker 360/12, one of the most common guitars used to produce "jangly" sounds in the 1960s
Roger McGuinn of the Byrds playing his 12-string, 1972
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
Jangle
…psychedelia, new wave, post-punk, and lo-fi. In the 1980s, the most prominent bands of early alternative and indie rock were jangle pop groups such as R.E.M. and the Smiths. "Jangle" is a noun-adjective that music critics often use in reference to guitar pop with a bright mood. The verb "to jangle", of…
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.
Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right) on stage in Ghent, Belgium, during R.E.M.'s 1985 tour