R.E.M. Disband, A Chapter in the History of Alternative Rock Comes to An End

The 1980s were dominated by progressive rock, disco and bands that still had a hangover of the 60s and 70s sound.R.E.M, when they started as a band in the early 1980s started a sound that was markedly different from the existing sound of that time, and influenced a number of bands to form a sound that became a genre in itself.

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