In the first episode of History for Cocktail Parties, James Ottley and Thornton Kennedy take you back to the early days of R.E.M., the legendary alternative rock band that rocketed out of Athens, Georgia in the 1980s. We’ll explore the story of a young Mike Stipe, how a simple magazine subscription changed the course of his life and the serendipitous meeting with guitarist Peter Buck that set the stage for alternative rock's greatest band.
