Party out of bounds
Subtitle: the B-52's, R.E.M., and the kids who rocked Athens, Georgia
By: Rodger Lyle Brown ; foreword by Charles Aaron ; afterword by David Barbe
Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
Series: Music of the American South; Music of the American South
Publisher: Published in association with the University of Georgia Music Business Program, The University of Georgia Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780820350400
Subjects: Rock music; History and criticism; R.E.M. (Musical group); B-52's (Musical group)
Description: Published originally by Plume in 1991, this twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes new photographs, a foreword by Charles Aaron, and an essay on Athens, GA since the 'golden age' of Brown's story. Brown uses his half-remembered memories to chronicle the 1970s and the 80s in the Georgia college ytown of Athens, and the spawning of such supergroups as The B-52's, Pylon, and R.E.M.
Table of contents: title: Part one. Dirty backroads; title: Part two. Speakers in the window; sprinklers in the yard; title: Part one. The street of stars.