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The music of Athens, Georgia includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave. [1] The city is well known as the home of chart-topping bands like R.E.M., Widespread Panic, The B-52's, and several long-time indie rock groups. [1]
The music of Athens, Georgia, includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave. The city is well known as the home of chart-topping bands like R.E.M. and The B-52s , and several long-time indie rock hip-hop groups.
The Seney–Stovall Chapel in Athens, Georgia, was where R.E.M. recorded two songs for the film. Athens, GA: Inside/Out is a 1986 documentary film about the mid-1980s music scene in Athens, Georgia. [1] [2] The film has been described as "the definitive portrait of the city's world-renowned music scene." [3]
The five new honorees for the 2024 Athens Music Walk of Fame were announced Friday night during the AthFest Music & Arts Festival, bringing the total number of honorees to 30 since the Walk of ...
“The B-52s are perfect to represent Athens and the launch of the new Classic Center Arena because they embody the spirit of the Athens music scene from the very start.
SlopFest returns this week and will honor the music festival's founder, Derek Wiggs, who passed away last year. 20 Athens bands are on the lineup for 'one more hurrah' to honor SlopFest founder ...
Along with CBGB, the Whisky a Go Go, and selected others, it was instrumental in launching American punk rock and new wave music. [1] [2] The 40 Watt Club was the primary performance space for numerous "Athens bands", including Pylon, R.E.M., Love Tractor, Dreams So Real, Guadalcanal Diary, The Primates, Modern Skirts, and others.
The Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments (Greek: Μουσείο Ελληνικών Λαϊκών Μουσικών Οργάνων), is a museum and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology in the Lassanis Mansion, Plaka, Athens, Greece. [1] It displays about 600 Greek musical instruments from the last 300 years and has as many more in store. [2]