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Fletcher, T. Remarks, c1990:
CIP t.p. (R.E.M.)
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Nite, N.N. Rock on, c1985:
v. 3 (R.E.M. formed 1980; Michael Stipe, vocals; Pete Buck, guitar; Mike Mills, bass, vocals; Bill Berry, drums, vocals; hometown, Athens, Ga.)
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REM companion, c1998:
CIP p. 19 (R.E.M. stands for rapid eye movement)
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Wikipedia, Sept. 12, 2012
(R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry; one of the first popular alternative rock bands; Bill Berry left the band in 1997, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a trio; disbanded in September 2011; also known as: Hornets Attack Victor Mature; Bingo Hand Job; It Crawled from the South)
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Everything2.com, Sept. 12, 2012
(Bingo Hand Job; A number of popular bands books shows in small, intimate venues under fake names. REM has done this a number of times. Bingo Hand Job was the name they used at The Borderline in London on March 14 and 15, 1991; The second night they recorded a parody of Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner" called "Tom's ?", which later ended up on a B-side and a cover album)