Ouch! Hard disagree on REM. There was really nothing like them in the 80s. Yeah, they can be hit-and-miss, but I love most everything they did up to Green, and the later albums are like 50% great. Unfortunately, their greatest hits seem to end up being stuff like Everybody Hurts and Shiny Happy People. Which was more-or-less why the drummer finally cashed out in the late 90s. Which was unfortunate. He wrote some of their best songs.