REM: The Home Guard
Andy Gill, Q, April 1991
If R.E.M. appear to walk the street of Athens, Georgia, as if they owned the place well, that's because they do. Now, as the Gulf War divides their home town down the middle, the band are taking their role as public-spirited citizens more seriously than ever. And not without opposition: "Satanic is a word that's been used," they tell Andy Gill.
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