St Mary’s Episcopal Church

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Former Location
On April 5, 1980, R.E.M. played their first-ever concert at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Athens. At the time they called themselves the “Twisted Kites.”

All that is left of this former church is the steeple, referred to by locals as the R.E.M. Steeple.

R.E.M. Studio Discography

4/12/1983 – Murmur
4/9/1984 – Reckoning
6/10/1985 – Fables of the Reconstruction
7/28/1986 – Lifes Rich Pageant
9/1/1987 – Document
11/7/1988 – Green
3/12/1991 – Out Of Time
10/5/1992 – Automatic for the People
9/27/1994 – Monster
9/9/1996 – New Adventures in Hi-Fi
10/27/1998 – Up
3/15/2001 – Reveal
10/5/2004 – Around the Sun
4/1/2008 – Accelerate
⅜/2011 – Collapse into Now

St Mary’s Episcopal Church
394 Oconee St
Athens,  GA 30605