R.i.p. R.e.m.

[Robbie Fuct]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/ar...as-a-band.html

R.E.M., the underground band from Athens, Ga., that helped invent the alternative-rock sound of the 1980s, said on Wednesday that its members were splitting up after 31 years of making music together.

[Tooth]

This means something to me.

[mikeage]

yeah, but at the same time it's kind of like hearing about some old celebrity dying and thinking "i thought they died years ago"

[ZELIG]

For impact, they should've followed Bill.

[Barry Obama]

happy shiny wheelchairs

[Hrabovsky]

Everybody squirts—sometimes.

[andy_schmidt]

Can't have a reunion tour if you don't break up.

[Barry Obama]

31 years of me not giving a shit

[loco]

I still like Sparklejet alot better.

-loco

[danstiles]

Never did like 'em. Nope.