R.E.M. at the Pier, 10.10.82

From this day in 1982 at the Pier in the Cameron Village Subway located beneath Cameron Village Shopping Center in Raleigh, NC. At this time R.E.M. were not even a blip on my radar but here they are playing one of many early shows practically in my backyard. They first came to my attention the following spring when I heard “Laughing” from their full length debut album, Murmur on WQDR, an album rock station out of Raleigh. The rest as they say is history…