REM to play Portland on Friday
R & B quartet will open
By Mike Barrett
Emerald Contributor
REM. tlif critics choice for
the best band of the HUs. will
appear in Portland's Memorial
Coliseum on Fridas .it H p m
The four-man band from Ath
ens. (>a. is promoting its most
recent release Green, whii h
quickly became one of the top
selling albums of 15)88
The band was formed hs vo
( alist and songwriter Mic hael
Stipe and guitarist Peter Hue k
who at one time roomed togeth
er in an abandoned < bun li At
ter recruiting University of
Georgia students Mike Mills
and Hill Herrs, the seed ssas
planted for one of roc k n' roll's
future phenomena
REM, which formed in 15)80
has nine albums to its name*
The band's debut album was an
extended-play titled Chmnit
Town, which ssas released in
15)82. Although ('hronu Town
dress interest and added a
unique style to the ongoing
musical evolution, it ssas their
next album Murmur that put
them on the limp
Murmur, which was hailed
hv Rolling Stour's critic's poll
as l'tH! Album of the 'tear
made ( lear that KKM had devel
oped a style all its ovvn
Happy but tar from satisfied
with its newly found success,
the hand pro* ceded to prodm e
albums such as Rih koning.
Dead I.utter Ottiir. Rubles oI
the Reconstruction. Life's Rich
Pageant. Ilot ument. and
Rpnnvmus Although these al
bums fared well it was not un
til the release of (.’reen that the
hand was catapulted to com
men ial suci ess
(.’reef) is meant to he very up
lifting. according to Stipe un
like Its predecessor Dot UUirnt
Green contains more energy
with songs such as "Stand"
■Hid "Pop Song." as well as the
powerful anti Vietnam tune
"Orange Crush." Phis appears
a turnabout from the melon
choly boat displayed on Docu
ment in lines! Worksong"
and "The ()ne I l.ove
"After Document, we did
want to make a slight left turn
tf'rrrn is just this visit's in
stallment, the latest chapter in
the continuing s.iga The point.
I guess, is that we never realK
know where we're going until
we get there, " Buck said
Stipe attributes the band's
success to its freedom in the
studio "We've been fortunate
to work with people who have
given us a lot of leewav." he
said It is this t om ept w hu h
serves as the basis for the
group's fundamental operating
prim ipl«- If vou’re not doing it
vour way. it's not worth doing
The band 's sty I** of mush
whir h Itui k i alls "Bubble limn
I leavv Metal ' is both i ompel
ling and enigmath l ire energv
level mav van between songs
such as "Begin the Begin."
"Radio f ree Kurope World
I .earler and I Remember Cali
tornia " but all of these songs
deliver the qualitv listeners
hav e i ome to expel I Irotu a
band ol KKNt s stature
The New Khvthm \nd Blues
(Juartet will open the show
I II kets .lie still available so
"(iet I'p" and go RIM will be
sure to I'u i n You Inside (tut
Park
Continued from P.ige t
this might hr .1 result
Stutter added, however, that
1,1 BA is a pot it it <i I hodv with
members appointed by Cov
Neil (Goldschmidt, and that the
group's der ision is "the last
hoop we've had to jump
through that s political '
Now the appeal ma\ be taken
further. Stutter said
"It's very likely we'll take it
to the Oregon Court of Ap
peals." he said Beyond that
another possibility is taking the
case to the state Supreme
Court, he said He Inis been in
voiced with the research park
site issue for four years
"We still believe that there is
■i way to accommodate a re
seari h park without sacritu mg
the area close to the river," he
said "This tier ision calls for a
student response. II students
want to protect the riverfront,
this may he their last opportu
nity before bulldozers and jack
hammers hit it . ”
The 1 !niversil\ administra
hull supports the projec t
Stulti'r s.nii. though students
have approved two separate
ballot measures advoc ating pro
let lion of open space on the
Willamette Ki\ er
Urquhart did not comment
oil the 1.1 HA de< iston, hut said
he advtM ales preserving rei rea
tional grounds along the river
"All of us have said vve have
supported the Riverfront Re
search Park." he said "We do
not support its (proposed) loca
lion and the way it was
planned
Mike llolstun. chief referee
lor l.UBA. said that much ot
the hoard's report is te< hnical
and spec ifi< . and the dec ision
on the research p.irk land was
more complicated than most
An announcement on a dec i
sion was sc heduled to be made
more than a month ago.
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