REM ringtones for Verizon, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and other cell phones
R.E.M. mark the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, R.E.M. simultaneously sounded traditional and modern.