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Athens Georgia Classic Bands Collage T-Shirt - Blue
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Detailed Description
Classic mid-80s Athens band collage screen printed on back and small Classic City skyline logo on front left chest.
Features MGB, B-52s, REM, Uptown Lounge, 40 Watt Club, Georgia Theater, Dreams So Real, Pylon, and more.
The Athens music scene grew in the early 1970s with Ravenstone along with the Normaltown Flyers at Allen's and later during the 1980s with the Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club as the bands R.E.M. and the B-52's scored breakout hits.
The original Allen's was one of the oldest bars in Athens. It closed in 2004 and re-opened in 2007 at a new location. Other notable bands were Dreams So Real, Indigo Girls, Matthew Sweet, The Method Actors, Love Tractor, Pylon, Flat Duo Jets, The Primates, Modern Skirts, Mark Maxwell, The Whigs, The Georgia Satellites, and Widespread Panic.
Acts with Athens roots include: Deerhunter, Christian power metal band Theocracy, The Whigs, Danger Mouse, Dreams So Real, alternative duo Jucifer, Vic Chesnutt, Drive-By Truckers, Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Sunshine Fix, Bubba Sparxxx, The Olivia Tremor Control, Of Montreal, Five Eight, Dead Confederate, King of Prussia, Pastor Troy, Jet by Day, Athens Boys Choir, Brent Cash, The Planets, Red Letter Day, and The Carlisles.
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