# The Unbelievable Origin Story of R.E.M. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m.md Podcast: [Entertainment News Daily - The Morning X - 99X Atlanta](https://stenobird.com/podcast/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354) Published: 2026-05-22T20:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/entertainment-news-daily-the-mornningx-99xatlanta/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/a7b0bd27-d748-4fbe-ab3b-a6fa0049bcf6/ba483974-0c14-4c7d-8285-afb701557c7f/75312b60-07c5-4cdb-8fc8-b45101800dad/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=e3786f63-6b83-47ec-93f2-afb701557cae Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354/episodes/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m Duration seconds: 577 ## Resource In this segment of The Morning X, podcaster and local historian James Otley joins the crew to reveal the origin story of alternative rock legends, R.E.M. Tune in to discover the crazy string of coincidences that brought the band members together in Athens, Georgia. From Michael Stipe's musical awakening via a mail-order magazine subscription and an Aerosmith song, to Peter Buck's cross-country hitchhiking adventure that landed him a fateful job at a local record store, you won't want to miss these incredible pieces of rock history. This is from the Best of The Morning X vault. THE END , Entertainment News Daily originates on The Morning X with Barnes and Crash - Listen live weekdays 6-10 am eastern on 99X Atlanta (100.5 on the FM dial in Atlanta), at 99X.com, or in the 99X Freeloader app .  The show includes "Best of The Morning X" which will be on-demand via this podcast the same day after it airs on 99X between 6 and 7 am est. The Morning X originated in 1994 with Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy. Please review and subscribe to THE END ...Entertainment News Daily, available on your favorite podcast network.   Get Exclusive Morning X video interviews, video content, and bonus video exclusively from Facebook , TikTok , Instagram , or our YouTube channel .  Find all of our social connections at our website TheMorningX.com Your chance at $1000 is every Thursday at 9:05 am ET with The Morning X Show Quiz Showdown. Sign up here to play , thanks to Get in the Ring.com . Executive Producer: Steve Barnes Hosts: Steve Barnes, Crash Clark Associate Producer: Leslie Tillery FAIR USE COPYRIGHT NOTICE The Copyright Laws of the United States recognize a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “NOTWITHSTANDING T… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354/episodes/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/entertainment-news-daily-the-end-6075354/the-unbelievable-origin-story-of-r-e-m.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.