Wow. Just. Wow.
I’m only up to 8th grade, and this woman has experienced trauma that would make Motley Crue’s “The Dirt”, the saddest nonfiction book I have ever read, look like the McGuffey Reader. AFAIK, R.E.M. is not mentioned at all in it, but at this point, I can’t blame them for turning down an opening spot on their tour.
Peter said many years ago that if “Murmur” had sold 5 million copies right out of the gate, at least one of them would be dead now. It also sounds like the same thing would have happened had they accepted that offer. The Go-Go’s definitely had some PR firms working overtime back in the day, that’s for sure.