R.E.M. - Live at the 40 Watt Club 11/19/92 (Complete Concert)

There was only one show performed in support of the 1992 release of Automatic For The People, on 19 November at the group’s old haunt, the 40 Watt Club in Athens GA. Here is the recently discovered complete film of this performance. Special thanks to Dan Aguar & Todd Ploharsky for film restoration. The audio is available on all versions of the 25th Anniversary Reissue of Automatic For The People.
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[@MrTubeamps]

Their catalog has aged very well, and what a body of work it is.

[@Ma-my4jx]

2024 and REM is still more amazing than I ever heard before! ❤️

[@maxcat06]

Absolute truth!

[@leemanser9503]

How have I only just discovered this…!? I bought this on bootleg at a record fair about 25 yrs ago. Remember the guy saying you won’t believe the sound quality. Got home and it blew me away. So, so good. Now to see it and hear it even better than that CD is incredible. Man, REM were just so damn good. This has made my night.

[@scottbartlett4853]

Please Pin! SETLIST: 01 - Drive (0:00) 02 - Monty Got A Raw Deal (4:35) 03 - Everybody Hurts (8:48) 04 - [Banter not banal] (14:42) 05 - Man On The Moon (16:07) 06 - [Banter] (21:25) 07 - Losing My Religion (22:35) 08 - Country Feedback (27:56) 09 - Begin The Begin (33:04) 10 - Fall On Me (37:05) 11 - Me In Honey (41:39) 12 - Finest Worksong (46:00) 13 - Drive (54:34) 14 - Love Is All Around [Trogg's cover] (1:00:20) 15 - Funtime [Iggy Pop cover] (1:04:47) 16 - Radio Free Europe (1:07:26)

[@royferguson3909]

bless your heart, from Canterbury U.K.

[@dbarbour8352]

The Cars covered “Funtime” as well

[@StratsRUs]

It's all on the Automatic Anniversary CD album streaming etc

[@ronaldolaquidara64]

​@@dbarbour8352as Johnny Carson would say I did not know that" 😹😂😹

[@jbcatl]

In 50 years when someone asks why REM, this is the answer. I'm a fan from early days and just watched this for the first time. Amazing sound quality.

[@Weegie_in_Spain]

Man, this is what KZbin should be all about. The audio is phenomenal, far better than I've ever heard it before. So many terrific renditions of quality songs. Begin the Begin, Country Feedback and Me in Honey especially brilliant.

[@aretwodeetoo1181]

Country feedback so good

[@maxkunz1758]

Me in honey Amazing!!!

[@ConcentricDAO]

and you’re not kidding about Begin The Begin … is that, along with These Days - from the epic Life’s Rich Pageant, not STILL the One-Two Anthemic punch of the Thinking Person? “Let’s Begin Again … I am young despite the years, I have hope despite the times”. Thank you, Mike, Peter, Bill and Mike, and thank you, whoever caught this on tape.

[@aleksvento]

2024! ❤❤❤

[@Dungeon_of_Regret]

Nobody ever talks about me in honey - it’s ,,, honey, just saccharine perfect. That album for me was like a fork in the road

[@amcsibozgor6791]

Almost 31 years to the day I'm watching this. How we doin with that solar energy project? Such a time capsule, this show. We thought we'd defeated evil and were moving into an age of unparalleled peace and prosperity. Least we still got the music. Oh life!

[@kathrynmcelroy5658]

I have this band in my heart! forever and ever. LOVE!

[@CaptainVelveeta]

By this time these guys were selling out arenas across the country and they have the opportunity to return home and show everyone how huge they are but they don't. No big light show, no rock-star outfits, just heart-and-soul musicianship.

[@Stonecutter334]

This is pretty spectacular. Where has this been hiding all these years?? Awesome!

[@scottneargarder3677]

Just stumbled upon this. I was listening to this in the background as I worked from home, and often thought I was listening to my Spotify REM playlist as these songs sound like as they were recorded. This is just fabulous and my gratitude to the person who recorded this. I miss this band.

[@kylekilleen3891]

REM at arguably the apogee of their career. Brilliant.

[@Megarobotsquadron]

man...I've listened to this show about 1000 times and have never seen it until now. it's crazy bare bones. just like some young band in a bar

[@dippin1523]

it is in a bar. lol

[@maryannjohnson4288]

I absolutely LOOOOVE this and Michael is so fucking hot!!!!!! Nothing compares to this, NOTHING! 😌

[@themusic5229]

Hi R.E.M. & everybody - Have a nice week 💐💐💐 I love REM 💕💕💕 Hi R.E.M. & everybody - Have a nice week 💐💐💐 I love REM 💕💕💕

[@royferguson3909]

I just found this , it is priceless

[@royferguson3909]

@@themusic5229 your ten years too late , but I love your point of veiw

[@user-db2dk6qp8z]

This is so fucking good...the audio is unreal! Michael Stipe at his best...his voice is so raw and so amazing here. So beautiful this gig;

[@gordonirvine726]

Michael's vocal on Everybody Hurts is ab-sa-fu-ckin-lute-ly incredible. As is the whole performance.

[@gpeddino]

The audio is so tight and impeccable it's mindblowing.

[@gregoryjacobson1645]

2022 and still rocking to REM

[@StratsRUs]

Yeah !!!!

[@barriejackson965]

It's a pity that they're not together any more, such a brilliant band.

[@maxcat06]

Me too

[@tuanistico]

Hell yeah!!

[@jameshisself9324]

Twenty Twenty-Four

[@swish843]

The best EH version ever sung live! I think his voice is just superb! Just amazing my fav band ever

[@gordonirvine726]

Cannot believe how incredible Michael's vocal is.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

THE best version of Drive. Cannot stop coming back to it. And then to be followed by that beautiful haunting version of Monty..perfection.

[@ismaelsm1]

No no no. Best version??? Never never. Are you Crazy?

[@flyondonnie9578]

The version they did at the MTV awards was even better. The session player they had in to play bass (Mike was on Hammond organ) really took the part to the next level.

[@amcsibozgor6791]

Can't agree. Doesn't have that guitar kick in the middle.

[@trmcd7881]

I first saw them in 1983 and was blown away, but this may be them at peak excellence.

[@bavideomaker29]

I bought bootlegs of this on both CD and VHS in 93 or 94. If you would have told 20 year old me that I’d be able to watch this at any time of day on a 10” tablet computer thinner than a pencil while sitting in my backyard with zero wires involved….

[@sharkybb]

It's so incredible to see this.. to actually hear just amazing they truly were this night. I lived in downtown Athens 2 years after this show, as constantly heard stories of this gig. Thank you for posting.. thank you R.E.M.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

the phrase "experience of a lifetime" is vastly overused, but not in this case...

[@pumpwellington6631]

I saw them at Tyrone's so many times

[@arricammarques1955]

REM artifact with brilliant soundboard & video restoration.

[@salvatoreorlando139]

Incarnation of beauty. Opening 'Drive' best version ever

[@HashimotoTheBand]

Man ! What a rocking, groovy drummer Bill Berry is ! From the very first beat !

[@6828Lu]

His energy is amazing! I just love watching him play.

[@johnalford6681]

It sounds to me like he's doubling the usual tempo on Begin the Begin. I may be imagining that, but he's locked in regardless.

[@michaelsix9684]

such an awesome band, started small and got huge, incredible story, wish they were still playing

[@tsktskboogie]

This will turn out to be the best band ever😊

[@toxic_badasss9656]

REM are one of those very few bands that play live and sound just like the studio versions of there songs, a truly great together band and I miss them so much . btw great audio quality.

[@rickcole349]

Drive is different here than the album.

[@toxic_badasss9656]

​@@rickcole349 it's defiantly rocked up somewhat

[@gtrrobster]

Naw, they very much do not sound like the studio recordings. And that is a conscious artistic decision.

[@Worthywalker]

Great audio quality.

[@reverendfleshhammer]

@@gtrrobster and a wise decision. I'm from Athens GA, and their live shows NEVER disappoint.

[@michaelspastorius8177]

Wow - what a great performance. Best live rendition of Fall On Me I have ever heard.

[@tmjmccormack]

Mikes bk vocals are incredible

[@JeffSelf]

The last time I saw them was on the Green tour in November 1989. Forgot how great they were live!

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

simply the best small club set I've ever seen...the audio and the light show...honed at giant venues all over the world and brought back to where it began. The greatest band in the world in front of 150 people...there is nothing better. What a rare Thanksgiving treat after digesting the audio of this show for the last couple weeks...we've always heard the guys were at their peak during Automatic...this proves it!

[@nellycabral6835]

Thank you for posting this video. This band means a lot to me because they have an emotional attachment to a good friend of mine that committed suicide a few years. R.EM. music takes me back to when we were teenagers and life was good. :)

[@jimmyhall4453]

Wow!!! 40 Watt is still there but REM coming back is simply awesome!!! Going in April 2022 to see Drive By Truckers.. The history of this place along with the Georgia Theater is mesmerizing. I had seen REM at the Fox in Atlanta in 87 & is still one of the best performances I’ve ever seen…

[@REMONSTER]

Strange memory. In Baghdad circa 2006/07. The Fm would play the deepest cuts from the REM catalog. Songs only a real REM fan would love, like me. Not the hits, just the ones that hit deeply at the soul. I wonder where they found the spirit to do so while my side wished less than peace upon them. En shalla...en shallah.

[@bucksbandlive8151]

The shadow of Berry...is spectacular!!!

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

agree totally....besides the incredible audio quality, this was one of the greatest light shows I've ever seen.

[@renebetancourt8574]

The Audio on this is fantastic.! Wow what a find and in Athens out of all places (of course). Big Congrats to all and especially to whomever found this Diamond in the rough.

[@Htheorphanarian]

it is almost too good. Early use of AI in 1992??

[@gordonirvine726]

Wow!!!!! This is the best live performance I've ever heard by a country mile!!!! Absolutely love it.

[@MichaelW969]

The audio is exceptional. Thank you! Still miss these guys!!

[@enricogodini7455]

Simply stunning from start to finish ! R.E.M. at their most r'n'r !

[@tonyperkins6484]

Stipey isn't a singer he is a human instrument absolutely amazing ❤

[@edsonfcordeaca4958]

what an amazing vocal!!!!...very good quality of this! Remarkable band.

[@adautopereiradasilva8341]

Epic show in an epic place. Just amazing. Thank you, R.E.M.

[@MrTfortiger]

Amazing to see this concert on KZbin, the quality of the audio is amazing! I actually bought a bootleg CD of this concert in Rotterdam in 1993. When I went to Uni in the south of The Netherlands later that year and played it there, a student who was actually from Athens GA and a big REM fan, heard it for the first time and was really amazed and happy to receive a copy as well 🙂

[@CoachDave12]

ah the days of bootleg CD"s.....

[@shelleyberry188]

Thank you for sharing. The REM Crew have been the soundtrack to our life. We love you all! 🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️💗🙏🏽

[@stucoleman9802]

Everbody hurts 100% this is better than the recorded or any other live version .

[@leanlute7507]

My family gave me this cd show on my b-day in 19/11/96, four years since the show. Now still feeling gossebumps listening them. Miss them so much. Greetings from Argentina.

[@heynoelle_]

The live version of Monty… chefs kiss ❤

[@matthewhoult7641]

This must be the best REM live set ever🙌 Everybody hurts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bcoutissimo]

Best live version of Everybody Hurts..Great concert..

[@vincentribeil3832]

Had a bootleg of this gig i've listened over over and over on a tape… Amazing to see a video of these amazing versions 😍

[@claudia.k.g.1271]

Love each and every song just like the first day, perhaps more. They have stayed true to themselves, and Michael's lyrics are timeless poetry.

[@tmjmccormack]

Mike mills bk vocals are absolutely perfect here

[@SuperUrsusmaritimus]

this is too amazing to believe. The audio has been out there forever, but never knew there was video.

[@petalheadcaroline]

exactly my thoughts

[@thedillonchannel5176]

I've had the audio but I'm so Happy to see the video as I was there a young college student in Athens a long time ago.

[@dharma2503]

This version of "drive '' is soooo ...... Perfect. so good quality of sound, can't stop hearing it.

[@bartlebyscrivener674]

I was there!!!! So effing lucky!

[@user-di9no9go1v]

Just proves how talented the band is. As to Artistic perfection as it gets.

[@jwallweber]

This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you remhq.

[@squonk86]

Really love Fall On Me and Michael Stipe's favorite song he said before before he sang it on MTV'S Unplugged

[@davidsavala7286]

Thank you so much for this 😊

[@ursulafrei5064]

Thanks for sharing this concert. Greatings from the power of love.

[@LuisM_Piozza]

Awesome audio! 😍😍😍

[@patrickmcmanus5373]

32 years later Wow Crazy what you could of had.

[@kevincross2435]

A very sincere thank you for posting this. I’ve read about this show, but to see and hear it is a real treat. Thank goodness the internet still has a use.

[@swish843]

TY REMHQ for putting this gem up x

[@adamv600]

Oh my goodness, this is fantastic!! so excited!

[@orionfoote2890]

Stipe shuffling his lyric sheets around...love it 💙 What a gem of a show.

[@AndrewMiff162]

Thankyou for this 😍

[@kylekilleen3891]

As much I loved (and still love) AFTP, I always thought Drive was too slow, and mellow, that it needed more of a rock and roll punch. Wish now granted.

[@romfordwendys9739]

Heard all the song before from this concert but never seen this footage until now. Amazing. Radio Free Europe at the end wow. How can this sound so good and be 30yrs ago

[@mattbeamer6918]

This is PEAK REM! SOOOO GOOOOD!

[@gustavocarvalho6986]

This is awesome! Beautiful gift!

[@paulsmith1817]

Well done for uploading this, the drive song at the start sounds amazing

[@stratboy518]

REM firing on all cylinders. Love this era of the band. 🤙🏼

[@JamesLamm-jt7vg]

They did an excellent job with this recording.

[@jbrown7403]

Fantastic!! The audio is soooooo damn good! Automatic is perfect in every way! :)

[@driver8M3]

video quality not so great but audio is excellent. thanks for posting. please post more stuff like this.

[@LucaMassaro]

thank you for the gift

[@thewanderer2041]

Great audio. Everybody Hurts was🔥 They messed the ending of Man on the Moon and Mike Mills goes up a level on Fall on Me. The original drummer makes a huge difference.

[@redfaubert1352]

Awesome sound, great music; a perfect porridge.

[@theconfidentvegan]

Wow! This was amazing! Great sound quality! I had that Greenpeace album on cassette! ❤

[@void0094]

Monty Got A Raw Deal is an incredibly great song. R.E.M. is my favorite band for a reason.

[@kennychaffin4578]

Amazing Live!

[@andersortegren1024]

Love seeing this after all these years!

[@centralestate31]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@vivianmatienzo4498]

Quite enjoying this.....wish I could see their faces....❤🎶

[@simonschole]

What a gem of a performance to capture!

[@buraktulbentci1787]

Great performance!

[@AlexKrugMusic]

really good, really really good, thank you

[@jolantalizewski20]

love your lyrics .you are the most honest musician .care about social issue. what i like the most is that it is not about "ME ME " only " and " love and other sexual related problems". Who cares ? No one owes anybody anything .We do it because we like to share something what other people can relate to it.

[@thenestcpd]

as someone who spends a lot of time looking for- out of the norm bootlegs or any good sounding live shows.. someone mentioned it earlier the audio is just outstanding

[@StevenMichels]

Wow! Just wow. I moved to Athens in 1996 but wish I had been there for this.

[@jorgearanda8129]

Sounds amazing!!

[@philomathone]

Beautiful Music!!!!!

[@carloseduardosilva5797]

Sensacional! Minha banda favorita

[@dilbert666]

Best Radio Free Europe version I have ever heard.

[@grantdenn]

Begin the Begin is such a great song (and throwback title.)

[@orfesth]

GREAT!!!

[@lauremacmillan718]

wow legendary, tanks

[@danieleraponi]

amazing act amazing act amazing act amazing act

[@Zooropa420]

This is a different mix than the bonus tracks on the Monster CD singles. Yay, new mix!

[@Zooropa420]

And now that I listen closer, it seems like some songs are soundboard recordings (Me In Honey), while some are not (Drive #2)?? Eh, who cares, this show is great, carry on...

[@symbolkid]

Perfect performance of beloved band