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| Origin = [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[USA]] |
| Origin = [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[USA]] |
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| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]/[[Alternative music|Alternative]] |
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]/[[Alternative music|Alternative]] |
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| Years_active = [[1983 in music|1983]] - [[1994 in music|1994]]</br>[[2009 in music|2009]] - Present<ref>http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38540852&friendid=69213767</ref><ref>http://www.athfest.com/</ref><ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=479136419</ref> |
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| Years_active = 1983-1993 |
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| Label = [[Arista Records]] |
| Label = [[Arista Records]] |
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| URL = [http://www.myspace.com/ |
| URL = [http://www.myspace.com/dreamssoreal1 The Official Dreams So Real on MySpace]<ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613</ref></br>[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/dreamssoreal_group Yahoo! Group for Dreams So Real] |
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==Return== |
==Return== |
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Dreams So Real recently announced on their MySpace site, that they will reunite for the first time in a decade on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Athfest 2009, a music and arts festival held annually in downtown Athens, Georgia. It is unknown at this time if the band will reunite for one night only, or will come back.<ref>http://www.athfest.com/</ref> |
Dreams So Real recently announced on their MySpace site, that they will reunite for the first time in a decade on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Athfest 2009, a music and arts festival held annually in downtown Athens, Georgia. It is unknown at this time if the band will reunite for one night only, or will come back.<ref>http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38540852&friendid=69213767</ref><ref>http://www.athfest.com/</ref><ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=479136419</ref> |
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==Confusion on MySpace== |
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As of March 30th, a new Dreams So Real MySpace was made, without the original person "Allan Caesar" knowning about this.<ref>http://www.myspace.com/realdreamssoreal</ref><ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613</ref> Thus sparking confusing over the fans as to which site is the "Official" Dreams So Real MySpace. Allan's comments are marked below |
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I have not been told by anyone from the band about this either, therefor until they have talked to me, this is still the official home of DSR, it looks like Barry Marler may of made the site, but he has not talked to me. |
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I am very confused, espically when i made this page as a fan page 3 years ago dedicated to them... then they decide to reunite, and are like... "thanks for nothing, will take it from here now." |
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Im... really upset right now. And i may close this page if thats the case, i would of been happy to of gave them control over this page. But wow... just wow man. What the hell is going on!? |
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Barry, Drew, and Trent.. i love you guys for what you did for me and my parents, please don't do this to me without talking to me first. |
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I also have proof that Barry Marler gave me permission: (Picture shown in reference) |
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So yeah, what the hell?! |
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</blockquote><ref>http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613</ref> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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Revision as of 14:59, 3 April 2009
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Dreams So Real is a significant band in the Athens, Georgia music scene, gaining some national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including releases on Arista Records.
History
The trio is led by songwriter Barry Marler on lead vocals and guitar, with Trent Allen on bass and backing vocals and Drew Worsham on drums. Sheryl Crow guitarist Peter Stroud was a member during the band's later years. Formed in 1983 when its members met in an Athens record store, their debut single, "Everywhere Girl" produced by Peter Buck of R.E.M., was released in 1985 and was very successful at college radio. Buck also produced their first full-length album, 1986's Father's House. The band gained a bit more exposure by performing their song "Golden" (called "Steps" in the movie's end notes) in Athens, GA. Inside/Out , a rock documentary on their hometown music scene.
Dreams So Real signed to Arista Records and released Rough Night in Jericho in 1988. The title track earned some success, reaching #28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and receiving heavy MTV airplay. A follow-up single, "Bearing Witness" also cracked Billboard's Rock Chart. The album would reach the Billboard Hot 200, peaking at #150.[5]
The 1990 follow-up album, Gloryline, met with less success both critically and commercially. Soon after, Arista dropped the band and Dreams So Real soon drifted apart. As a kind of parting gift, the band released a collection of outtakes, rarities and B-sides titled Nocturnal Omissions, made available through their fan-club mailing list, and while on tour.
After the breakup
Marler and Allen briefly reformed with the band Ether in the late 1990s, but have since appeared to have mostly left music behind at the time. Marler is an analyst at the University of Georgia's Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, while Allen became a graphic artist and later entered the business world as president of Baseline SportsMedia, Inc., a company specializing in graphic design and event photography at professional and collegiate sporting events.
The band also received mention in a number of R.E.M. biographies detailing their success and importance to the scene, including Marcus Gray's It Crawled from the South and David Buckley's R.E.M.: Fiction. The band also appears in the "Athens, GA - Inside Out" movie which is available on DVD.
In 2003, Worsham was shot in the head by a man who was reported to be his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. Reports said the man, Joel Chris Blankenship, subsequently kidnapped and fatally shot the girlfriend, Dara Jo Wasdin, before putting a bullet through his own head. Worsham survived, as the bullet lodged in his eye socket and never reached his brain, and reportedly recovered to return to his post-Dreams So Real music projects as well as his work as a computer technician.[6]
Return
Dreams So Real recently announced on their MySpace site, that they will reunite for the first time in a decade on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at Athfest 2009, a music and arts festival held annually in downtown Athens, Georgia. It is unknown at this time if the band will reunite for one night only, or will come back.[7][8][9]
Confusion on MySpace
As of March 30th, a new Dreams So Real MySpace was made, without the original person "Allan Caesar" knowning about this.[10][11] Thus sparking confusing over the fans as to which site is the "Official" Dreams So Real MySpace. Allan's comments are marked below
I have not been told by anyone from the band about this either, therefor until they have talked to me, this is still the official home of DSR, it looks like Barry Marler may of made the site, but he has not talked to me.
I am very confused, espically when i made this page as a fan page 3 years ago dedicated to them... then they decide to reunite, and are like... "thanks for nothing, will take it from here now."
Im... really upset right now. And i may close this page if thats the case, i would of been happy to of gave them control over this page. But wow... just wow man. What the hell is going on!?
Barry, Drew, and Trent.. i love you guys for what you did for me and my parents, please don't do this to me without talking to me first.
I also have proof that Barry Marler gave me permission: (Picture shown in reference)
So yeah, what the hell?!
Discography
- Father's House - Coyote Records - 1986
- Rough Night in Jericho - Arista Records - 1988
- Gloryline - Arista Records - 1990
- Nocturnal Omissions - Self-released - 1992
References
Inline References
- ^ http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38540852&friendid=69213767
- ^ http://www.athfest.com/
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=479136419
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613
- ^ Billboard: Dreams So Real chart history. URL accessed 22 July 2006
- ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/dreams-so-real-1?cat=entertainment
- ^ http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&Band_Show_ID=38540852&friendid=69213767
- ^ http://www.athfest.com/
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=479136419
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/realdreamssoreal
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=69213767&blogId=480625613