In the early 1980's REM were still a group of guys who were collective nobodies. Working odd jobs, writing comics, and having what are now infamous parties. This steeple is all that is left of the church they rented and lived in years ago. Rumor has it that the church had been converted into slummish apartments, and the sanctuary was in such a state of disrepair that is had been blocked off all together. Apparently the guys from REM knocked a hole in the wall of one of their closets, and used the santuary as a party space.