Dreams So Real
| Dreams So Real | |
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L - R: Worsham, Allen, Marler
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Athens, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Rock, alternative |
| Years active | 1983–1993, 2009, 2012 |
| Labels | Arista Records |
| Website |
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Dreams So Real were an alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, who gained national exposure in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They recorded three albums, including two releases on Arista Records.
The trio was 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 No. 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 No. 150.
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.
Marler and Allen briefly reformed with the band Ether in the late 1990s, but have since appeared to have mostly left music behind. Marler is a bioinformatics analyst at the University of Georgia, while Allen became a graphic artist and entrepreneur as founder of Baseline SportsMedia, a company specializing in graphic design and fan photography which was later sold to Silicon Valley based startup Printroom, Inc. – now a division of another California company, Brand Affinity Technologies.
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