Few bands break up as gracefully as R.E.M. The alt-rock band called it quits in September 2011, writing on their website, “We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of ...
In an interview with 'CBS Mornings', the band opened up about why it would take "a comet" for them to get back together CBS Mornings/YouTube R.E.M. doesn't want to overstay their welcome. In an ...
Will R.E.M. get together again? It's been a year since the four founding members of the Athens-based band reunited on stage for a song, "Pretty Persuasion", at the 40-Watt with Michael Shannon and ...
R.E.M.’s long misunderstood 1994 album isn’t clarified by the bonus material on this new reissue, but the original songs remain strangely oblique, full of glam rock poses and sly subterfuge. No score ...
R.E.M. wanted to rock. The delicate, intricate sounds on 1991's Out of Time all but guaranteed that their next album would be bolder, rougher and louder. “We wrote fast songs. But it’s funny: Fast ...
Michael Shannon has been a big R.E.M. fan for a long time. The actor has been taking that to the next level lately, as he and veteran musician Jason Narducy are in the midst of an R.E.M. tribute tour ...
Litt finally got that second chance in revisiting and improving the sound of Monster. For the album's 25th anniversary deluxe edition reissue, which was recently released, he did a new remix that ...
You've likely heard R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" hundreds or thousands of times in your lifetime and almost always naturally assumed it was an autobiographical tale penned by singer Michael Stipe.