The tragic moment REM drummer Bill Berry almost died on stage
Seminal 1980s rock band REM were nothing without their drummer Bill Berry, highlighted starkly in the tragic moment he almost died on stage.
How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared
Every generation has their “our childhood heroes are how old now?” moment — jaws surely dropped when Rita Hayworth turned 65, ...
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How R.E.M. transformed from scrappy college band to Hall of Fame rock group
For rock fans of a certain age this may be hard to believe, but it’s been more than 40 years since R.E.M. scored their first Billboard Hot 100 hit with “Radio Free Europe.” The scrappy band ...
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REM look back on Monster: 'We did not want to become the dancing monkey'
REM's ninth album, Monster, is the most challenging and polarising record the band ever released ... making one of the strangest mainstream rock albums of the 1990s. Enveloped in a murky sludge ...
The song REM refused to play live
Discover why REM. chose to leave one of their biggest hits off their live setlists. Michael Stipe and the indie gang were notoriously picky.
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Rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin reveals the darkest hours of legendary ‘90s band R.E.M.
REM in 1994. Bound for the tour’s opening ... more glimpses behind the scenes of the moment’s biggest rock band. How did they keep themselves entertained during long flights?