Local music journalist explores R.E.M's unique path to stardom in new biography
From college rock phenoms in the '80s, R.E.M became global superstars in the '90s — and they did it all on their own terms.
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“It might be as close as we came to being a four-piece rock band and I say that with no regret”: Michael Stipe on his favourite R.E.M. album
You could go for the jangly college-rock of their early days or the jaunty expansive anthems of the late 80s, the moody ...