REM bolted out of the blocks with an instantly delectable and experimental sound, but which bands proved pivotal to them in their early days? Find out here.

The two best decisions I ever made were (1) marrying her and (2) retiring to take care of her.

Every generation has their “our childhood heroes are how old now?” moment — jaws surely dropped when Rita Hayworth turned 65, which is the precise age she became soon after Stipe’s band, R.E.M., ...

R.E.M. joins "Good Music to Lift Los Angeles," contributing a rare live version of “Electrolite” to support wildfire and food ...

Instead, the group was a template for a new kind of rock band: post-punk without being offensive, alternative without being iconoclastic; “unashamed pure pop” with clean, chiming guitars and ...

The book also explores the band's political activism, including their work on environmental causes and promotion of the Rock the Vote campaign. The band members didn't agree to interviews for ...