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.

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

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., ...

He may be most famous for his acting, but his side project has been warmly received by critics - and the band he covers.

In the beginning, R.E.M. would play anywhere that would have them, from pizza parlors to gay bars to frat parties. For all the arty elusiveness of their early music, the band that would end up setting ...

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 ...

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R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear vocals. Read more at Wikipedia This entry is ...

The world can only handle one Prince in this world, but Dave Grohl was convinced there were others equally as multi-faceted.

Trump’s insolent refusal to stop playing music by the likes of REM, Neil Young ... stars Toby Keith and Lee Greenwood were joined by rock band 3 Doors Down, Jennifer Holliday and DJ Ravidrums.

As a founding member of the alternative rock group 10,000 Maniacs ... Jim Clash: You, along with two other founding band members, are still together after four decades. Pretty amazing.