Longevity can be cruel. If REM had parted ways after Bill Berry left in 1997 – or even, as nearly happened, before the completion of 1994's Monster – then they would probably be enjoying a triumphant ...
Michael Stipe said the band was influenced by its small-town roots The story of REM is in many ways the story of alternative rock in the USA. They emerged in the early 1980s from the college radio ...