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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Rem org - You Need To See This

A Phoenix concert promoter spent 50 years collecting music history; he is now selling more than 2,100 pieces to help feed cancer patients

Danny Zelisko is auctioning his remarkable collection of music memorabilia online, boasting over two thousand treasures amassed from five decades of live performances. The revenue from these sales will benefit The Joy Bus charity, which provides nourishing meals to homebound cancer patients, ensuring they receive essential nutrition and care during…

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“Bill brought it in and it was a one-minute-long country and western song. It took us forever to figure out the arrangement and who was going to play what”: How REM turned a simple idea into a classic song of life-affirming power

Featuring a $20 drum machine and strings orchestrated by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones

MusicRadar

‘Dancing with Rylan made me feel arthritic’: Jeremy Vine’s honest playlist

The presenter and journalist used the Psychedelic Furs to soothe teenage heartbreak and had a Damascene moment to Bowie, but which cheesy 70s ballad does he secretly adore?

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A classic R.E.M. album is getting a limited-edition vinyl upgrade

Only 5000 copies are available… I’m sorry, I'm sorry

What Hi-Fi?

"I feel like shooting people!” In the run-up to 1988's US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had some outrageously dark and violent thoughts

“Americans are pigs! You can quote me on that"

Louder

"I don’t need the money and I’ve had enough applause to last 10 lifetimes." R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck insists that the band will never, ever properly reform

"Everyone has their memories and they’re sacrosanct"

Louder

Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever

The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)

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"One of the songs is the sound of a tree hearing itself for the first time." The forthcoming solo album from former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe sounds like it'll be quite a trip

Michael Stipe is putting the finishing touches to his debut solo record

Louder

“The two things I remember are the cool guitar stuff… and this never-ending scream”: Billy Corgan on the first time he met Courtney Love and witnessed Hole live

After meeting at a Chicago venue in 1991, the two artists and their respective bands were interlinked for decades to come

Guitar World

'People pay attention to what you say or do': Michael Stipe enjoys fame

REM frontman Michael Stipe has revealed that he considers fame to be "fascinating".

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“He said, ‘I hear you’re going to make a record. If there’s anything I can do to help you guys out, let me know’’’: They were alt-rock legends who had to follow up a classic debut – then R.E.M.’s Peter Buck offered to lend a hand

Feelies guitarist Glenn Mercer says the pressure was on to come up with a killer sophomore album – but having a little help from Buck certainly helped in making one

Guitar World

“I was super flattered to be invited back into The Simpsons universe, and particularly with this grand message of great hope”: Michael Stipe returns to Springfield to sing a rewritten version of one of REM's biggest hits

It’s his second appearance on the show

MusicRadar

The Simpsons’ 800th episode features parody of hit 90s song — and fans are loving it

Long-running animated sitcom concluded its 37th season with historic milestone

The Independent UK

REM x Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr review – classic comedy gets new alt-rock soundtrack

Keaton’s wild invention doesn’t gain much by adding indie guitars, but if they can bring a new audience to this silent classic, who’s listening?

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“Michael Stipe said, ‘Can I sing with you guys in Brooklyn?’ I’m like, ‘Are you serious?!’” How a Chicago alt-rock stalwart and Hollywood A-lister put together a supergroup to celebrate their favorite records

You might know Jason Narducy from playing bass with Bob Mould. You might recognize Michael Shannon, too. He’s in the movies. But they are also in band, and are celebrating R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant in concert. Narducy tells GW how it all went down

Louder

"There was no real sign that it was abig protest song, so most people listened to it and didn’t realise": The story of the anti-war commentary disguised as a four-minute pop song that set R.E.M. on the path to global success and stardom

R.E.M. countered accusations of selling out to a major by using their commercialclout to promote their political activism

The Guardian - UK

My cultural awakening: Losing My Religion by REM helped me escape a doomsday cult

I had been a member of the Children of God for two decades, but was growing disillusioned with its controlling behaviour and worrying sexual practices. Then I heard Michael Stipe’s lyrics and was set on a path to freedom

Marie Claire

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“I told Kurt Cobain that I was going to write a song that had more 'yeahs' in it than anything he’d written.” How a joke between R.E.M. and Nirvana's mercurial frontmen resulted in a 90s classic

Stipe had writer’s block on this Automatic For The People standout until a stroll round Seattle opened the floodgates for one of his band’s biggest anthems

Louder

"Her story, unfiltered and unapologetic." One of rock's most iconic, inspirational and provocative figures to share her life story in a "raw, complicated" new documentary film

Antiheroine will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival

Louder

“People talk to me on the street about it and say, ‘That song was really there for me when I needed it’”: the stirring 90s anthem inspired by Nazareth and featuring strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin that made this band absolutely massive

How a stirring 90s anthem made these alt-rock trailblazers huge, was inspired by Nazareth and featured strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin

Louder

“This is the kind of band all of us wanted to be in as we got older”: New supergroup bringing together members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, QOTSA and more announce first UK shows

Alongside new material, the group will be playing some of their former bands' old classics too…

MusicRadar

Revealed! (Some of) the lyrics to REM's It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

By none other than Michael Stipe

Louder

"It just sort of happened": Meet the men who prompted R.E.M. to reunite

Actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy are currently on the road celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction

MusicRadar

“The band provided me with this ridiculous music and I had to, of course, kind of step up to it”: The enduring appeal of the REM radio smash that Michael Stipe hated

The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its true meaning

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