ambivalent and steeped in a quasi-literary Americana. [a]REM[/a] laid much of the groundwork for [a]Nirvana[/a] and [a]Sonic Youth[/a], [a]Beck[/a] and the [a]Pixies[/a]. Taken from ‘Green’, ...

REM’s story is a unique one: four guys meet in college, form a band and invent alternative music. Well, that’s a simplification. But the role of REM in forging an independent music alternative to the ...

Compiling "In Time" must have been an arduous task. The single-disc set attempts to collect R.E.M. By Billboard Staff Compiling “In Time” must have been an arduous task. The single-disc set attempts ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At the turn of the 1990s, the term "doing an REM" was music-biz shorthand for a rock group hitting critical mass after years on the ...