R.E.M. (band)

R.E.M.
R.E.M.
	R.E.M. in concert in Padova, Italy, July 22, 2003
Background information
Origin	Athens, Georgia, USA
Genres	Alternative rock, college rock, jangle pop, folk rock, post-punk, new wave, punk rock
Years active	1980–2011
Labels	i.R.S., Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Automatic Baby; Hindu Love Gods; The Minus 5; Tuatara
Website	www.remhq.com
Past members	Michael Stipe; Peter Buck; Mike Mills; Bill Berry

R.E.M. is an American rock band. It was formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980. R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands. R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe" in 1981. The lead singer of the band was Michael Stipe.

During the 1980s, R.E.M. were one of the most important rock bands in the campus radio movement. They became successful internationally in 1987, when they released the songs, "The One I Love" and "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". They were very popular in the early 1990s and broke-up in 2011. They have been inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Associated with

R.E.M. has been associated with many different bands within the years. Most of them from different parts of the world.

Warren Zevon
Mercury Return
Radiohead
Dude3
Microband
Bruce Springsteen
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
Coldplay
Chris Martin
Michael Stipe (REM lead singer)
Mike Mills (REM base guitar player)
Peter Buck (REM lead guitar player)
Bill Berry (REM dummer 1979 - 1997)
William Thomas (REM drummer from 1998)
Neil Young (REM guitarist on "Country Feedback" at Bridge School Benefit Festival - 17, 18 & 19 October 1998)
Thom Yorke (REM guitarist and backing singer on "E-Bow The Letter" at Tibetan Freedom Concert - 14 June 1998
Michael Casi
Patti Smith
Foo Fighters
Stipe: R.E.M. Tribute Band
Monster: R.E.M. Tribute Band
Drive: R.E.M. Tribute Band
Dead Letter Office: R.E.M. Tribute Band
Leonard Cohen

Discography

Albums & DVDs

Chronic Town (1982)
Murmur (1983)
Reckoning (1984)
Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
Lifes Rich Pageant (1986)
Dead Letter Office (1987)
Document (1987)
Green (1988)
Tourfilm (1989)
Parallel (1990)
The Best Of R.E.M. - IRS Years (1991)
Out of Time (1991)
Automatic for the People (1992)
Monster (1994)
New Adventures In Hi-Fi (1995)
Road Movie (1996)
Up (1998)
Man on the Moon Soundtrack (1999)
Rock In Rio (2001)
Live at Cologne (2001)
Reveal (2001)
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988 - 2003 (2003)
T In The Park (2003)
Perfect Square (2004)
iTunes Origanals (2004)
Around the Sun (2004)
The Best Of R.E.M. - IRS Years #2 (2006)
Album:#9 Dream (2007)
R.E.M. Live (2007)
Live at the Olympia (2007)
Accelerate (2008)
Oxygen [Five Songs] (2008)
Movistar Arena - 3 November 2008 (2009)
Austin City Limits (2010)
Part Lies, Part Truth, Part Heart, Part Garbage (2011)
Collapse into Now (2011)
Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions (2014)
Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988 - 2011 (2014)
REMTV (2014)

Singles

Permanent Vacation (1980)
Bubblegum Pop (1981)
Wolves, Lower (1981)
Radio Free Europe (1982)
Talk About The Passion (1983)
Perfect Circle (1983)
We Walk (1984)
Haborcoat (1984)
7 Chinese Bros. (1984)
Pretty Persuasion (1984)
So. Central Rain (1985)
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (1985)
Little America (1985)
Feeling Gravity's Pull (1985)
Maps and Legands (1985)
Hyena (1985)
Begin the Begin (1986)
These Days (1987)
Fall on Me (1987)
Cuyahoga (1987)
Superman (1987)
Burning Hell (1987)
Welcome To The Occupation (1987)
Finest Worksong (1988)
Pop Song 89 (1988)
Get Up (1988)
You Are The Everything (1988)
Stand (1989)
World Leader Pretend (1989)
I Remember California (1989)
Eleven Untitled Track (1989)
Radio Song (1991)
Losing My Religion (1991)
Country Feedback (1992)
Me In Honey (1992)
Try Not To Breathe (1992)
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (1992)
Drive (1993)
Everybody Hurts (1993)
Crush With Eyeliner (1993)
What's the Frequency, Kenneth? (1994)
Electrolite (1994)
Tongue (1995)
Bang and Blame (1995)
How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (1995)
The Wake-Up Bomb (1995)
Undertow (1995)
Binky The Doormat (1995)
Bittersweet Me (1995)
Be Mine (1996)
So Fast, So Numb (1996)
Airportman (1997)
Lotus (1998)
Suspicion (1999)
Falls to Climb (1999)
The Great Beyond (2000)
The Lifting (2000)
I've Been High (2001)
All The Way To Reno (2001)
She Just Wants To Be (2001)
Imitation of Life (2002)
Animal (2003)
Bad Day (2003)
The Worst Joke Ever (2003)
Leaving New York (2005)
Electron Blue (2005)
Living Well Is The Best Revenge (2008)
Man-sized Wreath (2009)
Discoverer (2010)
ÜBerlin (2012)

R.E.M. (band) Media

The church steeple of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in 2015; this is all that remains of where members of R.E.M. lived briefly and performed their first concert on April 5, 1980.
Mitch Easter (left) was R.E.M.'s producer until 1984, helping to define the band's early sound.
Michael Stipe (left) and Peter Buck (right) on stage in Ghent, Belgium, during R.E.M.'s 1985 tour
Scott Litt produced a number of R.E.M.'s albums from the late 1980s to the early to mid-1990s.
After drummer Bill Berry quit in 1997, R.E.M. continued as a trio.
R.E.M. on tour in 2008, with long-time collaborator Scott McCaughey
R.E.M. at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008
Bassist Mike Mills performing in concert in 2008
The band R.E.M. in 2008 at the Albert Hall
Peter Buck's guitar-playing style has defined R.E.M.'s sound.