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R.E.M.'s political stance, particularly coming from a wealthy rock band under contract to a label owned by a multinational corporation, received criticism from former Q editor Paul Du Noyer, who criticized the band's "celebrity liberalism", saying, "It's an entirely pain-free form of rebellion that they're adopting. There's no risk involved in ...
The band was asked to change their name due to Saron Gas being a homophone of sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent. The band changed its name to Seether in honor of Veruca Salt's song titled, "Seether". [290] Send More Paramedics – The band's name comes from a line uttered in the 1985 horror/comedy The Return of the Living Dead.
Stipe was the youngest member of the band. All four members of R.E.M. dropped out of school in 1980 to focus on the new band. [25] Stipe was the last to do so. The band issued its debut single, "Radio Free Europe," on Hib-Tone; it was a college radio success. The band signed to I.R.S. Records for the release of the Chronic Town EP one year
The other members of the band were reportedly awestruck when they heard the lyrics and melodies singer Michael Stipe had written for the song. [8] By May 1981 the band added "Radio Free Europe" to its setlist. [9] After a successful show opening for The Police, R.E.M. intended to record material for a demo tape.
This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. that were officially released. The list includes songs performed by the entire band only (Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe 1980 to 1997; Buck, Mills and Stipe 1998 to 2011).
Formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry, the band was pivotal in the development of the alternative rock genre. [1] Their musical style inspired many other alternative rock bands and musicians, and the band became one of the first alternative rock acts to experience breakthrough ...
The Polka Tulk Blues Band: Earth [1] England The Bled: The Radiation Defiance Theory United states of America Bleeker: Bleeker Ridge Canada Blink-182: Duck Tape Figure 8, Blink United states of America The Blinded: Stigmata Blinded Colony Sweden Blind Guardian: Lucifer's Heritage Germany Bloodhound Gang: Bang Chamber 8 United states of America ...
Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. [2] Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., his musical repertoire also includes keyboards, guitar and occasional lead vocals.