Original members: Michael Stripe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry
and Michael Mills
Line-up changes: Bill Berry left in 1997 but has not been
permanently replaced.
Profile: REM was the biggest band in the late 1980s. They
fought hard for artistic freedom, insisting on total control over their
music before signing with a major record company.
Co-produced by Jacknife Lee, who also
worked on 2008's Accelerate, Collapse into Now picks up where its
predecessor left off, featuring several upbeat rock songs while also
making room for midtempo numbers and atmospheric ballads. Patti Smith,
Eddie Vedder, and ...
This tit;e features the full
performance given by R.E.M. during their initial appearance on AUSTIN CITY
LIMITS in March of 2008, including songs that did not air as part of the
original broadcast. The seventeen song setlist includes "So. Central
...
On 2008's ACCELERATE, its first
studio album after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
R.E.M. fittingly returns to its post-punk roots, offering up a taut,
guitar-driven set that serves as the perfect antidote to the slow, ...
