REM once swore they'd never become a stadium band. Twenty-five years ago, they began to wish they'd kept their promise Ed Power writes about music, television and video games. As a journalist he has ...

Twenty years after the release of REM's Monster, Stewart Smith looks back at the awkward and highly sexual record which, he argues, is their queerest work This strategy seems all the more deliberate ...

Michael Stipe: "We didn't want fame, we didn't want money, we wanted to be a vital creative band". REM's ninth album, Monster, is the most challenging and polarising record the band ever released.

Here’s a book pitch: A sequel to Michael Azerrad’s venerable Our Band Could Be Your Life, in which the story of American indie rock’s roots in the ’80s continues by delving into the boom and bust of ...

REM have announced details of the 25th anniversary reissue of their 1994 album Monster. A five-CD, one-Blu-ray deluxe box set will include the original album, a special 2019 remix from Monster ...

The band notched the second of its two No. 1 albums. By Gary Trust Ben Wyatt: “Get this — I just asked the DJ what R.E.M. albums he has. He’s got Monster, but not Automatic for the People.” Leslie ...

Michael Stipe: "We didn't want fame, we didn't want money, we wanted to be a vital creative band". When it arrived in 1994, the band were at the peak of their popularity, thanks to the acoustic beauty ...