That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

For their final album, 'Collapse Into Now', REM included "indications" of their forthcoming split to hint to fans that their ...

Most people consider themselves lucky to have a record deal at all, but R.E.M. had standards which didn't involve them being jerked around.