From Rollingstone.com: Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. released Out of Time, which eventually sold over four million copies in the United States and transformed longtime college radio darlings into a mainstream concern. It was the album’s first single “Losing My Religion” that definitively turned the group to artistic and commercial leaders of the burgeoning alternative rock movement. Up until … Continued
From Pitchfork.com: R.E.M.’s 1991 LP Out of Time might not be their masterpiece, but it’s arguably their most important album for the way it broke them on mainstream radio, reaching far beyond the commercial potential displayed on 1988’s Green. Out of Time was an LP that redefined R.E.M. as both artists and icons of pop culture, one … Continued
Three months after R.E.M pulled their famous catalogue from Warner Bros to sign with Concord Music Group, the band has inked an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with UMPG. That means leaving behind a long-standing publishing agreement with another WMG company, Warner/Chappell. The new deal with UMPG was agreed between the band, their long-time manager Bertis … Continued
Twenty-five years ago this month, R.E.M. released what would become it’s biggest breakthrough album. Though the Georgia band has already graduated from college-rock darlings to major-label stars with the release of Green three years earlier, it’s 1991 album Out of Time took R.E.M. to new heights. Fueled by hit singles Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People,Out of … Continued
Here’s an interesting article we wanted to share with references to the great Andy Kaufman and another performer who has been in the news of late: Read it…
Here is the complete and unedited Q&A about Michael’s support of Bernie Sanders which ran in Rolling Stone earlier: IN SUPPORT OF BERNIE SANDERS —MICHAEL STIPE When did you first hear about Bernie Sanders and under what circumstances? I became aware of Sanders because of his ‘outsider-insider’ position in congress. He’s the senator who … Continued
From Rolling Stone: Michael Stipe first heard about Bernie Sanders after the then-Vermont representative voted against the Patriot Act, shortly after 9/11. “I became aware of his ‘outsider-insider’ position in Congress,” Stipe tells Rolling Stone in an email. “He’s the senator who has consistently voted the way I would if I were a politician, and who has stood … Continued
Salon.com has a feature piece on R.E.M.’s OUT OF TIME; read about it here.
Inspiring words from our friend Vivian Connell: Last Looks and Literary Lessons
Tarsem Singh was chosen by the band to direct the video for “Losing My Religion,” the lead single from OUT OF TIME. It was one of the most significant in the band’s career—”Losing My Religion” received nominations in 9 categories at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards and won 6: Video of the Year, Best … Continued
Today is the anniversary of the release of “Losing My Religion,” the first single from R.E.M.’s OUT OF TIME, the band’s seventh album and second on Warner Bros. Records. The song reached #4 on the Billboard singles chart, the band’s highest charting single in the USA and the “song of the summer” all over #Europe. … Continued
Check out Peter’s recent interview with Reverb here!
Mike had a busy weekend in LA where he played with Steve Wynn and friends at McCabe’s Guitar Shop on Valentine’s after joining Steve for “Let Us Go On The Way” at the Wild Honey Benefit for The Autism Think Tank and Children’s Music Fund on Saturday… Check out the video here
The band’s extended love for the area around Lake Geneva began in 1995 when Bill Berry’s brain surgery occasioned a month-plus on the shores both in Switzerland (Lausanne) and in France (Evian les Bains). We got to know the late great impresario and founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival Claude Nobs, and he had us … Continued