The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its true meaning When you purchase through links on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Anna Krajec/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images REM was never a band that adhered to a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: YouTube/R.E.M./Athens LTD REM was never a band that adhered to a strict formula, but ...

‘I don’t hate it. But I don’t want to sing it’: Michael Stipe of REM performs at Glastonbury in 1999 (PA) Spring has dawned on the 1990s, bringing with it the promise of a new era for mainstream rock.

The Friends theme song was deliberately written to sound like an REM track, the band’s frontman Michael Stipe has claimed. Stipe revealed that REM were approached by Warner Bros Television with the ...

REM frontman Michael Stipe says he spent much of the past year listening to pop music, soaking up the sugar-coated offerings of Britney and the Backstreet Boys. This is not the most inspiring news for ...

The band REM will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 12. The Grammy winning band hails from Athens, Ga., and is considered a pioneer of alternative rock. Singer Michael Stipe has ...

Video Networks has launched a video-on-demand channel dedicated to US rock group REM. As of yesterday (31 March) subscribers to Video Networks' on-demand service Homechoice will be able to access all ...

It's challenging for researchers to study how sleep affects neurological function, in part because depriving humans of shuteye is a little unethical. So scientists often turn to animals to gain a ...

Monkees singer Micky Dolenz is honoring one of his greatest fans, the trailblazing ’80s and ’90s rock band R.E.M., by blowing up the internet with his version of the group’s chart-topping song “Shiny ...