R.E.M.

...people the controls misfire naturally, but in others medication or alcohol can be the trigger. Peter Buck, guitarist with the US rock band REM, successfully used the defence of non-insane automatism when he was acquitted of attacking airline...

In this article: Defendant, Automatism, Peter Buck, REM, London, and US

...and Deal turning the sound of heavy breathing into a commentary on sex, or the lack of it. The music moved from the jingle-jangle nod to R.E.M. on "Here Comes Your Man" to the tribal thump of "Dead," the vaudevillian dread of "Mr. Grieves"...

In this article: Pixies, Aragon, Black Francis, Doolittle, Nirvana, Here Comes Your Man, God, Crackity Jones, and Dementia

To help achieve that effect, they've drafted in a session crew that includes drummers James Gadson (Bill Withers, Al Green) and Joey Waronker (REM) and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash); but the dominant...

In this article: Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Dog, Man of the Hour, Johnny Cash, Mule Variations, Blue Note, Marc Ribot, and Not Too Late

Although Stipe does not speak in either of the videos, fans are able to hear snippets of music the band are working on. In other news, REM finished screening their "un-concert" documentary, "This Is Not A Show: Live At The Olympia In...

In this article: REM, Michael Stipe, Dublin, Accelerate, Minneapolis, and US

...skills are improving! Michael Stipe makes me feel better with these brief, wobbly clips he posted from the recording studio, where R.E.M. is working on its new record with producer Jacknife Lee. Lee produced last year's Accelerate. Stipe...

In this article: Michael Stipe, Halloween, USA Today, Accelerate, and Austin

...Modest Mouse, and Tom Waits, among others-helped Norah put together a group of musicians, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc...

In this article: Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Okkervil River, Producer, Man of the Hour, Will Sheff, Joe Strummer, Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello, and Marc Ribot

...by Ben Kaplan Three years after Vic Chesnutt broke his neck in a drunk-driving accident, he was discovered onstage in Athens, Ga., by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. Playing a guitar held around his neck by a shoe string, Chesnutt's country-tinged...

In this article: Vic Chesnutt, Toronto, Fugazi, Michael Stipe, Snoop Dogg, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Madonna

...implications for the industry: "It is beyond worrying, it is a veritable crisis," he said. "Where are these career artists, the likes of REM, Coldplay, U2, going to come from in the future? "I don't think we are seeing the swan song of the...

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...new song ideas for the album that would become Accelerate. As an olive branch for playing rough ideas of songs the audience wouldn't know, R.E.M. dug deep into their back catalog and dusted off rarities and fan favorites. Olympia is a aural...

In this article: Olympia, DVD, Dublin, The One I Love, Man on the Moon, Losing My Religion, Stand, Accelerate, and Michael Stipe

REM's Michael Stipe is backing the campaign Rock bands including Pearl Jam and REM have joined a coalition of musicians to support the US president's efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. The National Campaign to Close Guantanamo,...

In this article: REM, Guantanamo, Detainee, CIA, National Security Archive, Freedom of Information Act, and New York University