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REM circa 1988, studio portrait
The story of the Orange Crush, R.E.M.'s anti-war commentary disguised as a four-minute pop song

By Rob Hughes Published

R.E.M. countered accusations of selling out to a major by using their commercial clout to promote their political activism

Interviews
Michael Stipe, Billy Corgan, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Pavement and The Breeders
"War On Drugs, suck my ****": Six classic indie diss tracks you never knew about

By Niall Doherty Published

The genre is way behind pop and hip hop when it comes to diss tracks but here's six cuts that prove indie is not immune to a bit of sonic argy-bargy when the need arises

Bands & Artists
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy backstage
"It just sort of happened": Meet the men who prompted R.E.M. to reunite

By Rob Hughes Published

Actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy are currently on the road celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction

Bands & Artists
Sleeves from some of the best seventh records ever
I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind... allow me to introduce the magnificent seven

By Niall Doherty Published

Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven...

Albums
REM posing for a photograph in 1987
How distortion, chaos and a world gone mad shaped R.E.M.’s game-changing album Document album

By Marcus Gray Published

On 1987’s Document album, ‘the thinking person’s rock band’ ditched the jangling guitars for distortion, power chords and arena rock singles

Albums
R.E.M. in 1983
R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on having Lemmy and Phil Lynott in the crowd at the band’s first ever UK gig

By Niall Doherty Published

The Athens, Georgia quartet made their British bow in Camden, with Lemmy and Phil Lynott there to witness it

Bands & Artists
R.E.M. in 2008
Michael Stipe on the day that R.E.M. announced their split, and what he's learned about the band since

By Niall Doherty Published

The R.E.M. frontman has had a lot of time to reflect on his band's work in the years since and here's what he thinks

Interviews
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Michael Stipe on the making of What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? and the crazy tale behind its title

By Niall Doherty Published

The lead single from Monster is about to turn 30 - and its title has got a crazy back story

Tracks & Singles
A montage of sections of cover art from albums that should be shorter
10 classic albums that would be better if they were shorter

By Johnny Sharp Published

Making great records greater, one edit at a time

Albums
Radiohead and R.E.M
Radiohead's Philip Selway on what the band learned from touring with R.E.M.

By Niall Doherty Published

The two groups toured together in 1995 and it was a valuable lesson for the Oxford band

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