If you were to tell fans of R.E.M. in the 1980s or ’90s that one day the band’s music would be considered classic rock, they might have packed up their college radio stations and moved even further ...

The Athens, Georgia-born rock band R.E.M. changed the way many music fans thought about the possibilities of music. At a time when hair metal and party rock were all the rage, R.E.M. brought a ...

All four original members of R.E.M. performed together for the first time since 1997 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday night, with a rendition of their 1991 Grammy-winning ...

Although R.E.M. broke up a decade ago, the Athens, Georgia, band’s music endures thanks in no small part to the deluxe 25th anniversary reissues that arrive with each passing year. In late October, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

On August 24, 1982, R.E.M. released their debut EP, “Chronic Town.” Even today, it’s difficult to categorize the five-song release: Bookended by the ringing, yearning “Wolves, Lower” and the ...

R.E.M.’s most unstable album never quite arrives in any one sound for more than a track at a time. Born of a chaotic and stressful tour, it translated not only the energy of their shows but the ...

No, you aren’t having a flashback. On Friday, the last surviving member of The Monkees will release his EP of R.E.M. covers. And he’ll celebrate the occasion at Wuxtry Records in Athens, legendary for ...

A tribute concert in Savannah will celebrate the music of legendary Georgia band R.E.M. The show, "A Carnival of Sorts," features a lineup of Savannah musicians performing R.E.M. songs. An ...

Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Bill Berry attended the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP) "Writing ...