R.E.M. celebrates 25 years of ‘Reveal’ with previously unreleased live performance

By the time R.E.M. released Reveal in May of 2001, the alternative rock pioneers had already spent two decades in mainstream music spotlight. They’d gone from college radio darlings in Athens, Georgia to international superstars, surviving the grunge explosion, the rise of CDs, and immense bubblegum pop competition. But, after losing founding drummer Bill Berry […]

R.E.M. celebrates 25 years of ‘Up’ with deluxe album re-release

1998… oh, what a year in music. While bubblegum pop ramps up for the teeny-boppers, alt rock is at an all-time high on the airwaves, dominating the Top 40 for the most part. Among the heavy-hitters of the genre, really titans of the entire rock industry, was R.E.M. — a band that need no introduction. […]