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REM calls it a day
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You know thinking back on it, the last few interviews I read and watched with Michael Stipe, he really didint seem all that interested in making music anymore.
Was bummed reading about this. At least they did it tastefully. Will miss some good Mike Mills bass lines.
I am 31, R.E.M. has literally been a band as long as I've been alive, but honestly I haven't heard anything out of them in the past 6-7 years, I would have figured it was over anyway.
Sad to hear this news. Automatic for the People and Green were some of my all time favorite albums. Despite the fact that they kinda fizzled out, I will still miss them. They put on a great show too.
REM is a great band. I have loved their music ever since I saw them play at the 40 Watt in Athens years ago. Automatic for the People is by far one of my all time favorite albums.
I am sure that they are all going off to pursue their individual projects and in a few years they will come back together along with Bill Berry and do an big reunion tour.
I am sure that they are all going off to pursue their individual projects and in a few years they will come back together along with Bill Berry and do an big reunion tour.
They broke up so Michael Stipe could pursue his Hollywood dreams...he'll be playing Skeletor in the new Masters of the Universe movie. j/k. I haven't cared for them since the early/mid-90s. However, I can relate to someone never having seen one of their favorite (if not favorite) bands live. For me, it would be the Afghan Whigs. Huge fan since first hearing them in High School. So, I'm sorry that you didn't get a chance to see them, but as mentioned by others above, you'll probably get lucky and catch them in a few years when they get back together for some reason or another.
They had some music that I thought was OK but I honestly wasn't really a fan. I don't turn the dial if it comes on the radio but I also never bought an album or downloaded a track. I'm not knocking their music or musicianship. It just never appealed to me.
This is news because they had a resurgence over the last five years or so - two or three new albums came out and did OK, got attention in the press again, etc. if this had been announced 5-10 years ago, no one would have noticed as they were in a slump. So it's weird timing for a breakup.
I'm not shedding any tears. It's one of those bands I respected, they had a few songs I knew and liked, but I was never any big REM fan.
I'm not shedding any tears. It's one of those bands I respected, they had a few songs I knew and liked, but I was never any big REM fan.
I wonder if Peter Buck is going to go back to getting drunk on airplanes, damaging British Airways cutlery, and yelling "I AM R.E.M.!"
Peter Buck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Buck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
