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 ...

"What a ride it has been," frontman Michael Stipe said at the ceremony, which featured his band's first performance in 17 years L. Busacca/Getty Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Bill Berry and Mike Mills of ...

It's been 15 years since R.E.M. performed live, and 13 since the band broke up. "The thing that makes a band a band is the chemistry that occurs between the three or four people when they're standing ...

The band is upset that their classic song was used during the network's coverage of the Democratic National Convention. By Jordan Zakarin R.E.M. Michael Stipe Amsterdam - H 2011 Michael Stipe is ...

When R.E.M. began working on their 1991 album Out of Time, guitarist Peter Buck started learning how to play the mandolin and fell into a riff and then a chorus. With a tape recorder running, Buck’s ...

Here’s something that could stop a man from losing his religion: R.E.M. reunited for the first time in over 15 years. The highly influential alternative-rock band performed an acoustic “Losing My ...

In 1992, the American alternative rock band R.E.M. won two Grammy Awards for its song “Losing My Religion.” The band explained that they wrote the song about unrequited love. But perhaps it captured ...