Everyone who remembers 1991, no matter how old they were then or are now, undoubtedly has a visceral connection to R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion.” Maybe this is news to the Kids Of Today, and that’s ...
The forthcoming 25th anniversary edition of R.E.M.‘s Out of Time album devotes an entire disc to demo tracks. After unveiling an acoustic version of “Radio Song” last month, the band made a previously ...
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 ...
“You do something, it becomes a part of your DNA,” says Stipe. “We worked so hard and so long on those songs and the lyrics and figuring out the melodies and then figuring out how everything’s going ...
Hootie and the Blowfish have released a cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” available to stream and purchase exclusively on Amazon Music. “When we were cutting our teeth as a band, almost every ...
Michael Stipe described the audience response to the landmark R.E.M. song “Losing My Religion” as the “most powerful feeling” of his life. The band didn’t tour for four years after the single – from ...
MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 21: R.E.M. attends a photocall to present new album "In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003" October 21, 2003 at Hesperia Hotel in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty ...
The iconic music video for R.E.M.’s 1991 hit “Losing My Religion” has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube — one of only about a dozen songs from the decade to hit the milestone. The alternative ...
Censorship is a story old as time and one that will surely continue to outlive all of us. It is a shame, but it’s one of the many inevitable parts of our world’s culture. That being said, there have ...