By Paul Hampel 09.26.95 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Thanks to Donna Salsbury for this article. The last time I spoke with R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, he was sipping from a glass of champagne and saying the best thing about being in a self-supporting rock ‘n’ roll band was that he could play golf whenever he felt [...]
By Jessica Letkemann 09.23.95 Spin Magazine R.E.M. has dropped their week-and-a-half-old suit against the Hershey Foods Corporation because a third party has been found responsible for the unauthorized Kit Kat Candy Bar/R.E.M. promotion that sparked the suit. Just days after the band caught wind of an unauthorized radio contest that was billed as an R.E.M./Kit [...]
By Michael Small 09.22.95 Mademoiselle Thanks to Jackie for this article. As a host, Michael Stipe would make Miss Manners proud. In his dressing room before a Minneapolis concert, the lead singer of R.E.M. closes the door for more privacy, fetches me a glass of water without being asked and, while nibbling on tabbouleh, apologizes [...]