A comprehensive archive of R.E.M. articles from newspapers, magazines and online.

Archive for June, 1996

R.E.M.’s Former Manager Denies Allegations Of Sex Harassment

Friday, June 21st, 1996

By Chuck Philips 06.21.96 Los Angeles Times Why would a rock manager resign at the moment when his band was about to cash in on the most lucrative recording contract of its career? That was the question buzzing through the music industry last month when Jefferson Holt abruptly stepped down as manager of R.E.M., the [...]

Monsters Of Rock

Monday, June 17th, 1996

Review of It Crawled From The South: An R.E.M. Companion By Henry Knox 06.17.96 Spike Magazine This is the second edition of Marcus Gray’s definitive encyclopaedic guide to R.E.M., one of the few intelligent bands capable of regularly packing stadiums. Conceived as a comprehensive reference source for the diehard R.E.M. fan rather than the usual [...]