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

Archive for September, 1987

The Back Door Of Success

Tuesday, September 22nd, 1987

By Robert Santelli
09.22.87
Modern Drummer
Thanks to Rebecca Lewis for providing this article.
You have to admire Bill Berry’s outlook on drums, rock’n’roll, and life in general. Here he sits in the rear of R.E.M.’s classy tour bus a few hours before he and the rest of the band will take the stage at Rutgers University in New [...]

The Secret File Of R.E.M.

Saturday, September 12th, 1987

By Roy Wilkinson
09.12.87
Sounds Magazine
Ronald Wilson Reagan, fortieth president of the United States of America and first stand up comedian of the apocalypse, has scored many notable achievements.
He’s slept with a monkey, castigated tree for polluting the atmosphere, become a role model for zombies everywhere and now, perhaps most notably of all, he’s got R.E.M.’s Michael [...]