By David Cavanagh
11.27.98
Q Magazine
Bill Berry has left and R.E.M. are different, yet somehow the same. Welcome, then, Stipe, Buck, Mills, a drum machine, a new album and an invisible fourth member, Mr. Eerie Ambience. “It’ll be really druggy, really great,” they promise David Cavanagh.
Messrs J. Michael Stipe, Mike E. Mills and William T. Berry (three [...]
By Bill Forman
11.27.98
Pulse Magazine
“It’s ‘Heaven’,” says Michael Stipe with a wry grin as he contemplates the label on a designer scented candle. Returning the sacred object to the hotel coffee table, the R.E.M. frontman lights his cigarette, then sets “Heaven” ablaze.
“The record was–as records are–difficult to make,” says Stipe, his voice floating above the murmur [...]
By Gianni Sibilla
11.19.98
Sonicnet
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe is known for his flashy, style-conscious wardrobe and giddy demeanor onstage, so it comes as little surprise that he would executive-produce “Velvet Goldmine,” a film about the over-the-top era of ’70s glam-rock.
For him, in fact, it was a natural progression artistically, he said.
“The movie was about glam-rock, which influenced [...]
By Darrin Keene
11.13.98
Windsor Star
4.5 out of 5 stars
From college-rock critic’s darlings to arena-packing superstars, R.E.M. have now come full circle. After a decade spent building a massive fan base on the Warner label, they have parted ways with producer Scott Litt and drummer Bill Berry and rekindled their experimental edge.
This is not to say that [...]