By Patrick MacDonald 09.03.99 Seattle Times Cancel the obit. Far from being moribund, R.E.M. came crashing back to life last night at a packed Memorial Stadium, triumphantly reclaiming its position as one of the great American rock bands. The departure two years ago of drummer Bill Berry, who grew tired of touring, the disappointing sales [...]
By Dan Aquilante 09.03.99 New York Post R.E.M. has been one of the most influential forces in music since the band’s inception in the early 1980s. These framers of what would become known as new Southern rock combined ringing guitars, powerful rhythms and cryptic lyrics by singer Michael Stipe, and parlayed their popularity into an [...]
By Tom Doyle 09.02.99 Q Magazine Lisbon, Friday morning, 5 am. A metallic grey people carrier glides a touch erratically, as is the continental way – through deserted streets, transporting a lightly pickled Michael Stipe, navy beanie hat pulled tight over his cranium, from aftershow party to The Four Seasons hotel, where his bed is [...]