R.E.M. Calling It Quits
Posted: Sep 21, 2011R.E.M. Breaks Up
A quick news reel...Today the Athens, Georgia, band R.E.M. called it quits. Here's a report from The Washington Post:
R.E.M. breaks up
By David Malitz
R.E.M. calls it a day after more than three decades together. R.E.M., one of the great American rock bands of the last 30 years, announced it is breaking up.
A statement on the band’s Web site reads: “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.”
The Athens, Ga.-bred band — vocalist Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and, until 1997 drummer Bill Berry — became underground and college radio favorites in the 1980s on the strength of classic albums such as “Murmur,” “Reckoning” and “Document.” The ’90s saw them transition to chart-topping superstars thanks to hits such as “Losing My Religion” and “Everybody Hurts.” Even as their popularity declined, the band regularly released new material over the past decade, including its 15th album, “Collapse Into Now,” earlier this year.
The band had a great run...
James Calemine
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