It was at university that Michael Stipe met Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry, with whom he founded R.E.M. in 1980. The four friends chose the name after a few months of reflection ...

Every generation has their “our childhood heroes are how old now?” moment — jaws surely dropped when Rita Hayworth turned 65, which is the precise age she became soon after Stipe’s band, R.E.M., ...

With songs like “Drive” and “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M. used delicate instrumentation to say something powerful. But on the follow-up, Monster, the Athens, Georgia, band chose to get loud. However, for ...

Steve Lamacq interviews Michael Stipe and Peter Buck of REMSteve Lamacq interviews Michael Stipe and Peter Buck of REM ...