R.E.M. Fiction: An Alternative Biography
by David Buckley
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When asked why the band had never sanctioned an official biography, Peter Buck of R.E.M. commented: I think we should hire someone who's a good fiction writer and get them to make it all up. That'd be good. The four musketeers of rock - Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Peter Buck - have been praised by the music press as one of the most important and popular rock bands since the 1970s. R.E.M. achieved commercial success in the 90s, reputedly selling over 25 million copies of just show more two albums, Out of Time and Automatic for the People. The band's public image has always been tightly controlled: seen as icons of anti-celebrity rock who became huge celebrity rock stars, they were, according to the story, the first US post-new-wave band who were both big and cool. But is this story fact or fiction? Is the received version of events, as constructed by the music press, a credible version of R.E.M.'s career and of how music is made in the post-punk era? show lessTags
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- 782.421660922 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal Music, Singing Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Rock songs modified standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography Collected biography
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