R.E.M. took aim at the airwaves on "Radio Song" in 1991. And they received from help from a rap firebrand to do it.

That jump into the next decade can trip up a band. R.E.M. had made it through the ‘80s pretty much unscathed, critics fawning over each new release while the public slowly caught up and made the ...

A week of welcome R.E.M. reunions — which began with their first interview together in nearly 30 years and followed by a surprise performance at the Songwriters Hall of Fame — continued Saturday with ...

R.E.M. already had five albums under their belt before major labels came calling. In their eight years together prior to signing with Warner Bros. and recording 1988’s Green, the Athens, Georgia, ...

All four original members of R.E.M. performed together for the first time since 1997 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday night, with a rendition of their 1991 Grammy-winning ...

What was R.E.M.? It depends on who you are. Outside of U2, the Athens, Ga., quartet was the biggest rock band on the planet in the 1990s. But for those who followed its early career as America’s most ...