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Summary:

"In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance at a college party in Athens, Georgia. Within a few short years, they had taken over the world - with smash records like Out of Time, Automatic for the People, Monster and Green. Raw, outrageous, and expressive, R.E.M.'s distinctive musical flair was unmatched, and a string of mega-successes solidified them as generational spokesmen. In the tumultuous transition between the wide-open 80s and the anxiety of the early 90s, R.E.M. challenged the corporate and social order, chasing a vision and cultivating a magnetic, transgressive sound. In this rich, intimate biography, critically acclaimed author Peter Ames Carlin looks beyond the sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to open a window into the fascinating lives of four college friends - Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry - who stuck together at any cost, until the end. Deeply descriptive and remarkably poetic, steeped in 80s and 90s nostalgia, The Name of This Band is R.E.M. paints a cultural history of the commercial peak and near-total collapse of a great music era, and the story of the generation that came of age at the apotheosis of rock."-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Carlin, Peter Ames , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The name of this band is R.E.M.: a biography [by Carlin, P.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Name of this band is R.E.M. [by Carlin, P.A.] (First edition; New York : Doubleday, 2024 — ISBN 9780385546973; LCCN 2023058686)

Subjects:

R.E.M. (Musical group)

Rock musicians — United States — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-428) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

ML421.R22 C37 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780385546973 (electronic bk.)
0385546971 (electronic bk.)
9780385546942 [Invalid]
0385546947 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1477722044

Other Control Numbers:

3792894 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306722857