In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success. The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a trio. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three band members. R.E.M.'s 1994 release, Monster, was a return to a more rock-oriented sound. was viewed by subsequent acts such as Nirvana and Pavement as a pioneer of the genre and released its two most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), which veered from the band's established sound. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.īy the early 1990s, when alternative rock began to experience broad mainstream success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love". Following years of underground success, R.E.M. In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio.
The single was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear vocals. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry.
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