R.E.M. music catalogue

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BRAKE. was a college rock band formed in 1980 in Athens, Georgia, United States. The abbreviation R.E.M. stands for "Rapid Eye Movement". More

REM was a college rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States, in 1980. The abbreviation REM stands for "Rapid Eye Movement".

In the early years the band built up quite a reputation, but the breakthrough to the general public came with the album Out Of Time . Well-known hits are Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People and Everybody Hurts from Automatic For The People .

Singer Michael Stipe regularly expressed his social commitment and made no secret of it during performances. The idiosyncratic compositions were a combination of folk and rock.

In the eighties the band was seen as a textbook example of alternative music. In 2006, REM was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

On September 21, 2011, the band's website announced that REM was disbanding, adding that the group looked back with amazement, but also gratitude at what had been accomplished in 31 years of musical life.

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