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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. : A Biography

Name: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. : A Biography
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ISBN: 9782023058688

Peter Ames Carlin

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An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation—and reasserted the power of rock and roll "[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and tenor of a cultural moment...is here on brilliant display." —Michael Chabon 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...

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

2023058686

ISBN 13:

9782023058688