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Oh, boy...where to start with the storied history of the musical band known as R.E.M.? Let's go back to 1979, to the town of Athens, Ga. Michael Stipe, ...

Isn’t it great when crazy ideas turn out to be the best ideas? Juliana Hatfield wasn’t the first artist to think, “Hey, I’m going to make an album of covers of just one artist!” Most of those plans fade with the hangover in the morning. Hatfield however stuck to it and has done it three times now.

Undergoing personnel changes and toying with new technology, the band changed gears in 1998, adopting an atmospheric sound that left both longtime fans and recent converts scratching their heads.

R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills looks back on 'Up,' his possible debut solo record, and why the band will never reunite.

Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad talks about the new revelations in his greatly expanded book 'The Amplified Come As You Are'