Description: 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 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 or Book and Mortar Record Store The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography -- Peter Ames Carlin 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 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. Author: Peter Ames Carlin Publisher: Doubleday Books Published: 11/05/2024 Pages: 464 Binding Type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780385546942 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/15/2024 About the Author Peter Ames Carlin is the author of several books, including Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, published in 2021, and Bruce, the biography of Bruce Springsteen published in 2012. Carlin has also been a freelance journalist, a senior writer at People in New York City, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian in Portland. A regular speaker on music, writing, and popular culture, Carlin lives in Seattle.
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Label: Doubleday
Artist: Carlin, Peter Ames
Album: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
Book Title: Name of this Band Is R. E. M. : a Biography
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 1.4 in
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 25.5 Oz
Author: Peter Ames Carlin
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover