| Author: | David Buckley | ISBN: | 9781448132461 |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing | Publication: | May 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Virgin Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Buckley |
| ISBN: | 9781448132461 |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Publication: | May 31, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Virgin Digital |
| Language: | English |
R.E.M.'s public image has always been tightly controlled. Icons of anti-celebrity rock, who bacame huge celebrity rock stars, they were, according to the story, the first U.S. post new-wave band who were both commercially successful and cool. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Mike Mills, Peter Buck and other members of R.E.M.'s nuclear family, Fiction re-evaluates the music and career of a group who sold almost no records for the first half of their existence, then became 'the biggest rock group in the world' in the second half.
R.E.M.'s public image has always been tightly controlled. Icons of anti-celebrity rock, who bacame huge celebrity rock stars, they were, according to the story, the first U.S. post new-wave band who were both commercially successful and cool. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Mike Mills, Peter Buck and other members of R.E.M.'s nuclear family, Fiction re-evaluates the music and career of a group who sold almost no records for the first half of their existence, then became 'the biggest rock group in the world' in the second half.
