Some REM News
Monday, March 12, 2007
REM are to record their 14th studio album with Grammy-winning producer Jacknife Lee, the man behind recent LPs by Bloc Party and Snow Patrol. Singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills hope to release the follow-up to 2004's 'Around The Sun' before the end of the year.
Lee said of his new challenge: "REM are consistently one of the great bands, if not the greatest. The new songs they've written are some of their most exciting and visceral yet. They're a beacon for any band wishing to remain honest and challenging."
The band's original line-up - Stipe, Buck, Mills and original drummer Bill Berry, who quit in 1997 - will today (March 12) be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder in a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
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This is good news, new REM by the end of the year and their induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. I have always been a huge REM fan and personally love their last few records no matter what people say. I hope this record gets them back on the road since I could really use an REM show in the near future....
Posted by mardenhill 3/12/2007 10:30:00 AM
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