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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. 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.
About the Author
Peter Ames Carlin is a journalist, critic and author. Previously a senior writer at People magazine and a TV critic for The Oregonian newspaper, his work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Times (UK) , Men's Journal and the British music magazine, The Word.
He is the author of HOMEWARD BOUND: THE LIFE OF PAUL SIMON (Henry Holt, 2012) BRUCE (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, November 2012) , PAUL McCARTNEY: A LIFE (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, November, 2009) and CATCH A WAVE: THE RISE, FALL AND REDEMPTION OF THE BEACH BOYS' BRIAN WILSON (Rodale, 2006) .
Carlin lives in Portland, Ore. with his wife and three children.
