R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe has encouraged people ... and added that Meta have “come a long way”. Stipe has been politically outspoken since early on in his career, and recently performed at ...

With songs like “Drive” and “Everybody Hurts,” R.E.M. used delicate instrumentation to say something powerful. But on the follow-up, Monster, the Athens, Georgia, band chose to get loud. However, for ...