I REM si sciolgono: losing my religion

Non c'è più religione: i REM si sciolgono. Il gruppo si è formato nel lontano 1980 ad Athens, in Georgia, e la rock (rock?) band ha vinto tre Grammy awards nel 1992, ha venduto tonnellate di dischi e cd, con milioni di download e P2P.
Queste le parole del post sul sito dei REM:
"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening." R.E.M.

In their own words: The guys share their thoughts on why now.

MIKE
"During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now and putting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started asking ourselves, 'what next'? Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realized that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together...
SEGUE Sul sito trovate anche video e sing a song (anzi: sigh a song!).
Tra i successi:
- 'Radio Free Europe' (Murmur, 1991)
- 'Fall on Me' (Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986)
- 'The One I Love' (Document, 1987)
- 'Orange Crush' (Green, 1988)
- 'Losing my Religion' (Out of Time, 1991)
- 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' (Automatic for the People, 1992)
- 'Bittersweet Me' (New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996)
- 'Supernatural Superserious' (Accelerate, 2008)