R.E.M. – Crush With Eyeliner music video 4.4M 2009

R.E.M.Crush With Eyeliner

Directed by Spike Jonze

Crush With Eyeliner by R.E.M. is a glam-infused alternative rock track. The video features Japanese youth in surreal Tokyo settings acting out the song’s swagger,…

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R.E.M., alternative rock band from Athens, USA
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Active 1980–2011 · Athens, USA · alternative rock, college rock · I.R.S. Records

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts such as Nirvana, the Pixies, and Pavement named R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left in… via Wikipedia

Band Members: Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry, Bertis Downs IV, Jefferson Holt

Awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Georgia Music Hall of Fame; Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for “Losing My Religion”

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Discography

R.E.M.’s studio albums / EPs · 15

R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (2011) album cover Collapse Into Now 2011
R.E.M. – Accelerate (2008) album cover Accelerate 2008
R.E.M. – Around the Sun (2004) album cover Around the Sun 2004
R.E.M. – Reveal (2001) album cover Reveal 2001
R.E.M. – Up (1998) album cover Up 1998
R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi‐Fi (1996) album cover New Adventures in Hi‐Fi 1996
R.E.M. – Monster (1994) album cover Monster 1994
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People (1992) album cover Automatic for the People 1992
R.E.M. – Out of Time (1991) album cover Out of Time 1991
R.E.M. – Green (1988) album cover Green 1988
R.E.M. – Document (1987) album cover Document 1987
R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (1986) album cover Lifes Rich Pageant 1986
R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) album cover Fables of the Reconstruction 1985
R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) album cover Reckoning 1984
R.E.M. – Murmur (1983) album cover Murmur 1983

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Artists who shaped R.E.M.’s sound

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