R.E.M: The Greatest Band of the 1980s

There’s been a few – well – murmurs about R.E.M lately, and Michael Stipe making the noise that he’s ready to make music again. R.E.M’s career was near-perfect really. I honestly believe that. They only made one dud album. A couple that were maybe not necessary; someone could have called their bumper-boat in 2-3 years earlier, five years even. There wer…