https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG8MpHbLIK8
The mark the 25th anniversary re-release of R.E.M.'s 'Monster', Michael Stipe and Mike Mills talk to NME about the making of the record, the bittersweet tour

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50206491
The optimism that I felt there is unparalleled. The 25th Anniversary box set of Monster is released on Friday, 1 November. Follow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/r-e-m/rem-monster-reissue-feature
In a sense, we can look at Monster as a first cousin to U2's career-redefining Achtung Baby and its zanier younger sibling Zooropa with one key distinction: R.E.M. conceived of Monster as a way

https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/rem-interview-michael-stipe-mike-mills-monster-reissue.html
Michael Stipe and Mike Mills reflect on. Monster. at 25, the real Kurt Cobain, and Billie Eilish's impact. R.E.M. broke boundaries, first as an upstart '80s indie-rock band equally indebted to

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/behind-the-albums/r-e-m-monster-album/
With their 'Monster' album, R.E.M. got back to making what guitarist Peter Buck described as a "real noisy rock'n'roll record". Up to this stage of their career, the versatile quartet

https://www.salon.com/2019/11/01/r-e-m-monster-album-25th-anniversary/
R.E.M.'s "Monster" and the legacy of an unsung melancholic masterpiece After 25 years, the follow-up to "Automatic for the People" still holds a complex, elusive emotional timbre

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/r-e-m-monster-deluxe-reissue/
Throughout the course of their career together—an immense legacy which approaches a 40-year tenure in 2020—R.E.M. released a total of 15 studio albums, won three Grammy Awards and were

https://uproxx.com/indie/rem-monster-alternative-rock-25th-anniversary-boxed-set/
The road to Monster goes back to the start of 1993, when R.E.M. held a band summit in which they mapped out their next few years.The centerpiece was a massive world tour of sheds and stadiums

https://www.whathifi.com/news/rem-monster-25th-anniversary-reissue-can-you-hear-the-difference
Whatever frequency was back in 1994, times have changed. R.E.M. quite rightly wants you to hear the difference, too. Ahead of the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of the band's iconic album Monster, R.E.M. has launched an interactive web experience which allows fans to toggle between the 2019 remixed album and the remastered 1994 original.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rem-rem-at-the-bbc/
2018. By bouncing among eras and albums, this enormous box set of sessions and broadcasts offers an elliptical, revisionist portrait of a band whose legacy is largely undecided. Nearly a decade

https://albumism.com/features/rem-monster
Happy 25th Anniversary to R.E.M.'s ninth studio album Monster, originally released September 27, 1994.. Mike Watt, the beloved bassist/force-of-nature behind the indie bands Minutemen and fIREHOSE, among others, once commented that as bands, like R.E.M., got bigger, they had to slow down their songs, since fast songs just bounced around large venues like popcorn kernels in a hot pan.

https://immersiveaudioalbum.com/r-e-m-monster-review-of-the-25th-anniversary-5-1-mix/
An anniversary is more than a good enough reason to re-release an album, and 25 years on from iconic indie-rock collage Monster, we have been blessed with a special edition featuring a surround sound mix.. Monster has been an album people have historically struggled to get their heads around. In 1992, Automatic for the People had propelled the Seattle rockers well and truly into the mainstream.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x87q4vo
Watch R.E.M. looking back on their legacy and 25 years of 'Monster' - NME on Dailymotion. ... R.E.M. looking back on their legacy and 25 years of 'Monster' NME. Follow Like Favourite Share. Add to playlist. Report. 2 years ago. Recommended. 3:05. I. Up next. The Queen & Prince Philip: Looking back at their relationship over the years. National

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/r-e-m-monster-25th-anniversary-2019.788169/page-62
Amazon.com Customer Service Monster [5 CD/Blu-ray] Price on order date: $79.98 Price charged at shipping: $50.80 Lowest price before release date: $50.80 Quantity: 1 Total Savings: $29.18 Kate_C. , Nov 2, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_(R.E.M._album)
Monster is the ninth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on September 27, 1994, by Warner Bros. Records.It was produced by the band and Scott Litt and recorded at four studios. The album was an intentional shift from the style of their previous two albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), by introducing loud, distorted guitar tones and simple lyrics.

https://www.newsweek.com/rem-automatic-people-michael-stipe-reissue-678769
The loss of Cobain—as well as Stipe's friend River Phoenix—set the tone for Monster, another R.E.M. album steeped in grief and pain but furious in tone. R.E.M. took its own advice: Hang on

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2023-11-07/r-e-m-celebrates-a-very-radical-departure-25-years-ago-with-their-album-up
Matt Licari. This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, from R.E.M. posing for a portrait in New York. Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M. released "Up," the band's 11th album.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-06-13/rem-reunites-first-interview-songwriters-hall-of-fame
It's an honor that R.E.M. discussed earlier in their first interview in 30 years. "We lived or died on the strength of our songs," guitarist Peter Buck said on "CBS Mornings." ×

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/r-e-m-monster-25th-anniversary-2019.788169/page-65
Monster was about where I lost R.E.M. until Reveal so this is a great excuse to revisit the post AFTP era. Looking forward to cracking open the set and enjoying both mixes via some headphone time. ... Location: O-H-I-O. segue said: ↑. R.E.M. looking back on their legacy and 25 years of "Monster" on NME TV .

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/r-e-m-mike-mills-up-no-reunion-1234867325/
R.E.M.'s Mike Mills Looks Back on 'Up': 'There Were Some Very Dark Times'. The bassist admits they nearly broke up when drummer Bill Berry left, and explains why you're never going to

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/rem-losing-my-religion-out-of-time-album-124296/
November 21, 2016. R.E.M. look back on how they rejected tradition and made their watershed 'Out of Time' album, which featured the hit, "Losing My Religion." Frank Ockenfels III*. When R.E.M

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew-trendell-369b5746_rem-looking-back-on-their-legacy-and-25-activity-7206935712414187521-UX-6
Loved catching up with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills a few years back about their classic 'Monster', friends lost, and who'd win in a fight between Stipe and Thom Yorke.

https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/rem-up-1998-retrospective-25-anniversary
25 Years Ago, The Original Alt-Rock Band Rebooted With A Forgotten, Misunderstood Album. Let's get into the highs and lows of Up. We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Twenty-five years ago, on October 26, 1998, R.E.M. released Up, their first record without founding member Bill Berry.

https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/m3kzyr/rems_out_of_time_turns_30_a_look_back_at_the/
The article talks about what their legacy would have been had they ended before making Out of Time, which reminds me of a coffee table book about R.E.M. that I read that was written after Out of Time blew up but before Automatic For the People came out (by some guy from Spin). It was interesting to see R.E.M. from that perspective.