By the dawn of the Nineties, R.E.M. had become that rarest of musical breeds: a globally famous rock band with integrity to match. During the course of the previous decade they parlayed their success as relentlessly gigging college-radio darlings into something far bigger, selling out stadiums while
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: R.E.M.’s ‘Automatic for the People’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know