ʻO ka hui ma lalo o ka inoa nui ʻo REM i hōʻailona i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ka post-punk e lilo i pōhaku ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻomaka kā lākou mele Radio Free Europe (1981) i ka neʻe mau ʻana o ka ʻAmelika ma lalo o ka honua.
ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o nā pūʻulu hardcore a me nā punk ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā makahiki 1980, ʻo ia ka hui R.E.M. i hāʻawi i ka lua makani i ka indie pop subgenre.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā riffs guitar a me nā mele hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia, kani ka pahu i kēia manawa, akā i ka manawa like he kumu kuʻuna.
ʻAʻole i hana nā mea hoʻokani pila i nā mea hou aʻe, akā hoʻokahi a me ke kumu. ʻO ia ke kī i ko lākou holomua.
I ka makahiki 1980, hana luhi ka hui, hoʻokuʻu i nā moʻolelo hou i kēlā me kēia makahiki a me ka huakaʻi mau. ʻAʻole i hana ka hui ma nā kahua nui wale nō, akā i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a me nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi.
Nā Makuahine o nā Pop Pop
Ma ka like, ua hoʻoikaika nā mea hoʻokani pila i kā lākou mau hoa hana. Mai nā hui pop jangle o ka waena o 1980s a i nā hui pop ʻē aʻe o nā makahiki 1990.
Ua lawe ka hui i kekahi mau makahiki a hiki i ka piko o nā pakuhi. Ua loaʻa iā lākou ko lākou kūlana hoʻomana me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā lākou EP Chronic Town mua ma 1982. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka album ma ke kani o nā mele a me ka pōhaku. Ua lilo kēia hui i ke kani "hōʻailona" o ka hui, a no nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana ua hana pololei nā mea hoʻokani me kēia mau ʻano, e hoʻonui ana i kā lākou repertoire me nā hana hou.
Ma ke ala, kokoke i ka hana a ka hui i mahalo nui ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻohewa. Ma ka hopena o nā makahiki 1980, ua nui ka nui o nā mea pā, kahi i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka kūʻai maikaʻi ʻana o ka hui. ʻAʻole naʻe i hoʻololi iki ka leo i ka hui, a i ka makahiki 1987 ua "haʻi" ʻo ia i nā papa kiʻi Top Ten me ka album Document a me ka mea hoʻokahi The One I Love.
Ua lohi akā ua lilo ʻo REM i kekahi o nā pūʻulu i ʻimi nui ʻia ma ka honua. Eia nō naʻe, ma hope o ka huakaʻi holo honua holoʻokoʻa e kākoʻo iā Green (1988), ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou hana no 6 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻi ka poʻe mele i ke keʻena hoʻopaʻa leo. Ua haku ʻia nā album kaulana loa Out of Time (1991) a me Automatic for the People (1992).
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ka huakaʻi me ka huakaʻi Monster ma 1995. Ua ʻike ka poʻe hoʻohewa a me nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻē aʻe i ka hui ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūpuna o kahi neʻe pōhaku ʻē aʻe e ulu nei.
ʻŌpio mele
ʻOiai ʻo ka moʻolelo o ka hana ʻana o ka hui i hoʻomaka ma Athens (Georgia) i ka makahiki 1980, ʻo Mike Mills lāua ʻo Bill Berry wale nō nā poʻe hema o ka hui. Ua hele lāua ʻelua i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma Macon, e pāʻani ana i kekahi mau hui i ka wā ʻōpio.
ʻO Michael Stipe (hānau ʻia ʻo Ianuali 4, 1960) he keiki pūʻali koa, e hele ana ma ka ʻāina mai ka wā kamaliʻi. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka pōhaku punk i kona wā ʻōpio ma o Patti Smith, nā hui ʻo Television and Wire, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i nā hui uhi ma St.
Ma ka makahiki 1978, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ka hana kiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Georgia ma Athens, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hele i ka hale kūʻai palapala Wuxtry.
ʻO Peter Buck (hānau ʻia ʻo Dekemaba 6, 1956), he kamaʻāina Kaleponi, he kākau ʻōlelo ma ka hale kūʻai like ʻo Wuxtry. He kanaka hōʻiliʻili mele ʻo Buck, e ʻai ana i nā mea a pau mai ka pōhaku kahiko a i ka punk a i ka jazz. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i ka hoʻokani pila.
Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana he like ko lāua ʻono, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Buck lāua ʻo Stipe e hana pū, a hui pū me Berry lāua ʻo Mills ma o kahi hoaaloha. I ʻApelila 1980, ua hui ka hui e hoʻolei i kahi pāʻina no kā lākou hoaaloha. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa lākou i kahi halepule Episcopal i kūkulu hou ʻia. I kēlā manawa, ua loaʻa i nā mea hoʻokani pila i kā lākou repertoire he mau mele psychedelic kaʻa a uhi i nā mana o nā mele punk kaulana. I kēlā manawa, e hoʻokani ana ka hui ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Twisted Kites.
Ma ke kauwela, koho ka poʻe mele i ka inoa REM i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i kēia huaʻōlelo ma ka puke wehewehe. Ua hui pū lāua me Jefferson Holt, ko lāua luna. Ua ʻike ʻo Holt i ka hoʻokani pila ma North Carolina.
He kūleʻa maikaʻi loa nā hoʻopaʻa mele mua
No ka makahiki a me ka hapa e hiki mai ana, ua kaapuni ka REM ma ka hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hoʻokani ʻia nā uhi pōhaku hale kaʻa a me nā mele mele. I ke kauwela o 1981, ua hoʻopaʻa nā kāne i kā lākou mele mua no ka Radio Free Europe ma Drive Mit Easter Studios. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mea hoʻokahi, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka inoa indie local Hib-Tone, ma 1 kope wale nō. ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia mau hoʻopaʻa leo i pau i nā lima ʻākau.
Ua hōʻike ka poʻe i ko lākou mahalo i ka hui hou. Ua lilo koke ka mea hoʻokahi i mea kaulana. Ma luna o ka papa inoa o Best Independent Singles ("Best Independent Singles").
Ua huki pū ka mele i ka manaʻo o nā lepili kūʻokoʻa nui, a ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki 1982 ua kau inoa ka hui i kahi ʻaelike me ka lepili IRS. I ka pūnāwai, ua hoʻokuʻu ka lepili i ka EP Chronic Town.
E like me ka mea hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Chronic Town, e wehe ana i ke ala no ka album mua piha o Murmur (1983).
He ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa ʻo Murmur mai Chronic Town ma muli o kona ʻano ʻoluʻolu, ʻoluʻolu ʻole, no laila ua hoʻokō ʻia kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka puna me nā loiloi aloha.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Rolling Stone magazine i ka album maikaʻi loa o 1983. Ua "lele" ka hui iā Michael Jackson me ke mele Thriller a me The Police me ke mele Synchronicity. Ua komo pū ʻo Murmur i ka pakuhi US Top 40.
REM mania
Ua hoʻi ka hui i kahi kani ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i ka makahiki 1984 me Reckoning, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka hit So. Ua Waena (E kala mai). Ma hope mai, hele kaʻapuni nā mea hoʻokani pila e hoʻolaha i ka album Reckoning.
ʻO kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona pūlima, e like me: makemake ʻole i nā kiʻi wikiō, nā leo ʻōhumu a Stipe, ka pāʻani kūʻokoʻa a Buck, ua lilo lākou i mau kaʻao o ka ʻAmelika ma lalo o ka honua.
Ua laha nā pūʻulu i hoʻohālike i ka hui REM ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika. ʻO ka hui ponoʻī i kākoʻo i kēia mau pūʻulu, kono iā lākou i ka hōʻike a haʻi iā lākou i nā nīnauele.
ʻO ke kolu album o ka hui
Ua hoʻomalu ʻia ke kani o REM e ka holomua ʻana i nā mele ma lalo o ka honua. Ua hoʻoholo ka hui e hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou kaulana me kahi album ʻekolu, Fables of the Reconstruction (1985).
ʻO ka album, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Lākana me ka mea hana ʻo Joe Boyd, ua hana ʻia i ka wā paʻakikī o ka mōʻaukala o REM. Hōʻike ka album i ke ʻano ʻeleʻele o ka hui.
He ʻano ʻokoʻa ka ʻano o ke kahua o Stipe. Ua komo ʻo ia i kāna pae ʻano ʻē loa. Ua paona, hooluu i kona lauoho keokeo keokeo a huki i na lole he nui wale. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole naʻe ke ʻano ʻeleʻele o nā mele, ʻaʻole hoʻi nā mea ʻē a Stipe i pale i ka album mai ka lilo ʻana i mea paʻi. Ma kahi o 300 tausani kope i kūʻai ʻia ma USA.
Ma hope iki mai, ua hoʻoholo ka hui e hoʻomaka e hana pū me Don Gehman. Ua hoʻopaʻa pū lāua i ka album Lifes Rich Pageant. ʻO kēia hana, e like me nā mea ma mua, ua hui ʻia me nā loiloi hoʻomaikaʻi, i kamaʻāina i ka hui REM.
Palapala Album
Ua lilo ka album ʻelima o ka hui, ʻo Document, i mea paʻi ma hope koke o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana i ka makahiki 1987. Ua komo ka hana i ka 10 kiʻekiʻe ma ka US a loaʻa ke kūlana "platinum" mahalo i ka mea hoʻokahi ʻo The One I Love. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole i emi iki ka moʻolelo ma Beretania, a i kēia lā aia i ka papa inoa Top 40.
Ua hoʻomau ka album ʻo Green i ka kūleʻa o kona mua, e hele ana i ka platinum pālua. Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i ka huakaʻi no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka album. Eia naʻe, ua lilo nā hana i mea luhi no ka poʻe mele, no laila ua lawe nā kāne i kahi sabbatical.
I ka makahiki 1990, ua hui hou nā mea mele e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou album ʻehiku, Out of Time, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka puna o 1991.
I ka hāʻule ʻana o ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi album meditative hou ʻo Automatic for the People. ʻOiai ua hoʻohiki ka hui e hoʻopaʻa i kahi album rock, ua lohi a mālie ka moʻolelo. Nui nā mele i hōʻike ʻia i nā hoʻonohonoho string na Led Zeppelin bassist Paul Jones.
E hoʻi i ka pōhaku
E like me ka mea i hoʻohiki ʻia, ua hoʻi nā mea hoʻokani pila me ka album Monster (1994). He mea kaulana loa ka mooolelo, ma luna o nā palapala kiʻi a pau ma ka US a me Beretania.
Ua hele hou ka hui i ka huakaʻi, akā ua loaʻa ʻo Bill Berry i ka aneurysm lolo i ʻelua mahina ma hope. Ua hoʻomaha ʻia ka huakaʻi, ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo Berry, a i loko o hoʻokahi mahina ua kū ʻo ia ma kona mau wāwae.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ka aneurysm o Berry ka hoʻomaka wale nō o nā pilikia. Pono ʻo Mills e ʻoki ʻia i ka ʻōpū. Ua wehe ʻia ʻo ia i ka ʻōpū ʻōpū i Iulai o ia makahiki. Hoʻokahi mahina ma hope mai, ua hana ʻia ʻo Stipe i kahi ʻokiʻoki no ka hernia.
ʻOiai nā pilikia a pau, ua lanakila ka huakaʻi kālā. Ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i ka hapa nui o ka album hou.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album New Adventures in Hi-Fi i Kepakemapa 1996. Ma mua koke iho o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana ua kau inoa ka hui me Warner Bros. no ka mooolelo $80 miliona.
I ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kahi helu nui, ʻo ka "hane" kalepa o New Adventures in Hi-Fi he mea hoʻohenehene.
ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana o Berry a hoʻomau i ka hana
I ʻOkakopa 1997, ua hoʻokūhoihoi nā mea hoʻokani i ka "fans" a me ka media - ua hoʻolaha lākou ua haʻalele ʻo Berry i ka hui. Wahi a ia, makemake ʻo ia e hoʻomaha a noho ma kāna mahiʻai.
Ua hōʻailona ka album Reveal (2001) i ka hoʻi ʻana i kā lākou kani maʻamau. I ka makahiki 2005, ua hele ka huakaʻi honua o ka hui. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo REM i ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ma 2007. Ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo ia e hana ma kāna album hou, ʻo Accelerate, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2008.
Ua pūlima ka hui me ka inoa ʻo Concord Bicycle e puʻunaue i kā lākou moʻolelo i ka makahiki 2015. Ua ʻike ʻia nā hopena mua o kēia hui ʻana ma 2016, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka 25th anniversary edition o Out of Time i Nowemapa.
