R.E.M.

The musician also contributed to work from Ministry and Nine Inch Nails.

Michael Stipe and Mike Mills recall challenges of ninth album as 25th-anniversary box set arrives.

Downloads of the song will benefit an activist group fighting climate change.

Band recorded song in the Bahamas but left it in the vaults.

Package will include new remix, unheard demos and unreleased live recording.

Label does not address how many master tapes burned in backlot blaze while potentially affected artists wait for more details.

He's a perfect foil – and, when the song is just right, a smart choice to take over the mic.

When they returned with their 11th studio album, they sounded like an entirely different band.

Eight CDs, one DVD and a whole lotta R.E.M. from over the years.

Another preview from the upcoming 'R.E.M. at the BBC' box set.

Their debut album was perfectly titled: R.E.M. did indeed arrive like a murmur, something you heard in passing more than really saw coming.

As its title implies, this record possesses great urgency.