After 18 months of practice, the band formed in Larry's kitchen participated in the artist's draft held in limerick on March 1978 under the name of "The Hype" and successfully won the right to participate in the final. At that time, the bassist Adam Crayton visited the famous Irish punk rock master Steve Averill to discuss the naming of the band. Steve thinks the name "excited" doesn't sound good, and they should change it to a louder name. According to Steve's memories when he was interviewed by the media many years later, because meaningful nouns were usually popular in the music industry in 1970 s, they did the opposite, trying to find a concise and powerful word as a name, which may involve some truth, but it doesn't make sense in fact. At that time, Adam suggested that they wanted a name that sounded powerful but didn't have a clear meaning, so there were always ten names on Steve's suggestion list for Adam, including the bottom team name "U2", all of which were similar to this style. Later, the name U2 was chosen in the final, and the band won a prize of 500 pounds. Since then, they have entered the music industry under the name U2, which is still in use today. The name of the band "U2" has been a controversial topic for a long time, because it deliberately didn't mean anything specific from the beginning, but it seems to be related to many things. It is said that the name U2 should come from the U-2 ultra-high altitude reconnaissance plane used by the US Air Force during the Cold War, or the German submarine code (German: U-Boot) during World War II, both of which give people a mysterious feeling. On the other hand, some people think that the name U2 symbolizes the performing philosophy of the band, which means that they not only perform on the stage for the audience, but also hope to interact with the audience with the philosophy of "You too". In a word, all these explanations can be said to be right or wrong, and the explanations are different. June 5438+February 65438+February 2008, Bono, the lead singer of the band, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve poverty and backwardness in Africa.
R.E.M band, founded in 1979, is one of the most influential bands in recent 20 years. Their unique music style and the characteristics of independent music creation have influenced a whole generation, especially in the 1990s, when a large number of alternative pop bands appeared, especially in American society. R.E.M band is recognized as one of the masters of alternative pop rock music style. In 2007, R.E.M was elected to the American Rock Music Hall of Fame.
R.E.M. Band: R.E.M (rapid eye movement period) is a psychiatric and medical term, which means "the eyes beat in light sleep", and it is the most active time for subconscious and dreams. From 65438 to 0980, four boys from the University of Georgia-michael stipe, the core of the band, Peter Baker, the guitarist, mike mills, the bassist, and Bill Berry, the drummer-started their rock career with this as the name of their band.
Style: Their impressionist poems, energetic performances and endless melodies, as well as their distinctive political views and strong musical consciousness, guitarist Peter Baker and their long-term sincere cooperation and efforts, they are always regarded as rebels, but they are always regarded as beneficial. They often attack those old things, so their success in every step brings new vitality to young people. They are also one of many college students, unpretentious. As long as you have heard their songs, you will unconsciously become one of them, because they themselves come from the grassroots and represent all aspects of ordinary people. This is their charm and the secret of their success.
1985 released the third album "Fable of Reconstruction", which further established the dominant position of R.E.M band in underground music and further expanded its ruling territory. The performance in the album, especially in the concert, is different from the past. The shape and music of the band are more and more different and weird, but this album has achieved better sales than the previous albums. From 1986, R.E.M began to record albums under the producer DonGehman, and released the fourth album "Life's Rich Festival", including the famous single "Fall on Me". This album laid the basic line for their music in the future, and won the highest evaluation from critics after The Fable of Reconstruction. At the same time, it has achieved more remarkable success in business and won the support of more fans. This album has also become a milestone for the R.E.M band to enter the mainstream market. Soon after, at the beginning of 1987, R.E.M released a collection of B-side songs "Dead Letter Office", including the single from their original EP album "ChronicTown", which was their first collection.
Subsequently, in the late period of 1987, R.E.M began to cooperate with producer ScottLitt for ten years, and they soon released their fifth album "Document", which quickly became their album in the mainstream market. The single "TheOneILove" swept across the Atlantic, made a major breakthrough in the mainstream market and produced their album. 1988, R.E.M band joined the famous Warner Bros. at a high price of 6 million dollars. In the same year, R.E.M' s sixth album "Green" was released. The new album continued the brilliance of Documentary, and its sales quickly exceeded 2 million copies. They also started their first world tour, and they were finally able to perform in large stadiums during their tour in the United States. However, in many places in Europe, Asia and Australia, their popularity can not meet this requirement and they can only perform in smaller venues. After a long tour, the band had to take a break. During this period, the band members began to pay attention to their personal development and launch their own works.
However, the R.E.M band didn't keep the fans waiting for too long. 199 1 the seventh album, OutOfTime, pushed R.E.M. to the top of her career again. This album became the top chart in Britain and the United States, and the single LosingMyReligion became R.E.M. With this single, she won 199 1. The album OutOfTime also won the best alternative album of the year. However, although this album won three Grammy awards, it is not a real alternative music album. It lost the characteristics of alternative music before R.E.M, and became more popular, even worse than the band's eighth album AutomaticforthePeople released the following year. 1992, AutomaticforthePeople released by R.E.M was arranged by JohnPaulJones, the former bassist of the famous Led Zeppelin Band. The gloomy feeling depicted in this album swept away people's regrets about the "pop album" Outofime, which was comparable to Outofime in business and made a breakthrough in sales in the United States. This album made the R.E.M band regain people's respect and the hearts of old fans, and quickly captured a group of new fans. People no longer worry about whether the R.E.M band has no talent in Jiang Lang.
R.E.M band has been established for more than 20 years. As a grassroots band that started underground, they traveled all over the United States in caravans at the beginning of their formation and spread their musical ideals and spirit to towns, schools and pubs. Many hot-blooded young people were infected and fell madly in love with rock music, and some of them became later superstars. Nowadays, many pop bands, such as radio conductor and Travis, are deeply influenced by them. Kurt Cuban, the lead singer of Nirvana, said that his music was inspired by R.E.M (If Cuban hadn't committed suicide in 1994, fans would have wanted to see their album "Double Sword"). In 2007, R.E.M was elected to the American Rock Music Hall of Fame. Rapid eye movement belt
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R.E.M is the abbreviation of "rapid eye movement period" in English, which means that the subconscious mind and dreams are very active when dreaming. It is very appropriate to describe their music with "subconscious" and "dream". Their works are profound in thought and artistic conception. They combine impressionist lyrics with elegant melodies through guitar pop music, which makes them the top rock band in the contemporary era. R.E.M was founded in 1980, and its members are all from athens, Georgia, USA. The lead singer Michael Step1960 was born in a military family, with introverted personality and passion for art. 198 1 year, they became frequent visitors to American campus radio stations with their first single "Voice of a Free Europe". The early R.E.M had a style similar to country folk songs, which was simple, clean and lively. 1983, they released their first album "Dulong", which received rave reviews with its ethereal music atmosphere and fresh production techniques. This album beat Michael Jackson's Thriller and was selected as "Best Music Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone. Since then, they have released albums such as Foresight, Fable Reconstruction and Brilliant Life, and their fans are lost in Step's diamond-like bright and psychedelic voice. The melancholy and touching melody and the band's simple guitar playing style form a very distinctive feature. The band is regarded as a new cultural symbol similar to The New Yorker, and it is very popular with educated youth. 1987, they released the album "The Fifth Archives of R.E.M", which was full of complex moral and human themes. This album became a turning point on their music road, so they joined Warner Records and released their sixth album "Green", among which "Standing" is the most famous single. In the same year, they were named "the best rock band in America" by Rolling Stone magazine.
Beyond time
199 1 year, R.E.M released an unprecedented successful album "Beyond Time" and rushed to the top of the championship. His singles "Lost My Faith" and "Happy Sunshine Man" became the best-selling pop songs of the year, and also won Grammy awards for best pop band, alternative music and music video. This is the most popular music in the rock world .. This album, together with Nirvana's album Never mind, sounded the horn for non-mainstream rock. In the subsequent albums, they added a lot of string tones, especially "Shoot a Man" in 1992, which was very gloomy and full of melancholy and reflection on human nature, which was quite different from the cheerful and smooth feeling of the last album. Slow and dignified movements abound, such as Driving, Everyone is Injured, and Man on the Moon (a movie of the same name starring Jim Carrey). These two records have been with me for more than ten years and are of special significance to me (starting from 1987, my English name is rem). Personally, I like "Deep" best, and the singing method of Step from slow to fast is very tense and infectious. The success of the single "Losing My Faith" marks that R.E.M has officially entered the mainstream. Since then, each of their albums has become a sales guarantee on the charts, and it is also a must-have record with more than 4 stars in the eyes of music critics. R.E.M's rock mood is also adjusted with the release of each album: transcending time is free and easy, giving a shot is self-awakening and self-reflection, monsters are restless and manic, Hi-Fi new adventures are alienated, Up is an experiment and breakthrough, and Revelation regains the rock spirit. Unlike most violent and dark underground bands, R.E.M inherits the spirit of underground rock, but its music style is as soft and sweet as folk songs, which is very mainstream. Although they finally became important players in the mainstream music world, this does not mean surrendering to the mainstream, but they reached an extreme, with a lazy guitar, elegant drums and silky sad and low singing. In this soft music, a dark and low-key philosophy of life is beyond the reach of simple and stupid hedonistic pop music. No matter how boring the song is, it contains hope. Lost Faith and Everyone is Injured are two classic songs that fascinate young artists. "Lost" and "hurt" are the exclusive words of sensitive people, which have been lingering in R.E.M's music. In an exclusive interview with Time on 200 1, Step admitted that the long-standing rumors about his homosexuality were true. Politics is another focus of Step. Every album after Beyond Time can appreciate his political sentimentality. The creation in "Around the Sun" (album number 13) released last year is their emotional expression in the face of the events that have taken place around the world in recent years. Although it is difficult to hide their disappointment with the status quo, Step said, "This is not a depressing album". "Even boring songs will have hope." Step does not deny that many of his works were influenced and stimulated by the Iraq war. He considers himself an angry pacifist. Many songs in the new album show R.E.M' s anti-war stance and keen observation of human nature. Around the Sun basically inherits the melancholy and meditation of Give a Man a Gun, but it is softer and less desperate. There are songs in the album that are dissatisfied with the status quo, such as The Last Straw and I Want to Be a DJ, as well as Dignity Leaving new york, Throbbing Electronic Melancholy and Low-key Outsider. The first song is a classic. From/kloc-0 to the late 1980s, R.E.M became an activist, and they invited Greenpeace to make publicity at the performance site. Step called loudly for protecting the environment, attaching importance to animals' right to live and caring for the homeless, and persuaded many artists to join in. Step once released his solo album "White Pollution", founded a TV company and adapted a series of commercial public welfare films about AIDS, environmental protection and other events. On 2011September 2 1 day, the REM band announced in official website that it was officially dissolved.