Perfect Circle
The Story of R.E.M.
4th Edition
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-917274-19-7 (ISBN)
Description
R.E.M., the most acclaimed American group of their generation, disbanded in September 2011 with their idealism and dignity intact. In this edition of his best-selling R.E.M. biography, Tony Fletcher brings their story to a conclusion and explains what led this unique group to draw a curtain on their career.
Drawing on interviews with band members, friends, associates and business partners, the book follows R.E.M.'s career from their debut in 1983, throughout the 1990s, to their final years together.
Granted access to the group throughout their career, Tony Fletcher delves beyond R.E.M.'s renowned humility and social awareness, discussing fame, fortune and sexuality with the same keen eye he casts on the group's astonishing career and musical catalogue. The result is a balanced and thorough telling of one of the most compelling rock stories of our time.
Drawing on interviews with band members, friends, associates and business partners, the book follows R.E.M.'s career from their debut in 1983, throughout the 1990s, to their final years together.
Granted access to the group throughout their career, Tony Fletcher delves beyond R.E.M.'s renowned humility and social awareness, discussing fame, fortune and sexuality with the same keen eye he casts on the group's astonishing career and musical catalogue. The result is a balanced and thorough telling of one of the most compelling rock stories of our time.
More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-917274-19-7 (9781917274197)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tony Fletcher is the author of eleven books, including several bestselling music biographies on The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Keith Moon and more. As a teenager, he started a fanzine at school in London during the late 1970s: a compendium, The Best of Jamming!: Selections & Stories from the Fanzine that Grew Up 1977-86, was published in late 2021 by Omnibus Press. Fletcher moved to New York City in the late 1980s, and to the Hudson Valley in the mid-2000s.