# R.E.M. Fiction

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- Book: [R.E.M. Fiction](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-buckley/r-e-m-fiction) ([R.E.M. Fiction.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-buckley/r-e-m-fiction.md))
- Authors: [David Buckley](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-buckley)
- Publisher: Virgin Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4813-246-1
- Published: 2012-05-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

R. E. M.'s public image has always been tightly controlled. Icons of anti-celebrity rock, who bacame huge celebrity rock stars, they were, according to the story, the first U. S. post new-wave band who were both commercially successful and cool. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Mike Mills, Peter Buck and other members of R. E. M.'s nuclear family, Fiction re-evaluates the music and career of a group who sold almost no records for the first half of their existence, then became 'the biggest rock group in the world' in the second half.