R.E.M have launched a new website for their fans to share their own personal stories about how the band and their music has impacted their lives.
This project, which was created by Justin Bass, is to include a myriad of stories, with the site itself saying: “Some are funny. Some are profound. All are true. Together they form an oral history of what the band and its music have meant to people".
R.E.M, renowned for hits including, 'Shiny Happy People', 'Imitation Of Life', and 'Everybody Hurts' among others, confirmed this exciting news on social media, saying that the website, titled, 'R.E.M Stories' is “dedicated to collecting and preserving personal stories about R.E.M. and the ways the band’s music has intersected with people’s lives for more than four decades".
At the time of writing, there were three anecdotes shared on the site, with new ones set to be shared for the 1st and the 15th every month.
Fans can share their favourite memories of R.E.M or check out what other people have said about the band on remstories.net.
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Back in April, R.E.M lead singer, Michael Stipe performed his solo track, 'The Rest Of Ever' during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, alongside the house band, Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine.
The track features on the singer's new album, a project which he has been reportedly working on for several years.
“One of the songs is the sound of a tree hearing itself for the first time,” he said to Colbert. “It’s this confusing situation. My friend recorded a tree in my backyard in Georgia and played it back to itself, and so it sounds like Daft Punk, but I’m putting a sea shanty [in the song]".
More on this from Nova here.
