The iconic film that Michael Stipe turned down: “It didn’t make sense”
“It didn’t make sense.”
REM
Michael Shannon names rock and roll’s greatest-ever frontman: “Truly unique”
A one-of-a-kind frontman.
“I’m serious”: When REM advocated the assassination of the president
“I live in a country that I hate.”
The band Jim Carrey refused to work with: “I tried to figure out what the hell I am”
Carrey flat-out refused to be in this band’s music video.
The lyricist Thom Yorke considers a genius: “Lyrics are like a car ride”
One of his biggest inspirations.
The frontman Noel Gallagher called unnecessary: “I don’t own any of their records”
Not his favourite brand of alternative.