R.E.M. Breaks Up After Three Decades

R.E.M. love em or hate em or just don't listen to them, you have to respect a band that has been making a successful go of music for 31 years.  As of now they are no longer a band.

R.E.M. announced today that they have broken up after 31 years together. "As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band," the band said in a statement on their official website. "We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished."

via R.E.M. Breaks Up After Three Decades | Music News | Rolling Stone.