{"name":"R.E.M.","title":"R.E.M.","id":310,"slug":"r-e-m-","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/310/?format=json","bio_short":"R.E.M. is an alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Stipe\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Michael Stipe</a> (vocals), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Buck\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Peter Buck</a> (guitar, mandolin), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Mike+Mills\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Mike Mills</a> (bass, keyboards, vocals) and  <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Berry\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Bill Berry</a> (drums). Berry retired from the band in October 1997 after having suffered a brain aneurysm on the '95 Monster tour. He is now a farmer.  Although &quot;R.E.M.&quot; can stand for &quot;Rapid Eye Movement&quot;, which is a certain stage during a person's nightly sleep, it does not have special significance with respect to the band...","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/REM1991outoftime.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":22994,"title":"Electrolite","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/electrolite/"},{"id":400,"title":"Everybody hurts","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/everybody-hurts/"},{"id":1757,"title":"Fall On Me","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/fall-on-me/"},{"id":23936,"title":"It´s the end of the world","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/it-s-the-end-of-the-world/"},{"id":2029,"title":"Losing My Religion","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/losing-my-religion/"},{"id":1398,"title":"Man On The Moon","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/man-on-the-moon/"},{"id":23935,"title":"Orange crush","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/orange-crush/"},{"id":23912,"title":"Shiny happy people","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/shiny-happy-people/"},{"id":2473,"title":"The one I love","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/the-one-i-love/"}]}