R.E.M.’s Anger Comes Into Focus on ‘Welcome to the Occupation’R.E.M.’s Anger Comes Into Focus on ‘Welcome to the Occupation’The second track on 'Document' was the third R.E.M. song about U.S. intervention in Central and South America. It was the band's most direct repudiation yet.Bryan WawzenekBryan Wawzenek
‘Finest Worksong': R.E.M. Gets Loud and Political but Stays Weird‘Finest Worksong': R.E.M. Gets Loud and Political but Stays WeirdAs R.E.M. sprinted toward a long-developing commercial breakthrough in 1987, they came to more fully understand their own powers as a band.Nick DeRisoNick DeRiso