Audio-biography + interviews and a free mini-poster The band who virtually invented alternative rock, R.E.M. are the most respected and admired musicians of their generation. Since bursting out of Athens, Georgia, in the early eighties they have blazed a trail that many have followed, yet few with such consistently successful results. "Maximum R.E.M." gives the complete story of the band from their earliest days as underground college favourites to Grammy award-winning megastars. A perfect chance to get the background behind one of the most intelligent, literate and, at times, obscure bands in the world.