Early fans were dismayed when R.E.M. became a massive major-label success. But author Peter Ames Carlin argues that the band retained its artistry even as its popularity surged.

Peter Ames Carlin's book isn't just a cultural biography of the band going back to its formation in the-then sleepy college town of Athens, Georgia.

On the Shelf Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run By Peter Ames Carlin Doubleday: 256 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org ...

Peter Ames Carlin is the author of well-received biographies of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.

Peter Ames Carlin talks about his new biography of the Athens, Georgia legends, 'The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.' Michael Stipe performs with REM at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Sunday ...

But for the definitive and highly engaging, soup-to-nuts telling of R.E.M.’s story, look no further than Peter Ames Carlin’s “The Name of This Band is R.E.M.” (Doubleday Books, $32).

SEATTLE — Music journalist Peter Ames Carlin talked with us about the subject of "The Name of This Band is R.E.M," a 464-page biography of the '80s college rock sensations who became global ...

Longtime music journalist Peter Ames Carlin is no stranger to the Bruce Beat, having written (with the participation of the subject himself), the 2012 bio Bruce. Here—also with Springsteen’s ...

Bruce Springsteen, shown during the "Born to Run" tour in 1975, tinkered with the album until the very last minute, Peter Ames Carlin writes in "Tonight in Jungleland." (Richard E. Aaron ...