A three decade run for the Athens, Georgia band came to an official end Wednesday (9/21) with the announcement on the group web site that, 'As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band.' The 15 album career for the R.E.M. was interrupted a couple of times by extended down time. A retrospective release in the works is expected to include a few tunes finished between the release of the group's most recent, and apparently final studio album, Collapse Into Now, and the decision to end things.
RollingStone.com