ON THE COVER
Michael Stipe, frontman for indie darlings R.E.M., talked to NOW just as the band’s breakthrough recording, Green, was nudging the Athens, Georgia, outfit into the mainstream. Quirky and sometimes melancholy, Stipe was also outrageous, flirting with the idea that R.E.M. could be compared to William Faulkner. He may have gone too far, but the band does have staying power – they’ve returned to form with the recent release of Collapse Into Now. (Page 20 of the issue)
INSIDE
Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy posed for our famous My Style fashion feature as the band was promoting Diamond Mine, soon to become their biggest release ever. (Page 57 of the issue)