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  • Cue the rapid-eye-mourning.

    R.E.M. shocked the rock world today by announcing a wholly
    unexpected breakup. "As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided
    to call it a day as a band," read the not-terribly-explanatory statement on
    their website. "We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and
    of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by
    our music, our deepest thanks for listening."

    Now, if they'd put a fork in it five or ten years ago, when R.E.M.
    really did seem to be running on fumes, everyone would have understood and
    murmured appreciatively, quietly pouring out a 40 in their honor. Reveal (2001) or Around the Sun (2004)? Now, those
    are the kinds of wan, can't-even-rouse-the-faithful albums that bands are supposed to break up on.

    But jaws dropped at their pulling the rug now, because R.E.M. was on a roll that bands aren't supposed to experience going into their second
    decade together, much less their fourth. Three years

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  • This Saturday, Nirvana's "Nevermind" -- the landmark album that brought alternative music crashing into the mainstream -- celebrates its 20th anniversary. If it's hard to believe it's been two decades since Kurt Cobain, his cardigan and his crew challenged the idea of what a pop star could be, it's equally surprising to realize Cobain's only child, Frances Bean Cobain, is already 19 years old.

    Born August 18, 1992, to Kurt and his wife and fellow grunge rocker Courtney Love, Frances Bean's name was a tribute to the singer/guitarist of an obscure Scottish rock band the couple adored (Frances McKee of the Vaselines) as well as stemming from Kurt's impression that his daughter looked like a "kidney bean" in ultrasounds.

    No longer resembling a kidney bean -- but eerily evoking both of her famous parents simultaneously -- the rock 'n' roll daughter is just beginning to step into the limelight as a model. Her piercing eyes, striking dark looks and tattooed back were highlighted in a recent

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  • Just as the '90s were making a comeback, after 31 years, R.E.M has
    decided to call it quits. "To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as
    lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day
    as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality,
    and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt
    touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening," the band said in a statement on their website. Their latest album got decent reviews (Pitchfork gave it a 6.8 out of 10) and we bet they could really ride out the whole '90s nostalgia thing that's happening right now. But, perhaps 31 years of rocking just tuckers one out. 

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