The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A BiographyTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generationand reasserted the power of rock and roll "[Carlin's] unique gift for capturing the sweep and tenor of a cultural moment is here on brilliant display." Michael Chabon In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first