R.E.M

R.E.M.'s singer Michael Stipe once told Donald Trump to go 'f*** himself' and demanded he stop using the band's music for Republican rallies, while drummer ...

R.E.M. was an American rock band that hailed from Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassists Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. All were students at the University of Georgia and, after meeting, decided to set up a band. Sullivan reacted with horror to the move, and wrote: “NO! We did not grant Kim Davis any rights to use ‘My Tune - The Eye Of The Tiger.’ “The American voter should focus on the bigger picture, and not allow grandstanding politicians to distract us from the pressing issues of the day and of the current Presidential campaign.” R.E.M. also issued a general statement reiterating their opposition to the song and any of their music being used by the Trump campaign or indeed other political candidates. In 2015, the band's 1987 song, 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)', was used to rouse the crowd at a Tea Party rally at the US Capitol just as Trump emerged onstage. They went on to become, alongside the likes of Nirvana, pioneers of the alternative rock scene in the early Nineties, influencing a number of bands to follow them on the path to rockville.