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Succumbs
Sign in to saveSuccumbs is R.E.M.'s first commercially available full-length movie. Released in October 1987 by UNI/A&M, it contains video footage shot by R.E.M.'s lead singer Michael Stipe dating back to the early-1980s, while the band was still recording under the I.R.S. Records label. Stipe collaborated with local Athens, Georgia artist James Herbert, who directed Left of Reckoning.
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- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Performer
- R.E.M.
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
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- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1987-01-01
- form of creative work
- compilation album
- place of publication
- United States
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Succumbs is R.E.M.'s first commercially available full-length movie. Released in October 1987 by UNI/A&M, it contains video footage shot by R.E.M.'s lead singer Michael Stipe dating back to the early-1980s, while the band was still recording under the I.R.S. Records label. Stipe collaborated with local Athens, Georgia artist James Herbert, who directed Left of Reckoning.
Succumbs offers a glimpse of the unique feel of the band before their commercial success. It was released only on VHS and laserdisc, however, all the videos contained in this package are included on the When the Light Is Mine DVD, released in September 2006.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Succumbs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.