R.E.M. "Accelerate" comedy lead vocalist

lead vocalist

A pandemic

and the belief you can change things

the 20-year old Nantucket

The Secret Of The Ooze in 1991 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993

R.E.M. "Accelerate" comedy lead vocalistAccelerate is R. E. M.s 14th studio album, released in 2008. The album was intended as a departure from their last album, Around the Sun, and was complimented for the aggressive, purposeful sound of the songs. Stipe said his lyrics on Accelerate were inspired by the contemporary state of the nation, saying, "When the empire is going down the toilet, it's easy to write great, angry songs (Spin). It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the