REM goes for non-traditional release

It seems like non-traditional album releases are the latest trend for veterans of the music industry. Billboard is reporting that, beginning on March 24, REM will launch their latest album, "Accelerate", on the social networking application iLike, making 11 songs accessible for free to users of Facebook.com, iLike.com, and Itunes.

"It was one of those ideas that was presented to us and it seemed like a good one so we ran for it," R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe tells Billboard.com. He also noted that the way people embrace music "has certainly changed in the last 5 or 10 years. I think you can either go with it or sit back and watch it happen, and I would rather be out on the field than in the bleachers."

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Trivia Question: Who inducted REM into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 362 days ago???

ANSWER: EDDIE VEDDER! :) (I know, cuz I was there)