March 12, 1991 –
Warner Bros. Records released the seventh studio album by R.E.M., Out of Time, on this date.
The opening track on Out of Time, Radio Song features the influential rapper KRS-One. R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck explained to Guitar School in 1991: “When we wrote it out, we only had acoustic guitar, bongos, bass, organ, and a 12-string over the chorus. When we got to the studio we added drums, and I put down some funk guitars and we thought, ‘Well, gee, now it’s kind of a funk song.’ And Michael suggested bringing in KRS, since he’d worked with him before” (KRS-One appeared in a public service announcement for Stipe’s C-Hundred film production company).
The Haus of Dcaligari 