Categories SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY R.E.M. Released “Lifes Rich Pageant” 35 years Ago Today Post author By MAGNET Staff Post date July 28, 2021 35 years ago today, R.E.M. released Lifes Rich Pageant. Were we the only ones who didn’t realize for three-and-a-half decades that that is Bill Berry on the cover? You’re on your honor not to tell. ← Happy Birthday Gerald Casale (Devo) → Essential New Music: William Parker’s “Mayan Space Station”