1992

31 January 1992 - Mental Health Benefit, 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
support: 5-8, Michelle Malone
set: Losing My Religion / Arms Of Love / Country Feedback / Love Is All Around / Fall On Me / Finest Worksong / I Can Only Give You Everything / Funtime
notes: Peter Buck plays acoustic guitar on Losing My Religion, not mandolin. Bill Berry plays acoustic guitar on Country Feedback (instead of bass as normal), with bass being played by Mike Mills (instead of keyboards)

17-21 February 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Demo session for Automatic For The People, includes 'Try Not To Breathe'

Late February - Mid March 1992 - Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA
tracks recorded: Drive / Monty Got A Raw Deal / New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 / New Orleans Instrumental No. 2

Late March - End April 1992 - Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY
notes: Recording sessions for Automatic For The People
30 March - Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
31 March - Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
1 April - Howler Monkey / Batman (Winged Mammal Theme)
2 April - Eastern / Batman (Winged Mammal Theme)
3 April - Batman / Peter's New Song / Howler Monkey / Ignoreland
4 April - Michael's Organ
6 April - Big Talk
7 April - Photograph / Big Talk
8 April - Photograph / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe)
9 April - Photograph / Big Talk
10 April - Drive / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / Peter's New Song / Photograph
13 April - Howler Monkey / Ignoreland / Mike's Organ Song
14 April - Michael's Organ / Wake Her Up (The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite)
15 April - Michael's Organ / C To D Slide (Man On The Moon) / 6/8 Sailor
16 April - Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / Big Talk
17 April - Howler Monkey / Ignoreland / Hey Love (Star Me Kitten) / Bill's Acoustic Song / Big Talk / 6/8 Sailor
18 April - Bill's Acoustic Song / Michael's Organ / Howler Monkey / Ignoreland
20 April - Everybody Hurts
21 April - C To D Slide (Man On The Moon)
22 April - Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe) / C To D Slide (Man On The Moon) / Everybody Hurts
23 April - Sisters and Brothers (Sweetness Follows) / 10K Minimal / Bouzouki Song (Try Not To Breathe)
24 April - Rough Mixing

May-June 1992 - Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
tracks recorded: Everybody Hurts / The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite / Try Not To Breathe / Nightswimming

June 1992 - Bosstown Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA
notes: Four days with the Atlanta Symphony, John Paul Jones arranging strings for the following: Drive / Everybody Hurts / The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite / Nightswimming

June-July 1992 - Bad Animals Studios, Seattle, WA
notes: Final mixing sessions

1-3 August 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA

12-13 September 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording sessions, possibly for B-sides

24-26 September 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording sessions, possibly for B-sides

5 October 1992
event: Automatic For The People released in the UK

6 October 1992
event: Automatic For The People released in the US

12 October 1992 - 'Rockline', US Radio, New York City, NY
notes: Interview with Buck and Mills, with Berry phoning in

3 November 1992 - 'Mark Och Hans Vänner Show', TV2, Sweden
notes: Mills and Buck playing Love Is All Around

15-19 November 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA

19 November 1992 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Drive #1 / Monty Got A Raw Deal / Everybody Hurts / Man On The Moon / Losing My Religion / Country Feedback / Begin The Begin / Fall On Me / Me In Honey / Finest Worksong / Drive #2 / Love Is All Around / Funtime / Radio Free Europe
notes: Greenpeace Benefit show, and one of the most widely bootlegged shows. The CD bootleg "This Is It" is probably the best one available. Also found on the b-sides to the Monster singles, minus Drive #1, Love Is All Around and the great between song chat

20 November 1992 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording session

1993

20 January 1993 - MTV Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball, Washington DC
set: Candy Everyone Wants / To Sir With Love / One
notes: Michael Stipe and Mike Mills with Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr from U2 on 'One' and 10,000 Maniacs on 'Candy Everyone Wants' and 'To Sir With Love'

19 March 1993 - Waterloo Records, Austin, TX
set: The Yip Song / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville / Man On The Moon / Arms Of Love / Stuck In The Middle / Mrs. Robinson
notes: Mike Mills and Robin Hitchcock performance

26 March 1993 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording session, possibly for B-sides

August 1993
notes: R.E.M. begins work on Monster. Tracks written were 'You', 'I Took Your Name' and 'Yes, I Am Fucking With You' (later rewritten as King of Comedy)

24 August 1993 - 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
set: Rhinestone Cowboy (Stipe lip-synching) / Wichita Lineman / Galveston / Solitary Man / Every Breath You Take / By The Time I Get To Phoenix / To Sir With Love / Driver 8 / The Right Side Of Town / Peacemaker / The One I Love
notes: Michael Stipe and Vic Chesnutt performance

2 September 1993 - MTV Music Video Awards
set: Everybody Hurts / Drive

October 1993 - Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA
notes: R.E.M. enter the studio and write 'Tongue', 'Crush With Eyeliner' and 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth?'. Arouns twenty tracks are recorded over 10 days

1994

February/March 1994 - Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta, GA
notes: R.E.M. convene to work on more new material. Tracks written included 'Strange Currencies', 'Bang and Blame', 'Circus Envy','I Don't Sleep, I Dream', 'Star 69', 'Revolution', 'Lucky Piece' and 'Pattern Shirt'

April 1994
notes: 'Let Me In' is written following Kurt Cobains suicide

April-May 1994 - Criteria Studio, Miami, FL
notes: Further recording for Monster album

July 1994 - Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
notes: During final mixing for Monster Michael rewrites 'Yes, I Am Fucking With You' to become 'King of Comedy'. 'You' is also recorded

26 September 1994
event: Monster is released in Europe and Australasia

27 September 1994
event: Monster is released in North America

12 November 1994 - Saturday Night Live, NBC TV Studios, New York, NY
set: What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Bang And Blame / I Don't Sleep, I Dream

20 November 1994 - John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA
notes: Recording session, possibly for B-sides

12 December 1994 - 'Rockline', US Radio, Hollywood, CA
notes: Interview with Buck and Mills, with Stipe phoning in

15 December 1994 - 'Modern Rock Live', US Radio, Atlanta, GA
notes: Interview with Mills and Stipe, with Berry and Buck phoning in