R.E.M.: Perfect Circle

About Tony Fletcher

Tony Fletcher is the bestselling author of major biographies on Keith Moon the Smiths and R.E.M. as well as a memoir a novel and a history of the New York City music scene. Born in northern England and raised in South London where he started his own music magazine Jamming! at the age of thirteen he emigrated to New York City in the late 1980s. When not traveling with his family he makes his home near Woodstock in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. A contributor to Salon and the Wall Street Journal his writing has also appeared in Mojo Rolling Stone the New York Times Spin and Newsday and he has contributed to a host of other publications radio and television shows worldwide.