''The superstar hookup never happened and - like Neil Young, Smith and numerous others - Stipe was inspired to write a musical eulogy for Cobain, the moving 1994 song "Let Me In," from the album Monster. Fittingly, that disc found R.E.M. adopting a grungier, harder-edge, distorted sound that went the opposite direction of their two more sedate, previous mainstream breakthrough efforts.'' Source: www.mtv.com/news/1671211/r-e-m-michael-stipe-nirvana-kurt-cobain/
