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30 de dez. de 2014 · Unannounced, Michael Stipe opened last night's show with a stripped-down six song set, one that featured covers of Perfume Genius' "Hood" and Smith's "Wing" as well as a couple of R.E.M....
14 de jun. de 2024 · The group — comprised of frontman Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bass player Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry — had a surprise onstage reunion at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony...
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Stipe was born on January 4, 1960, in Decatur, Georgia, to Marianne and John Stipe. He was a military brat; his father was a serviceman in the United States Army whose career resulted in frequent relocations for his family. His younger sister, Lynda Stipe, was born in 1962 and became the vocalist of Hetch Hetchy. Stipe and his family moved to vario...
Boat Of
In the early 1980s, Stipe played in the group Boat Of with Tom Smith, who would later found the groups Peach of Immortality and To Live and Shave in LA. Also in Boat Of were Carol Levy and Mike Green.
R.E.M.
While attending the University of Georgia in Athens, Stipe frequented the Wuxtry record shop, where he met store clerk Peter Buck in 1980. "He was a striking-looking guy and he also bought weird records, which not everyone in the store did," Buck recalled. The two became friends; they eventually decided to form a band and started writing music together, although at the time Stipe was also in a local group named Gangster. Buck and Stipe were soon joined by Bill Berry and Mike Mills, and named...
Projects
In September 1983, a few months after the release of R.E.M.'s debut album, Stipe participated in a low-budget, forty-five-minute Super-8 film called Just Like a Movie, shot in Athens by New York Rocker magazine photographer Laura Levine, who was a friend of the band. Those with acting roles in the film included Levine, Stipe, his sister Lynda, Matthew Sweet (who formed a short-lived duo, Community Trolls, with Michael Stipe), and R.E.M.'s Bill Berry.The film remains unreleased. In the period...
Stipe is vegetarian and owned a vegetarian restaurant, the Grit, in Athens, Georgia. He lives with his long-term partner, photographer Thomas Dozol, in New York and Berlin. In 1983, Stipe met fellow musician Natalie Merchant of the band 10,000 Maniacs; the two started a friendship, and eventually had a romantic relationship for a period of time. Wi...
Stipe has a baritone vocal range. His role in the songwriting process for R.E.M. was to write lyrics and devise melodies. While each member was given an equal vote in the songwriting process, Peter Buck has conceded that Stipe, as the band's lyricist, could rarely be persuaded to follow an idea he did not favor. Stipe sings in "wailing, keening, ar...
Solo releases 1. "Arms of Love" on compilation album In Defense of Animals Benefit Compilation(1993) 2. "In the Sun" (with Chris Martin)(2006) 3. "Rio Grande" (with Courtney Love) on Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys(2013) 4. "Your Capricious Soul" (2019) 5. "Drive to the Ocean" (2020) 6. "No Time for Love Like Now" (with ...
Michael Stipe: Volume 1. Damiani, 2018. ISBN 9788862085915. Contains 35 photographs.Our Interference Times: A Visual Record. With Douglas Coupland. Damiani, 2019. ISBN 978-8862086783.Michael Stipe: Michael Stipe. Damiani, 2021. ISBN 9788862087384.Platt, John (editor). The R.E.M. Companion: Two Decades of Commentary. Schirmer, 1998. ISBN 0-02-864935-4Buckley, David. R.E.M.: Fiction: An Alternative Biography. Virgin, 2002. ISBN 1-85227-927-3Jovanovic, Rob (2006). Michael Stipe: The Biography. Portrait. ISBN 0-7499-5098-6.Michael Stipe at IMDb9 de fev. de 2024 · The four original members of R.E.M. made a surprise appearance last night (Feb. 8) in Athens, Ga., at a tribute show for their album 'Murmur.'
3 de dez. de 2023 · But then he started elaborating, eventually offering a close-textual analysis of a line that seemed to catch Stipe by surprise and provoke an uncomfortable laugh. I asked Stipe what the song...
14 de jun. de 2024 · The intimate and soulful performance was the first time that frontman Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry played together publicly since 2007 when...
13 de jun. de 2024 · It’s been 17 years since all four founding members of R.E.M.—Michael Stipe, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills—played together in public, a rarity ever since drummer Berry departed...
