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Formerly of. R.E.M. John Michael Stipe (/ ˈstaɪp /; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe was born in Metro Atlanta in January 1960. Due to his father's military commission his family moved constantly, with Stipe spending part of his ...
R.E.M. was an American alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style; Stipe's ...
Soil (often stylized as SOiL) is an American alternative metal band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. [ 4 ] After some independent releases, the band was the first rock group signed to J Records and achieved mainstream success with their major label debut, Scars, in 2001. The J Records second album, Redefine, was released in 2004 ...
The four founding members of R.E.M. performed together publicly for the first time in nearly three decades at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony in New York on Thursday night, playing an ...
The band’s original members — lead singer Michael Stipe, drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck and bassist Mike Mills — turned out for the ceremony at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel ...
Lead singer Michael Stipe dealt with darker subject matter in his lyrics, with water-related imagery being a recurring theme on the album. Released to critical acclaim, Reckoning reached number 27 in the United States—where it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1991—and peaked at number 91 in the United ...
An hour later, singer Michael Stipe had the lyrics ready. The song won Best Short Form Music Video and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 34th Annual Grammys and was inducted ...
Fall on Me (R.E.M. song) " Fall on Me " is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their fourth album Lifes Rich Pageant (1986). It was the first of two singles released from that LP. It peaked at number 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was one of the band's early compositions about environmentalism, discussing acid rain.