Michael Stipe

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Birthday
Jan 04, 1960 (65 years old)

Michael Stipe

Known For

Louder Than You Think
1h 30m
Movie 2023

Louder Than You Think

Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band's breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same gonzo impulses derailed his rock star dream.

Cher: In Her Own Words
1h 0m
Movie 2021

Cher: In Her Own Words

Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood up to conformity, and championed female independence. Proving the doubters wrong with every change of direction. Her influence on women in the industry, and direction of modern music is incalculable.

Beastie Boys Story
2h 0m
Movie 2020

Beastie Boys Story

Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
1h 15m
Movie 2019

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981.

R.E.M. - Monster
0h 51m
Movie 2019

R.E.M. - Monster

A look (up to 2002) at the career of R.E.M., one of America's most successful and acclaimed bands.

Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
1h 30m
Movie 2018

Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90

Few recording studios in the world can claim to have hosted the simply incredible list of musicians that found their way into Berlin’s Hansa Studios, standing virtually alone in the wasteland, metres from the Berlin Wall.

R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
0h 24m
Movie 2017

R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed

A short documentary on the making of REM's "Automatic for the People" album.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
1h 33m
Movie 2017

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
1h 30m
Movie 2016

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt

Seven Ages of Rock
1h 4m
TV Show 2007

Seven Ages of Rock

A definitive landmark series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who have shaped this most enduring of genres.

Biography

John Michael Stipe (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. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence. Possessing a distinctive voice, Stipe has been noted for the "mumbling" style of his early career. Since the mid-1980s, Stipe has sung in "wailing, keening, arching vocal figures" that R.E.M. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. Outside the music industry, he owns and runs two film production studios, C-00 and Single Cell Pictures. As a member of R.E.M., Stipe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. As a singer-songwriter, Stipe influenced a wide range of artists, including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Bono of U2 has described his voice as "extraordinary", and Yorke told The Guardian that Stipe is his favorite lyricist, saying "I loved the way he would take an emotion and then take a step back from it and in doing so make it so much more powerful." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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