Michael Stipe
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."
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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."
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Known For
86 titles
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
R.E.M. : Perfect Square
Louder Than You Think
R.E.M.: Succumbs
R.E.M. at Rockpalast
R.E.M. Tourfilm
R.E.M.: Road Movie
R.E.M. Live
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
R.E.M.: Pop Screen
Radiohead: Tibetan Freedom Concert
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground
R.E.M. at the BBC
R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18
R.E.M. - Falls to Climb
R.E.M. by MTV
R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged
R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance
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