Michael Stipe

Known for ActingBorn 1960-01-04 (age 66)Decatur, Georgia, USA

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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

R.E.M.: Pop Screen

Rockpalast

Seven Ages of Rock

New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged

Little, Big, and Far

R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX

R.E.M. - Live In Athens (MTV) 2008

R.E.M. Live

R.E.M. - Live At The Rock Am Ring

Johnny Berlin

Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt

The Simpsons

R.E.M. Tourfilm

Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

MTV Video Music Awards

Beastie Boys Story

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show

Athens, GA Inside/Out

Boston Public

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

Trailblazer Honors

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

R.E.M.: Parallel

Song Exploder

Iconoclasts

American Movie

The Frank Skinner Show

Being John Malkovich

R.E.M. : Perfect Square

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

R.E.M.: Road Movie

Man on the Moon

R.E.M. - Monster

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

Our Song

TFI Friday

The Colbert Report

MTV Unplugged

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

On the Seventh Day

R.E.M. - This Film Is On

Democracy Now!

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