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Michael Stipe
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…
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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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2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2026
Little, Big, and Far
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self (Archive Footage)
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2026
Antiheroine
Movie Self
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2024
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Movie Self
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2023
Louder Than You Think
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Song Exploder
TV show Self
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2020
Beastie Boys Story
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Movie Self - R.E.M.
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2019
R.E.M. - Monster
Movie Himself
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2018
On the Seventh Day
Movie Producer
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2018
Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90
Movie Self
- 2017
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2017
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Movie Lead vocals
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2017
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Movie Self
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2017
Jeremy Dance
Movie Director
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2016
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Movie Sänger
- 2016
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest/Musical Guest
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2014
R.E.M. by MTV
Movie Himself
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2014
Trailblazer Honors
TV show Self
- 2014
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2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie Self
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2012
Vic Chesnutt - IT IS WHAT IT IS
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
Movie Self
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2012
R.E.M. at the BBC
Movie Self/Performer
- 2010
- 2009
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2009
The Cleveland Show
TV show
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2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn
Movie Self
- 2008
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2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Movie Self
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2008
6 Days
Movie
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2007
R.E.M. Live
Movie Vocals
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2007
Slacker Uprising
Movie Self
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2007
Seven Ages of Rock
TV show Self
- 2006
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2006
The One Show
TV show Self
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2005
Iconoclasts
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