Buck and Stipe were soon joined by Bill Berry and Mike Mills, and named themselves R.E.M., a name Stipe selected at random from a dictionary. The two became friends they eventually decided to form a band and started writing music together, although at the time Stipe was also in a local group named Gangster. "He was a striking-looking guy and he also bought weird records, which not everyone in the store did," Buck recalled. While attending the University of Georgia in Athens, Stipe frequented the Wuxtry record shop, where he met store clerk Peter Buck in 1980.
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. He was raised in and came from "a place of faith," as previous generations of his family were Methodist ministers. Stipe also worked at the local Waffle House. His senior photo is pictured in the album art work of Eponymous. In 1978, he graduated from high school in Collinsville, Illinois. Stipe and his family moved to various locales during his childhood, including West Germany, Texas, Illinois, and Alabama. His younger sister, Lynda Stipe, was born in 1962 and became the vocalist of her own band, Hetch Hetchy. He was a military brat his father was a serviceman in the United States Army whose career resulted in frequent relocations for his family. John Michael Stipe was born on January 4, 1960, in Decatur, Georgia, to Marianne and John Stipe. Bono of U2 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." As a singer-songwriter, Stipe influenced a wide range of artists, including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Outside the music industry, he owns and runs two film production studios, C-00 and Single Cell Pictures.Īs a member of R.E.M., Stipe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. Since the mid-1980s, Stipe has sung in "wailing, keening, arching vocal figures" that R.E.M. Possessing a distinctive voice, Stipe has been noted for the "mumbling" style of his early career. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence.
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