Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 04, 1960 ( 64 years old )
Place of Birth
Decatur, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
John Michael Stipe
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." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008-04-02Cher: In Her Own Words
2021-05-04R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater
1985-06-09Slacker Uprising
2007-09-07R.E.M. Live
2007-10-12R.E.M. Tourfilm
1990-09-25R.E.M.: Road Movie
1996-08-25Louder Than You Think
2023-03-13R.E.M. - This Film Is On
1991-09-24Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
1996-03-23