Michael Stipe
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Michael Stipe

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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."

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Films Featuring Michael Stipe

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

20086.1

R.E.M.: Live at The Capitol Theater

1985

Slacker Uprising

20075.3

R.E.M. Live

20078.0

R.E.M. Tourfilm

19908.0

R.E.M.: Road Movie

19967.3

Louder Than You Think

20236.0

R.E.M. - This Film Is On

R.E.M. - This Film Is On

19917.0

Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

19965.6

Left of Reckoning

1984

Athens, GA Inside/Out

19877.8

R.E.M.

R.E.M.

1989

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

2016

Beastie Boys Story

20207.5

R.E.M.: Succumbs

19876.0

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

20035.0

R.E.M. by MTV

20146.6

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special

1991

R.E.M.: Parallel

19957.7

R.E.M. : Perfect Square

20047.2

The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer

2000

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

20126.8

6 Days

2008

Arena Brains

19875.0

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

20177.5

R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed

20178.0

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

20196.7

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

201610.0

Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt

19948.0

R.E.M. at the BBC

20125.0

Olive, the Other Reindeer

19996.7

R.E.M.

20020.5

Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90

20187.6

R.E.M. - Falls to Climb

1999

R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions

2014

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

19956.5

R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine

2006

R.E.M. Live in Stockholm

1998

Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance!

2001

Anthem

19975.4

R.E.M. - Monster

20197.0

R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX

20108.0

R.E.M.: Pop Screen

199010.0

R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance

2000

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

20058.0

R.E.M.: This Way Up

R.E.M.: This Way Up

1999

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0

2001

1 Giant Leap

20025.3

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

20088.0

Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight

2024

R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged

19918.5

New Adventures in Hi-Fi Stereophonic on Film

19968.5

R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin

2009

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

20178.0

Dashboard Confessional: MTV2 Album Covers

Dashboard Confessional: MTV2 Album Covers

2004

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

20097.0

Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Radiohead: Tibetan Freedom Concert

1998

R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/18

1998

R.E.M.: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1998/10/17

1998

R.E.M: Shocking Club, Milan, Italy

1991

R.E.M.: Live at the Raleigh Underground

1982

Antiheroine

2026

Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars

2012

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

20047.6

R.E.M.: New Adventures In Hi-Fi