John Michael Stipe was born in Decatur, Georgia, on January 4th, 1960. Since his father was in the military, they moved around a lot. In 1980, while he was attending the University of Georgia (studying painting and photography), he met Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. They dropped out of school to form R.E.M....See full bio »
2006The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury
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(writer: "It's the End of the World as We Know It And I Feel Fine" / performer: "It's the End of the World as We Know It And I Feel Fine")
[on once having referred to The Beatles as "elevator music"] I still get death threats about it from Beatles fans. The point that I was trying to make was that I was three years too young for them. I grew up in an era where The Banana Splits, The Archies and The Monkees were the music that I listened to. The Beatles were the music that was playing in the background.
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R.E.M. won the 1992 Brit Award for International Group.
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,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Season 1: Episode 553 -- Jimmy hosts a game of Password with Michael Stipe, Martin Short, Kermit and Miss Piggy. Part 1 of 2.")
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