(1960-01-04) January 4, 1960 (age 64) Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock
folk rock[1]
college rock
jangle pop
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
producer
visual artist
director
Years active
1980–present
Formerly of
R.E.M.
Musical artist
John Michael Stipe (/ˈstaɪp/; 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.
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.[2] 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.[3] Bono of U2 has described his voice as "extraordinary",[4][5] 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".[6]
^Stipe, Carrey Duet On R.E.M. - Penned Soundtrack MTV.com Retrieved June 20, 2016
^Cite error: The named reference buckley87 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Fricke, David (October 24, 2011). "'The One I Love': Radiohead's Thom Yorke on the Mystery and Influence of R.E.M." Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
^The South Bank Show, May 12, 2003.
^"U2 Like REM like U2 like REM". U2. April 3, 2001. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
^Adams, Tim; @TimAdamsWrites (February 23, 2013). "Thom Yorke: 'If I can't enjoy this now, when do I start?'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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