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
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
as Self
2020
as Himself
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self - R.E.M.
2019
as Himself
2018
as Self
2017
2017
as Self
2016
as Sänger
2016
as Himself
2014
as Himself
2014
as Self
2014
2012
as Self
2012
as Self/Performer
2011
2010
2009
2008
2008
as Self
2008
2008
as Self
2007
as Vocals
2007
as Self
2007
as Self
2006
2005
as Self
2005
2004
as Vocals
2003
as Himself
2002
as Self
2002
as Himself
2001
as Himself
2000
as Self
2000
as Self
2000
as Himself
1999
as Schnitzel (voice)
1999
as Himself
1999
as Himself
1999
as Himself
1998
as Self
1998
as himself
1997
as Self
1996
1996
as Skeeter
1995
as Himself
1995
as Himself
1994
as Himself
1991
as Himself
1991
as Self
1991
1990
as Himself
1990
1989
as Michael Stipe (voice)
1989
as Self
1989
as Self
1987
as The Watcher
1987
as Himself
1987
as Michael Stipe
1985
1985
1984
as Self
1984
as Self
1984
1975
as Self
as Himself