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Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe, born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia, is an American singer-songwriter who became the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. After moving to Athens, Georgia in 1980, he met guitarist Peter Buck at a record store and the two, along with Bill Berry and Mike Mills, formed the band, dropping out of university to pursue music. R.E.M. issued the college‑radio hit single "Radio Free Europe" in 1981 and signed to I.R.S. Records. Their debut album Murmur (1983) earned critical acclaim, and subsequent releases-Reckoning (1984), Fables of the Recon...