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Members. [edit] R.E.M. on their final tour (from left to right): guitarist Peter Buck (on piano), touring musician Scott McCaughey, vocalist Michael Stipe (back to camera), touring drummer Bill Rieflin (on guitar), and bassist Mike Mills. Scott McCaughey was a touring member of R.E.M. from 1994 until their disbandment.
Come on, you know you did. R.E.M. was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980. The band initially consisted of Michael Stipe (lead vocals), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Bill Berry (drums). They released 15 studio albums before disbanding in 2011.
Oct 7, 2024 · R.E.M., American rock group, the quintessential college rock band of the 1980s. The members were lead singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.
R.E.M. founding members Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe played their first show on April 5, 1980, at a friend’s birthday party in an abandoned church in Athens, Georgia. From that point forward until 2011 when they decided to call it a day, the band released fifteen albums, toured the world, won multiple Grammys, were ...
Sep 21, 2011 · The group - Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry - played their first gig in a church on 5 April 1980. That night they were still called Twisted Kites, and they...
Jun 13, 2024 · All four original members of R.E.M. performed together for the first time since 1997 at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday night, with a rendition of their 1991...
Their 1991 classic hit "Losing My Religion," became the group's biggest single, peaking at #4 on Billboard Hot 100 and spending 21 weeks total on the chart. Having established a powerful legacy as one of the most enduring and essential rock bands in popular music history, R.E.M. pioneered the alt-rock movement of the ’90s, influencing the ...
