Michael Stipe Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Talk About the Passion: R.E.M.’s Murmur at 40

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1983, 40th Anniversary, Athens, Bill Berry, Georgia, IRS Records, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Murmur, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

Celebrating the mumbling brilliance of the Athens band’s debut LP

Alternative Rock Folk Rock

Sweetness Follows: R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People at 30

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, Andy Kaufman, Automatic For The People, Bill Berry, Drive, Everybody Hurts, Kate Pierson, KRS One, Man on the Moon, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Montgomery Clift, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt

Looking back on a timeless time capsule of an album

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock

Wolves Out The Door: Chronic Town at 40

August 22, 2022August 27, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1982, 40th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars), Chronic Town, Gardening at Night, IRS Records, Lower Wolves, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Stumble

Looking back on the EP that helped introduce the world to R.E.M.

Music Journalism Rock Rock Docs

Mick Rock, 1948–2021

November 19, 2021April 3, 2022 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Blondie, Bob Marley, Brian May, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Ian Hunter, Iggy and the Stooges, Jack White, Joan Jett, John Cale, Johnny Marr, Lady Gaga, Lou Reed, Madonna, Matthew Kassel, Michael Stipe, Mick Rock, Mötley Crüe, New York Observer, Ozzy, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Phil Collins, Ray Davies, Roxy Music, Squeeze, Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Thin Lizzy, Tina Turner, Transformer

Rock’s greatest photographer chronicled rock’s greatest era

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Near Wild Heaven: Out Of Time Turns 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Near Wild Heaven, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Shiny Happy People

Was the biggest R.E.M. album also their best?

Festivals Music Journalism

WATCH: Earth Day 1990 Concert Highlights

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment 000 Maniacs, 10, 10000 Maniacs, Earth Day, John Denver, Michael Stipe, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, R.E.M., The Indigo Girls, Ziggy Marley

Watch R.E.M., The B-52’s, John Denver and others perform in Manhattan and Washington DC 30 years ago today

Music Journalism

WATCH: Michael Stipe Returns To The PSA Life For Coronavirus Warning

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Michael Stipe, R.E.M.

The former R.E.M. singer parlays the revival of an old hit single to raise awareness on the dire importance of social distancing

Pop Rock

Peter Buck and Luke Haines Unite For Beat Poetry and Survival

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 1 Comment Beat Poetry for Survivalists, Corin Tucker, Filthy Friends, Luke Haines, Michael Stipe, Omnivore Recordings, Peter Buck, R.E.M., The Auteurs

In this exclusive chat, the R.E.M. guitar hero talks extensively about his fantastic collaboration with the onetime Auteurs frontman and much more

Music Journalism

Boy Howdy Rides Again!

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Eric Davidson 1 Comment and John Sinclair, Barry Kramer, Cameron Crowe, Chad Smith, Creem, Dave Marsh, Ed Ward, Jaan Uhelszki, Jeff Daniels, Kirk Hammett, Lester Bangs, Michael Stipe, Niagara, Paul Stanley, Richard Meltzer, Scott Crawford, to stars like Joan Jett, Wayne Kramer

An interview with Scott Crawford, the director of the new documentary about legendary rock mag Creem

Alternative Rock Pop Rock

Why You Trying To Second Guess It?: R.E.M.’s Reckoning at 35

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1984, Athens, Begin the Begin: REM's Early Years, Bill Berry, binaural, Fables of Reconstruction, IRS Records, Joe Boyd, Let's Active, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Mitch Easter, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Reckoning, Robert Dean Lurie

Saluting the follow-up to the Athens band’s legendary debut, and a chat with Begin the Begin author, Robert Dean Lurie, about the band circa 1984

Alternative Rock

Devastation At Last, Finally We Meet: Grant Lee Buffalo’s Mighty Joe Moon at 25

September 23, 2019September 26, 2019 Jason Perri 4 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, Grant Lee Buffalo, Grant Lee Phillips, Joey Peters, Michael Stipe, Mighty Joe Moon, Netherworld Orange, Paul Kimble, Pistol Star, R.E.M., RNR Globe exclusive

The RNR Globe chats exclusively with bassist Paul Kimble on the legacy of the band’s sophomore masterpiece

Pop Rock

R.E.M. at the BEEB

December 1, 2018 John Everhart 1 Comment BBC Radio 2, Bill Berry, Joey Waronker, Ken Stringfellow, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott McCaughey

Tracing the triumphant live path of one of America’s greatest bands

Pop Rock

The Acceptable Edge of the Unacceptable Evolves

November 17, 2018November 18, 2018 John Everhart 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

R.E.M.’s Green at 30

Pop Rock

At Their Most Beautiful

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 John Everhart 2 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

R.E.M.’s Up at 20

Hip Hop Rock Soul

The Rock and Roll Globe News Desk

June 4, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Brian Wilson, Hardcore, Kanye West, Michael Stipe, Punk, Ye

June 4, 2018 Edition