Ex R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe was born on January 4th 1960 in Decatur, Georgia (USA). Brian, Stefan, Steve (Hewitt) and Michael have known each other since the late 90ies because they both performed at a lot of festivals.
They also recorded the song “Broken promise“ together which was released on Placebo's album “Meds“ in 2006. But music is not the only thing that connects them.
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In 1998 Michael Stipe was executive producer of the movie “Velvet Goldmine” in which all three Placebo members played minor parts as glam rock musicians. He was also involved in the production of other great movies like “Being John Malkovich” or “Man on the moon” and made a number of acting appearances himself on film and on television. But music and cinema is not enough for Michael Stipe, he is also a passionatete photographer. In 2018 he published a photo book entitled “Volume 1“ which features pictures of such celebrities as River Phoenix and Kurt Cobain (he is the godfather of Kurt's daughter Francis Bean). Michael's latest solo release "Sunday morning“ was released 2021 on the album “I'll be your mirror: A tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico“.
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Although he is such an allrounder most people know Michael Stipe as the singer of R.E.M. (“Losing my religion”, ”Everybody hurts”, “Shiny happy people“...). The American band split up in 2011 but with 85 millions of sold records they are one of the most successful alternative rock bands ever.
You can read more about R.E.M. here:
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As a singer-songwriter Michael Stipe influenced a wide range of artists, including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Just like Brian Michael sang a lot of guest vocals on other artist's records during his career. He did collaboratios with about 40 musicians, amongst them Patti Smith, Grant Lee Buffalo, Chris Martin and Courtney Love.
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| Photlo credit: Justin Thomas |
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๐ข "Michael was great. We thought he'd be in and out of the studio very quickly, but he hung around all day, making sure everything was just right."
(Daily Mirror, March 3rd 2006)
๐ข “The idea of working with Michael who has such a recognizable voice was very exciting. Since Michael is a friend and was somebody who'd really influenced the development of my voice, that was extremely exciting.”
(Suicide Girls, May 14th 2006)
๐ข “The idea of working with Michael who has such a recognizable voice was very exciting. Since Michael is a friend and was somebody who'd really influenced the development of my voice, that was extremely exciting. We wanted to take this potentially clichรฉ song and give it extra gravitas and more edge. It totally wasn't about trying to find the most famous person to be on the record.”
(Suicide Girls, May 14th 2006)
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Photo credits: Justin Thomas (Brian and Michael at Brixton Academy, May 23rd 1997), Method Times Production, Stock photo, NurPhoto, Adam Berry, Getty Images, unknown (2) / edit by me
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