Speaking to The Guardian'sRosanna Greenstreet, Stipe covered a variety of topics in a rapid-fire interview consisting of brief answers to questions. 'Here I AmTake It': Michael Stipe's New Photo Book Bares All (or at Stipe insisted that many of his early lyrics were "nonsense," saying in a 1994 online chat, "You all know there aren't words, per se, to a lot of the early stuff. [22] After the album was released, relationships in the band remained tense. (His evidence was that he had mixed a sleeping pill with a small amount of wine. The Reason R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Avoided Getting Tested For HIV For A I could finally stop worrying. Singer Michael Stipe quit drugs and cleaned himself up after his lover died in a car crash in the 1980s - as a tribute to her. The relationship between a band and their devoted fan base is awe-inspiring. His father served as a helicopter pilot in Korea and Vietnam. Also during his lifetime, as Stipe told The Guardian in 2020, he came close to death three times. That's an example of something that just hit me, then I became fascinated with it, and then it became enough of a nagging obsession to be turned into a piece.". [46], In 2019, Stipe collaborated with Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon's band Big Red Machine on the single "No Time For Love Like Now." The band's new album, Collapse Into Now, is their 15th. What did you want to be when you were growing up?Archaeologist, pop star, store cashier. 'I'm a pretty good pop star': Michael Stipe on his favourite REM songs [53][54], In a 2021 interview for Jacobin, Stipe described himself as a democratic socialist, and said that he was a member of the Democratic Party so he could vote in Democratic primaries. He is wearing a reefer jacket, jeans, work boots, an ethnic-looking scarf, a snug woolly hat and a full beard. Stipe described himself as a "queer artist" in Time in 2001 and revealed that he had been in a relationship with "an amazing man" for three years at that point. How would you like to be remembered?As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. He looks momentarily offended. In truth, many early R.E.M. What single thing would improve the quality of your life?A sustainable future for all. not anymore: Michael Stipe and his R.E.M band members posted a message to their wesbite In 1995 drummer Bill Berry collapsed on stage in Switzerland from a brain aneurysm.

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