Today marks a milestone in the history of college rock: R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, in many ways the mumbly voice of ’80 indie and alternative music, turns 50. To mark the occasion, here’s a personal favorite, a clip of the band tearing through Lifes Rich Pageant
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Bill Berry plays ‘Crazy Like a Fox’ cover on R.E.M.’s new fan club Christmas single
- Video: Michael Stipe shoots iPhone clips of R.E.M. in the recording studio
- R.E.M. ‘This Is Not a Show’ concert film to receive limited theatrical screenings
- Video: R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, Mike Mills join Peter Buck and The Minus 5 in Athens
- R.E.M. ‘Live at the Olympia’ tracklist revealed; 39-song, 2CD set due Oct. 26
- Peter Buck, Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey plan triple-bill band-swapping tour
- Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe pay tribute to Miracle Legion’s Mark Mulcahy
- R.E.M. planning ‘Reckoning’ reissue, ‘Dublin Working Rehearsals’ live album
- R.E.M. crashes its own tribute concert, plays surprise song with Patti Smith
