Formed in 1980, R.E.M. enjoyed a lot of critical a...  ..., the original members of which included frontman Michael Stipe , guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and dru...  ...hey are such is a regular part of employment? For Michael Stipe and the band, the answer was several years or les...  ...d, the answe...

REM frontman Michael Stipe is now concentrating on art; specifically he's wo...  ...inhardt Department of art at New York University. Stipe , an art student at the University of Georgia befo...  ...shows, and directing music videos.See a video of Stipe