By Tim Van Schmidt
05.24.95
Beat Comic
Thanks to YBeeXiv@aol.com for this article.
That wasn’t just a prop on Michael Stipe’s head when he took the stage at Fiddler’s Green on May 24 in a stocking cap - it was a cold night.
But even though the temperature was only in the forties, and the entire region was wrapped in [...]
05.17.95
Addicted To Noise
Thanks to Yb for this article.
Michael Stipe is bringing the lyrics to R.E.M. songs on stage with him each night because he can’t remember the words. “I’ve got a really fucked up memory,” Stipe confessed from the stage of the Shoreline Amphitheater, at a post show press conference held at 11:30 p.m. on [...]
By Barry Walters
05.16.95
San Francisco Examiner
“We finally figured out what to call this tour,” said singer Michael Stipe three songs into R.E.M.’s Monday night concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, the first since drummer Bill Berry collapsed months ago in Europe. “Welcome to the first show of Aneurism ‘95.”
There were times when the veteran guitar band proved [...]
By Barry Walters
05.15.95
San Francisco Examiner
Bill Berry’s just fine, thank you very much.
There’s a weary tone in Mike Mills’ voice that suggests the R.E.M. bassist has answered this a billion times. Still, the question must be asked.
“He’s fully recuperated,” he says of drummer Bill Berry, who collapsed from a brain aneurism during a show on the [...]