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Profile of Bill Berry
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31st July 1958 |
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Duluth, Minnesota, USA |
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William Thomas Berry (born July 31st 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years.
Berry was born in Duluth, Minnesota, but his family soon moved to Macon, Georgia. He met bassist Mike Mills at high school in 1972, and they played together in several different bands. Berry and Mills moved to Athens, Georgia in 1978, where they met Michael Stipe and Peter Buck. R.E.M. was formed in 1980. In 1995, Bill Berry collapsed on stage while touring, due to a brain aneurysm. He left R.E.M. in October 1997, citing personal reasons. In 2000 he recorded for Tourette Syndrome Charity Album Welcome Companions.
Stipe said that when Bill approached them and begged them to let him leave, he said to the band that he could compromise and record with them, which would make him sad, but he didn't want to do any interviews or tours. Stipe said that "I just love the guy too much to see him sad" and thus they let Berry leave the band for his own happiness.
He had brief reunions with his former bandmates in 1999, where he jumped on stage to embrace with his old bandmembers. In 2003, Berry joined the band for two songs at their October 10 show in Raleigh, North Carolina, the second-to-last date of their 28-show fall tour. Despite this, bandmembers Peter Buck and Michael Stipe said that they do not expect Bill to make a reappearance any time soon and that he remained firm on his decision to retire.
In 8 October 2005 Berry rejoined for second time since 1997 with his former bandmembers. The four original members of R.E.M. reformed at the weekend to perform at the wedding of one of their roadies. The four played seven songs at Kingpins Bowl And Brew in Athens, Georgia, at technician Dewitt Burton's wedding.
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R.E.M.
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| Band members: Bill Berry | Peter Buck | Mike Mills | Michael Stipe |
| Additional musicians: Nathan December | Buren Fowler | Peter Holsapple | Barrett Martin | Scott McCaughey | Bill Rieflin | Ken Stringfellow | Joey Waronker |
| Management and producers: Joe Boyd | Don Dixon | Bertis Downs, IV | Mitch Easter | Don Gehman | Jefferson Holt | Scott Litt | Pat McCarthy |
| Albums: Chronic Town (EP) | Murmur | Reckoning | Fables of the Reconstruction | Lifes Rich Pageant | Document | Green | Out of Time | Automatic for the People | Monster | New Adventures in Hi-Fi | Up | Reveal | Around the Sun |
| Compilations: Dead Letter Office | Eponymous | R.E.M.: Singles Collected | The Best of R.E.M. | In the Attic | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 |
| Videos: Succumbs | Pop Screen | Tourfilm | This Film Is On | Parallel | Roadmovie | Perfect Square | In View - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 |
| Musical styles: Alternative rock | College rock | Jangle pop | Post-punk |
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