“At My Most Beautiful” (R.E.M.), 362, 364, 366

  “Auctioneer (Another Engine)” (R.E.M.), 178

  Austin City Limits, 16

  Automatic for the People (R.E.M.), 286–94, 326, 384

  interviews for, 290–91

  opening track of, 291–92

  reviews of, 295, 315

  sales of, 8, 295

  writing sessions for, 286–87

  see also specific songs

  Ayeroff, Jeff, 281

  Ayers, Jeremy, 62, 145, 146–48, 213, 276, 299, 312

  B

  “Baby I” (R.E.M.), 93, 101

  Back Door Band, 170

  “Bad Day” (R.E.M.), 373–74

  Bad Ends, 407–8

  Bad Habits, 27–28, 29–30, 31, 44, 45

  Bad Religion, 316

  Baker, Brian, 316

  Baker, Cary, 220, 221

  “Ballad of John and Yoko, The” (Beatles), 393

  “Bang and Blame” (R.E.M.), 307, 318, 324, 325

  Bangs, Lance, 399

  Bangs, Lester, 58

  Baseball Project, 393, 405, 406

  “Beachball” (R.E.M.), 371

  Beach Boys, 81, 265, 266, 364

  Beard, Danny, 41, 91, 151

  Beastie Boys, 359

  Beatles, 22–23, 81, 109, 253, 347

  “The Ballad of John and Yoko,” 393

  “Come Together,” 165

  on Ed Sullivan’s show, 78

  A Hard Day’s Night (movie), 216–17

  “A Hard Day’s Night” (song), 79

  at New York’s Shea Stadium, 141

  “Because the Night” (Smith and Springsteen), 381, 382

  Bee Gees, 287

  “Begin the Begin” (R.E.M.), 207, 235, 322, 385

  Behind the Music, 363

  “Belong” (R.E.M.), 261, 263, 266, 267, 272, 280, 378

  Belville, Scott, 35–36, 52–53

  “Be Mine” (R.E.M.), 338, 339

  Berg, Karin, 229, 287

  Berlin, Steve, 219

  Berry, Bill (William Thomas), 1, 138

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 213

  Automatic for the People and, 287, 288, 289, 294

  background of, 49, 105–6, 163, 167–68, 169–70, 252–55

  Bad Ends and, 407–8

  on Behind the Music, 363

  on being environmentally conscious, 282

  “Catapult” and, 131

  CMJ awards and, 160–61

  and conflicts in R.E.M., 302

  Copeland (Ian) and, 50, 111, 112

  in Corn Cobwebs, 199, 209

  “Country Feedback” and, 397–98

  departure from R.E.M., 252, 355–58, 360, 363, 385

  Document and, 215

  Downs and, 96, 324, 334

  drug and alcohol use of, 249–50, 255–56

  Fables of the Reconstruction and, 185

  fame and, 227, 249–50, 296

  farm outside of Athens, 305, 407

  at “Finest Worksongs: Athens Bands Play the Music of R.E.M.,” 385

  Gang of Four and, 95, 112

  “Gardening at Night” and, 103

  “Get Up” and, 237

  at Grand Ole Opry show, 206, 207

  Green and, 238

  Green tour and, 248, 249–50

  health of: aneurysm, 326–29, 356; Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 251–52, 255

  Hibbert and, 107

  Hindu Love Gods and, 214

  Holt and, 100, 251, 334, 353

  house in Athens, Ga., 200

  induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 387

  interviews with media, 249–50, 309–10, 313, 318, 320, 358, 397

  on I.R.S.’s poor job of promoting R.E.M. overseas, 225

  on Late Night with David Letterman, 4

  Lifes Rich Pageant and, 208

  Love Tractor and, 353–54, 407

  “Low” and, 298

  marriage to Mari, 200, 256, 353, 397

  meeting R.E.M. members, 49, 51–52

  Mills and, 1, 63, 73, 95, 168, 328, 355–56, 358; apartment in Macon, 49–50, 170–71; as schoolmates, 1, 52, 163, 167, 226, 254

  Minus 5 and, 393

  Monster and, 302, 304, 306

  MTV’s Video Music Awards and, 273, 274

  Murmur and, 133, 134

  “My Bible Is My Latest TV Guide,” 200

  New Adventures in Hi-Fi and, 352

  O’Brien and, 51–52, 56, 97, 98

  opening for the Police, 111–12

  “Orange Crush” and, 239

  Paragon Booking Agency and, 49–50, 97, 111, 170–71, 255

  Paraguay visit of, 278, 282

  in Passaic concert for MTV Rock Influences series, 175

  post–R.E.M. life of, 406, 407–8

  Pylon and, 247, 248

  “Radio Free Europe” and, 104

  recording with Boyd, 183

  recording with Gehman, 202, 203

  in R.E.M. videos, 217, 271, 311, 352

  R.E.M.’s debut performance and, 1, 53, 54–55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64–65, 72, 75

  R.E.M.’s early bookings and, 72, 93, 95, 98–99

  at R.E.M.’s strategy session in 1993, 296, 299, 310, 349

  on R.E.M.’s success, 277, 282

  Rock of the 80’s and, 172

  Rock on TV and, 137

  in Rough Cut documentary, 320

  songwriting of, 101, 181, 259–60, 354, 397

  touring with R.E.M., 139, 176, 256, 299, 310, 320–22, 324–30, 334, 344

  unibrow of, 357

  at University of Georgia, 50

  Up and, 352–53

  Wuoggerz and, 50–51

  see also R.E.M.

  Berry, Don (Bill’s brother), 251, 252

  Berry, Donald (Bill’s father), 252–53, 254

  Berry, James, 252

  Berry, Jane (Bill’s mother), 252, 253, 254

  Berry, Jane (Bill’s sister), 252

  Berry, Katheryn, 252

  Berry, Mari, 251, 324, 397

  on Bill and fame, 296

  on Bill hating to disappoint people, 252

  on Bill’s aneurysm, 327–29, 334

  on Bill’s determination, 255, 349

  on Bill’s retirement talk, 356–57

  marriage to Bill, 200, 256, 353

  Bewley, Randy, 41–42, 58–59, 94, 152

  B-52’s, 40–41, 56, 70, 106, 198, 406

  Ayers and, 147

  The B-52’s, 41

  Cosmic Thing, 275

  at Emory University, 91–92

  “52 Girls,” 41, 47

  gold records of, 212

  homecoming concert in Atlanta, 156

  “Love Shack,” 275

  MTV’s Video Music Awards and, 275

  Pylon and, 42, 43

  “Rock Lobster,” 40, 41

  sexuality of, 312

  Warner Bros. Records and, 41

  Biddle, Patton, 96–97, 279

  Big Red Machine, 403

  Big Star, 88, 236, 406

  Billboard charts

  Accelerate on, 390

  “Bang and Blame” on, 324

  Cosmic Thing on, 275

  “Crush with Eyeliner” on, 324

  Dead Letter Office on, 221

  “E-Bow the Letter” on, 350

  Fables on, 194

  Green on, 243

  “Imitation of Life” on, 371

  Lifes Rich Pageant on, 209

  Monster on, 309

  Murmur on, 135

  Nevermind on, 301

  “Orange Crush” on, 239, 243

  Out of Time on, 268–69, 301

  “Pop Song 89” on, 257

  Reckoning on, 160, 209

  “Stand” on, 243

  “The One I Love” on, 8–9, 220

  Up on, 364

  Billboard Music Award, 273

  “Binky the Doormat” (R.E.M.), 334

  “Birdland,” 24, 25

  “Bittersweet Me” (R.E.M.), 345

  Black, Johnny, 142

  Bloomington, Ind., 202–3, 210

  “Blue” (R.E.M.), 397, 398

  Blue Öyster Cult, 13, 335

  Blumenthal, Lori, 188

  Boat Of, 145, 151, 152

  Boberg, Jay, 120–21, 124–25, 126, 157, 174

  campaign to get R.E.M. to sign another contract, 224, 228, 230–31

  Chronic Town and, 127

  frustration with R.E.M.’s videos, 218, 270, 271

  Hague and, 130–31, 132

  Lifes Rich Pageant and, 204, 224

  support for R.E.M. opening for the Police, 142

  “Body Count” (R.E.M.), 102

  Born in the U.S.A. (Springsteen), 190

  “Born to Run” (Springsteen), 381, 382

  Boston Globe, 243

  Bourne, Sean, 76

  Bowie, David, 23, 53, 136

  Bowron, Fletcher, 84

  Boyd, Joe, 179, 180, 182–83, 185, 195

  Boyz II Men, 284

  Bragg, Billy, 272

  Brains, 50, 69, 75, 76, 94, 98

  Braxley, Don, 97, 111

  Bright Eyes, 381

  Briscoe, Vanessa, see Hay, Vanessa Briscoe

  BRIT award, 273, 384

  Brown, Les, 284

  Brown, Rodger Lyle, 52, 122, 148

  Brownstein, Carrie, 396

  Buck, Eunice, 83

  Buck, George, 83

  Buck, Ken, 51, 78, 81–82, 85, 92

  Buck, Marguerite, 83–84

  Buck, Peter, Sr., 78, 79, 83–84, 85–86

  Buck, Peter Lawrence, 53, 77–83, 85–92, 97–98, 378

  Accelerate and, 389

  anxiety about performing, 73–75, 76

  arrest of, 404, 405

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 213

  Automatic for the People and, 286–87

  background of, 77–83, 85, 89–91, 109

  Baseball Project and, 393, 405, 406

  Berry and, 49, 51

  Boberg and, 126

  “Catapult” and, 131

  Chronic Town and, 128

  CMJ awards and, 160–61

  Collapse into Now and, 393

  and conflicts in R.E.M., 302, 361

  “Country Feedback” and, 397–98

  DeCurtis and, 156

  Document and, 215, 216

  Doo Dah Records and, 87–88, 91, 92

  Dorgan and, 302–3, 305, 321, 361, 397, 404

  Downs and, 96

  at Emory University, 87–91

  Eponymous and, 372

  fame and, 296, 404–5

  family background of, 78, 83–85

  on firing Healey, 122

  as a Flannery O’Connor fan, 178

  Full Time Men and, 199

  “Gardening at Night” and, 103