“Star 69” (R.E.M.), 306–7

  “Star Star” (Rolling Stones), 288n

  Stephens, Jody, 236, 406

  Stevenson, Davy, 61–62

  Stills, Stephen, 202, 388

  Stillwater, 95

  Stipe, Cyndy, 17, 18, 22, 30

  Stipe, John Wesley Mobley, Jr., 17–19, 30, 252

  military career of, 17–18, 25, 30, 102, 239, 240

  relationship with Michael, 19, 21, 24

  Stipe, Lynda, 17, 18, 30

  Stipe, Marianne, 17, 18, 30, 297, 402

  Stipe, Michael (John Michael), 9, 13–34, 102, 252, 344–45

  Accelerate and, 389, 390

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 200, 212–13

  Austin City Limits and, 16–17

  Automatic for the People and, 287, 288, 289, 291, 293–94

  Ayers and, 146, 147, 213, 276, 299, 312

  background of, 13–15, 17, 18–31, 372, 377

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

  Buck and, 38, 44, 46–48, 328, 386

  CMJ awards and, 160–61, 195

  Cobain and, 303–4

  Collapse into Now and, 393, 394, 398, 402

  and conflicts in R.E.M., 302, 361

  “Country Feedback” and, 398

  depression of, 181–82, 183, 184, 198, 227

  Document and, 215–16

  Dozol and, 402

  “Drive to the Ocean” and, 403

  Eponymous and, 372

  Fables of the Reconstruction and, 184, 185, 186

  fame and, 297–98

  fear of taking AIDS test, 182, 313–14

  as Flannery O’Connor fan, 178

  Gang of Four and, 95, 112

  in Gangster, 45, 53

  “Gardening at Night” and, 103

  “Get Up” and, 237

  at Glastonbury Festival, 365–66, 367

  Golden Palominos and, 200, 214

  at Grand Ole Opry show, 206, 207

  Green and, 238–39

  hair of, 147, 181, 183

  health of, 291, 292, 297, 302, 314, 333, 378

  Hibbert and, 107

  induction into Georgia Music Hall of Fame, 385–86

  induction into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 387, 402

  interviews with media, 191, 192–93, 196, 197, 226, 307, 309, 313, 314–15, 318, 346

  I.R.S. Records and, 125, 126, 131

  in Jotz, 28–29

  on Late Night with David Letterman, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 150–51

  Lifes Rich Pageant and, 207, 208, 209–10

  living in Athens, Ga., 32, 33, 200, 279, 402

  meeting R.E.M. members, 1, 52

  Merchant and, 214, 285, 312

  Monster and, 301–2, 305, 306–7, 310–11, 314

  MTV and, 7, 213, 226, 265, 273–75, 334

  Murmur and, 133, 134–35, 376

  in naming of R.E.M., 71

  New Adventures in Hi-Fi and, 338, 339, 350–51, 352

  “No Time for Love Like Now” and, 403

  opening for the Police in Atlanta, 111–12

  Out of Time and, 263–64, 265–68, 291, 298

  political consciousness of, 200–201, 204, 259, 261, 275, 279–80, 281, 284–86

  post–R.E.M. life of, 402–4, 408

  RCA Records and, 118

  reaction to Berry’s departure from R.E.M., 355, 356, 357–58, 360, 361

  Reckoning and, 156, 162

  recording with Boyd, 183

  recording with Easter, 105–6

  recording with Gehman, 203, 204

  relationship with father, 19, 21, 24

  in R.E.M. videos, 3, 137, 217, 218, 267–68, 270–71, 310–11, 346; see also specific videos

  in R.E.M.’s debut performance, 1, 53, 54–55, 56, 57, 61, 63, 64–65

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

  in R.E.M.’s final public performance, 392, 399–400

  in R.E.M.’s first out-of-state bookings, 99

  at R.E.M.’s strategy session in 1993, 300

  Reveal and, 371

  River Phoenix and, 297, 300–301

  Rock of the 80’s and, 172

  Rock on TV and, 137, 138

  The Rocky Horror Picture Show and, 13, 14, 21, 44, 150, 159, 377

  in Rough Cut documentary, 317

  rumors about, 291, 292, 297, 312, 313, 314, 378

  sexuality of, 147, 182, 312–15, 337, 378–79

  “Sitting Still” and, 103

  songwriting of, 101, 183–84, 200–201, 204, 208, 260, 262; see also specific albums and songs

  spring break in New York City, 57–58, 59, 386

  Springsteen and, 381–82

  10,000 Maniacs and, 214, 262, 285

  at Tibetan Freedom Concert, 359–60

  touring for R.E.M.: in Accelerate Tour (2008), 391; in Green Tour (1989), 241–42, 245, 246; in Monster Tour (1995), 317, 319, 322–23, 324, 325, 326, 330, 335; in Murmur Tour (1983), 140; in Pageantry Tour (1986), 210–11; in Reconstruction Tour (1985), 191, 192, 193–94, 198

  traveling with an entourage, 302

  University of Georgia art department and, 32, 33–34, 35–38, 52–53, 98, 255

  Up and, 352–53, 355, 360, 361, 363, 364

  in Vote for Change tour, 381–82

  Warner Bros. Records and, 222–23, 384

  Williams and, 119

  “Your Capricious Soul” and, 403

  see also R.E.M.

  “Stop It” (Pylon), 58–59

  STP (Stones Touring Party) (Greenfield), 109

  “Strange Currencies” (R.E.M.), 307

  Stranglers, 113

  Strickland, Keith, 40, 147

  Stringfellow, Ken, 362, 365, 370–71

  Stubbs, David, 365

  “Stumble” (R.E.M.), 116

  “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (Dylan), 275

  Suburbs (band), 126, 127, 139

  Suicide, 41, 46, 58, 335

  Sundance Channel, 382

  “Sundown” (Lightfoot), 229

  “Superman” (R.E.M.), 209, 407

  “Swan Swan H” (R.E.M.), 200, 213, 273

  Swartz, Kit, 48

  Love Tractor and, 57, 353

  Side Effects, 56, 61, 62–63, 70, 231, 353

  Sweet Baby James (Taylor), 80

  Sweeting, Adam, 383

  “Sweetness Follows” (R.E.M.), 293, 366

  Swift, Taylor, 396

  Synchronicity (Police), 141, 152

  T

  Tabor, Bill, 42

  “Talk About the Passion” (R.E.M.), 133

  Talking Heads, 22, 25

  Taylor, James, 80

  Television, 22, 25, 46, 229

  Ten (Pearl Jam), 301

  10,000 Maniacs, 214, 262, 284, 285

  terrorist bombings in London’s Underground, 382

  “Texarkana” (R.E.M.), 263, 407

  “Thanksgiving 1915” (Bad Ends), 407

  “That Someone Is You” (R.E.M.), 397

  “There She Goes Again” (Velvet Underground), 54, 65

  “These Are Days” (10,000 Maniacs), 285

  “These Days” (R.E.M.), 206, 207, 210

  “This Land Is Your Land” (Guthrie), 284

  This Way Up, 363

  Thompson, Linda, 179

  Thompson, Richard, 179

  Thriller (Jackson), 187

  Throwing Muses, 248, 392

  Thyret, Russ, 342

  Tibetan Freedom Concert, 359–60, 361

  Time, 295

  Time Warner, 342, 343

  Todos Santos festival, 405–6

  Tolkien, J. R. R., 169

  “Tongue” (R.E.M.), 307, 367

  “To Sir with Love” (Lulu), 285

  Troggs, 272, 335

  Trouser Press, 117, 224

  Trump, Donald, 407

  Trump, Geoff, 211, 244

  “Try Not to Breathe” (R.E.M.), 293

  Tucker, Corin, 394–96, 406

  Tuff Darts, 28

  Twin/Tone Records, 139

  Two at Four, 191

  Tyler, Steven, 26

  Tyrone’s

  R.E.M.’s headlining at, 76, 93–94, 98, 99, 104, 106, 156

  R.E.M.’s opening for the Brains at, 69–70, 71, 73, 75–76

  U

  “Underneath the Bunker” (R.E.M.), 209

  “Undertow” (R.E.M.), 334

  University of Georgia art school, 34–35, 36–37

  Unplugged, 272

  Up (R.E.M.), 352–53, 360–63, 366, 367

  promotion of, 362, 363

  recording of, 355, 360–61

  reviews of, 364–65

  see also specific songs

  U2, 141, 142, 151, 152, 198, 284–85, 351, 365

  V

  Van Halen, 387, 388

  Varney, Vic, 56–57

  Vedder, Eddie, 386, 387

  Vega, Alan, 58

  Velvet Underground, 37, 55, 70, 71, 87, 95

  “Pale Blue Eyes,” 175

  “There She Goes Again,” 54, 65

  VH1, 363

  Village Voice, The

  on B-52’s, 41

  Buck and, 46, 89

  on Chronic Town, 127–28

  on Green, 243

  on Horses, 22, 23

  on Lifes Rich Pageant, 210

  on Murmur, 135

  on Pylon, 58

  on R.E.M., 112

  Stipe and, 22, 23, 44

  Vinyl Junkies (Milano), 78–79

  Voidoids, 46, 148

  Voodoo Fest, 391

  Vote for Change tour, 381

  W

  Waitresses, 117

  “Wake-Up Bomb, The” (R.E.M.), 334, 335

  Walden, Phil, 168

  “Walking on Sunshine” (Katrina and the Waves), 214

  “Walk Unafraid” (R.E.M.), 362, 363, 367

  Wall, Dan, 51, 54

  Wall, The (Pink Floyd), 41

  Walters, Barry, 242

  War (U2), 152

  Warchol, Jim, 27–28, 29, 31

  Warhol, Andy, 43, 53, 146, 276

  Warner Bros. Records, 231, 275

  artist-centric record company model of, 125

  B-52’s and, 41

  New Adventures in Hi-Fi and, 338

  Panebianco and, 228–29, 230–31, 271

  reaction to Mojo’s article on R.E.M., 345

  R.E.M.’s contracts with: first, 8, 223, 228–31, 236, 338, 372, 396; second, 342–43, 346–47, 348, 362

  R.E.M.’s introduction video for, 222–23, 384

  “Stand” and, 243

  see also Waronker, Lenny

  Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, 343

  Waronker, Joey, 362, 364, 365, 370–71

  Waronker, Lenny, 231, 362, 384

  on Automatic for the People, 287–88, 289

  on Green, 237

  interest in signing R.E.M., 228–29, 230

  “Losing My Religion” and, 264

  on Out of Time, 264, 265

  reaction to R.E.M.’s refusal to tour in 1991, 271