Bill Berry



         




William Thomas Berry (born July 31st 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years.

He was born in Duluth, Minnesota. His family soon moved to Macon, Georgia. He met bassist Mike Mills at high school in 1972. 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.

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R.E.M.
Band members: Michael Stipe | Peter Buck | Bill Berry | Mike Mills

Recordings: Chronic Town | Murmur | Reckoning | Fables of the Reconstruction | Lifes Rich Pageant | Document | Dead Letter Office | Eponymous | Green | Out of Time | Automatic for the People | Monster | New Adventures in Hi-Fi | Up | Reveal | In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | Around the Sun

Musical styles: Alternative rock | Jangle pop | College rock





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