Four college friends, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, played together for the first time at a friend's birthday party on April 5, 1980. This band, R.E.M., went on to shape the future of rock music, lasting for thirty years.
R.E.M. by MTV
The legendary rock band R.E.M. was born when four college friends - Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe - took the stage at a birthday party on April 5, 1980.
