Stipe - REM Tribute band

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 11 Mar 2006, 09:40

I went to see Stipe last night at Mr Kyps in Poole
http://www.mrkyps.net

An excellent night if you like REM - If you get the chance to see them
GO!! They played a load of hits and a few in betweenies

Post by **Sancho Panza** » 11 Mar 2006, 10:50

Do they do early material from Murmur/Reckoning/Fables etc?

I was really into REM in that period up to Green. Got a stack of bootlegs and videos if any one is interested in a trade. (Oh and I met them twice and got Bill Berry very drunk)

Post by **Sancho Panza** » 11 Mar 2006, 10:51

Do they do early material from Murmur/Reckoning/Fables etc?

I was really into REM in that period up to Green. Got a stack of bootlegs and videos if any one is interested in a trade. (Oh and I met them twice and got Bill Berry very drunk)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 11 Mar 2006, 12:21

They covered all the music from 80 something to today - So there were a few tracks I did not recognise

But the bloke actually looked like Micheal Stipe as well - His voice was not bad either, and he got the crowd singing along for most of the night

Post by **Alias** » 11 Mar 2006, 13:05

Theresurearealotofthem... wrote:...But the bloke actually looked like Micheal Stipe as well

Jeez- that is unfortunate- looking like Michael "Skull on a stick" Stipe.
REM's 1st 2 albums (+ Cronic Town EP)were brilliant, but lost interest rapidly after that though.

Post by **ThruBeingCool** » 11 Mar 2006, 15:37

Their 80's stuff is far superior to the 90's & beyond material.

I reckon 'Life's Rich Pageant' is their best album, followed closely by 'Document'.

R.E.M used to be a great band but they've gone downhill lately imho. In fact, I didn't bother buying their last album due to the poor quality of the previous 2. Can't even remember what it's called.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Mar 2006, 09:46

Around the Sun - I like their poppy stuff, not a huge fan of them - Saw them supporting U2 in the mid 80's at Milton Keynes (Maybe Joshua Tree or Rattle and Hum tour)

Actually I saw another excellent Support Act - U2 supporting Midnight Oil at The Lyceum back in the very early 80's!!!

LAIDBLACKINKENT · Post by **LAIDBLACKINKENT** » 14 Mar 2006, 13:15

Remember seeing Dire Straits supporting Squeeze at the Albany Empire in Deptford, must have been about 1978..whatever happened to them.
'Document' REM'S finest moment downhill after that.