21-10-2023
| Билл Берри Bill Berry |
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Берри на концерте в 2008 году |
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| Основная информация | |
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| Имя при рождении |
William Thomas Berry |
| Полное имя |
Уильям Томас Берри |
| Дата рождения | |
| Место рождения | |
| Годы активности |
1980 — 1997 |
| Страна | |
| Профессии | |
| Жанры | |
| Коллективы | |
| Аудио, фото, видео на Викискладе | |
Уильям Томас "Билл" Берри (англ. William Thomas "Bill" Berry: род. 31 июля 1958 года, Дулут, штат Миннесота, США) — американский музыкант и мультиинструменталист, наиболее известен как барабанщик альтернативной рок-группы R.E.M.. Помимо своего основного амплуа ударника, Берри играл на многих других инструментах, включая гитару, бас-гитару и фортепиано, как для сочинения песен, так и на записях группы. После 17 лет проведенных в группе, Берри покинул музыкальную индустрию, чтобы стать фермером. С тех пор он ведет уединенный образ жизни, периодически выступая с R.E.M. и участвуя в записях других музыкантов.
Берри родился в городе Дулут, штат Миннесота, он был пятым ребенком в семье Дона и Анны. В возрасте трех лет, Берри вместе с семьей переехал в пригород Милуоки, штат Висконсин, где они проживали течение следующих семи лет. В 1968 году семья Билла вновь переехала, на этот раз в Сандаски, штат Огайо, на берег озера Эри.
В 1972 семейство Берри окончательно переехало, обосновавшись в городе Мэйкон, штат Джорджия, как раз в это время, Билл достиг возраста, чтобы поступить среднюю-школу Mount de Sales Academy. Именно там он познакомился с басистом Майком Миллзом, и вместе они играли в нескольких группах. Их первая попытка сделать музыкальную карьеру не имела успеха. В итоге, Беррин и Миллз решили устроиться на дневную работу, чтобы заработать денег. Они арендовали квартиру на Арлингтон Плэйс в Мейконе, и Билл получил работу в агентстве по продаже билетов Paragon, по соседству.
Берри и Миллз переехали в город Атенс в 1978 году, где они встретили Майкла Стайпа и Питера Бака. Там же Берри изучали предварительное право в Университете Джорджии, но в итоге бросил учебу.
| Музыкант | Название | Год | Амплуа | Описание |
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| 13111 | My Bible Is the Latest TV Guide/Things I'd Like to Say | 1989 | Solo project | Solo single released by Jefferson Holt's Dog Gone Records in 1989. The a-side is a Berry original credited to "Stashus Mute"; the b-side is a cover of the New Colony Six song from the 1968 album Revelations. "13111" is a translation of "Bill" into numerals. |
| Bill Berry | n/a | December 17, 1997 | Drums | Berry drums with friends at a charity event for Tourette's Syndrome at the Morton Theater. After the show, he auctions off his drum set. |
| Bill Berry | Riviera Nap | 2000 | Co-writing, drums | Berry and fellow Athenian Davis Causey contributed this song to the Tourette's Syndrome benefit compilation Welcome Companions in the summer of 2000. He also drummed on three tracks by Sherry Joyce. |
| Rick Fowler | Back on My Good Foot | 2008 | Drums | The two previously collaborated on the Tourette Syndrome Charity album. |
| Love Tractor | n/a | 1980 | Drums | Bill joined the Tractor for five months and played with them at the same time as R.E.M. He ultimately chose the latter because they were willing to quit school to play music. |
| Love Tractor | Love Tractor | 1982 | Writing | When the Tractor's self-titled debut album was released, it included the Berry composition Motorcade. The album was re-released two years later as 'Til the Cows Come Home. |
| Love Tractor | The Sky at Night | 2001 | Percussion | Bill rejoined the line-up as a percussionist during their 2001 reunion album, playing on Bright. |
| Michelle Malone | New Experience | 1988 | Drums | Plays on Into the Night. |
| Rana | n/a | July 2001 | Production | Berry produced demos of this New Jersey band, including the songs Day She Went Away, [Love It] Automatic, Not So Mopso, Ring in the Sand, and So Long Edgewood. |
| Widespread Panic | n/a | March 1, 2000 - Athens, United States | Drums | Bill sat in with this band for a benefit playing Ride Me High, Drums, Time Is Free, and Climb to Safety. Mike Mills joined the band the following night. |
| WUOGerz | n/a | 1979 | Drums | A band made up of fellow University of Georgia students who were mainly from the campus radio station WUOG. |
| Музыкант | Название | Год | Амплуа | Описание |
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| [Frat party band] | n/a | ? | Drums, guitar, bass | Backing up a stripper for an hour at a frat party when the tape deck broke. |
| Hindu Love Gods | n/a | February 14, 1984 - Athens, United States | Drums, guitar, bass | This ad hoc band formed with local pianist and singer Bryan Cook of Time Toy on a break from R.E.M. Their first gig was at the 40 Watt Club. Set: Bangkok; With a Girl Like You; I'm Through with You; Walk, Don't Run; Personality Crisis; Narrator; Pipeline; Needles and Pins; California Sun; Government Center; Hippy Hippy Shake; (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone; Permanent Vacation; Jump; Color Me Impressed |
| Hindu Love Gods | n/a | February 29, 1984 - Athens, United States | Drums, guitar, bass | Another performance at the 40 Watt, with opening act Wheel O'Cheese (a pseudonym for Love Tractor.) This time the line-up was augmented by Michael Stipe and singer Warren Zevon. Michael played drums on Rebel Rebel and sang from Little America on. Bryan Cook only sang on Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight. Set: Up on the Cross; Boom Boom Mancini; Trouble Waiting to Happen; Werewolves of London; Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight; Little America; Second Guessing; Gloria; Rebel Rebel; Wild Thing |
| Hindu Love Gods | n/a | June 1, 1984 - Athens, United States | Drums, guitar, bass | Performance at the Bourbon Street Club. Set: Color Me Impressed; White Light, White Heat; There She Goes Again; Government Center; Broken Whisky Glass; Little Willie; Authority Song; Personality Crisis; Hang on Sloopy; Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight |
| Hindu Love Gods | Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight/Narrator | 1986 | Drums, guitar, bass | The Hindus went to John Keane Studio in 1984 to record this single. The a-side is an Easybeats cover, the b-side is a Bill Berry original that pre-dates R.E.M. IRS released the material two years later with a cover painted by Bill. |
| Hindu Love Gods | n/a | January 20, 1986 - Athens, United States | Drums, guitar, bass | The band reformed for a benefit concert at the 40 Watt for recently-deceased Minutemen guitarist D. Boon. R.E.M. performed a set and were joined in their first encore by Cook; Stipe sat out Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight. Set: Strange; Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight; Pills |
| Hindu Love Gods | Hindu Love Gods | 1990 | Drums, guitar, bass | While recording the sessions for Warren Zevon's Sentimental Hygiene album, the guys also cut several blues covers and a Prince cover. The material was released as an album by Warren's label, Giant, in 1990. Tracks: Walking Blues; Traveling Riverside Blues; Raspberry Beret; Crosscut Saw; Junko Partner; Mannish Boy; Wang Dang Doodle; Battleship Chains; I'm a One Woman Man; Vigilante Man. |
| Hindu Love Gods | Raspberry Beret/Wang Dang Doodle/Mannish Boy | 1990 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the self-titled album. Some versions do not have the last track. |
| Indigo Girls | Indigo Girls | 1990 | Drums, guitar, bass | On the track Tried to Be True. Michael sings on Kid Fears. |
| Southern Gentlemen | n/a | May 11, 1988 - Athens, United States | Drums, guitar, bass | The instrumentalists from R.E.M. joined Roger McGuinn of The Byrds in the middle of his set at the Uptown Lounge. Set: "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"; "Mr. Spaceman"; "The Bells of Rhymney"; "Mr. Tambourine Man"; "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; "Eight Miles High"; "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"; "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better". McGuinn has guested at several R.E.M. shows as well. |
| The Spongetones | Torn Apart | 1984 | Clapping | On the track "Shock Therapy", with Don Dixon and Mitch Easter. |
| Nikki Sudden | The Jewel Thief | 1991 | Drums, guitar, bass | On the tracks "I Belong to You", Alley of the Street, and Jigsaw Blues. |
| Nikki Sudden | I Belong to You/Alley of the Street/Jigsaw Blues | 1991 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the album. |
| The Troggs | Don't You Know/Nowhere Road | February 2, 1992 | Drums, guitar, bass, co-writing | Single from Athens, Andover. |
| The Troggs | Athens, Andover | March 23, 1992 | Drums, guitar, bass, co-writing | The guys, along with Peter Holsapple, act as a backing band to Reg Presley on this album and co-wrote the track Nowhere Road. Recorded at John Keane Studio in August and September 1991. Tracks: Crazy Annie; Together; Tuned into Love; Déjà Vu; Nowhere Road; Dust Bowl; I'm in Control; Don't You Know; What's Your Game; Suspicious; Hot Stuff. R.E.M. briefly considered recording an EP named "The Godlike Genius of the Troggs as Presented by R.E.M.". |
| The Troggs | Together/Crazy Annie/Turned into Love | 1992 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the album. |
| The Troggs | Athens and Beyond | 1999 | Drums, guitar, bass | Re-release of Athens, Andover with bonus tracks. |
| Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene | 1987 | Drums, guitar, bass, co-writing | The was touted as a comeback album for Zevon and featured several guest stars in addition to R.E.M., such as fellow Duluth native Bob Dylan, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Neil Young. The entire band performs on the song Bad Karma, with Michael singing backup and playing shears as a musical instrument. All three members perform on Boom Boom Mancini; Detox Mansion; Bad Karma; and Even a Dog Can Shake Hands; the latter of which they co-wrote. Peter and Bill play on Sentimental Hygiene and The Heartache. |
| Warren Zevon | Sentimental Hygiene/The Factory/Leave My Monkey Alone | August 1987 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the album. Some versions do not have the last track. |
| Warren Zevon | Bad Karma/Boom Boom Mancini/Leave My Monkey Alone | November 1987 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the album. Some versions do not have the last track. |
| Warren Zevon | Reconsider Me/The Factory/Bad Karma | February 1988 | Drums, guitar, bass | Single from the album. Some versions do not have the last track. |
| Warren Zevon | Splendid Isolation/Even a Dog Can Shake Hands/Bad Karma/Gridlock | 1989 | Drums, guitar, bass, co-writing | Single from the album. Some versions do not have the last two tracks. |
| Warren Zevon | Even a Dog Can Shake Hands | 1999 | Drums, guitar, bass, co-writing | Used as the theme song to the television series Action. |
| Музыкант | Название | Год | Амплуа | Описание |
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| Doubting Thomas | Blue Angel | 1993 | Drums, guitar | On one track. |
| Tony Trischka | World Turning | 1993 | Bouzouki, percussion | On Alfa Ya Ya and If Animals Could Talk. |
Билл Берри.