Stipe met Peter Buck[?], Bill Berry[?] and Mike Mills[?] in 1980 (see 1980 in music) while studying photography and painting at the University of Georgia[?]. They formed R.E.M. that year and issued their debut single, "Radio Free Europe", on Hib-Tone[?]. The song was a college radio[?] success and the band signed to IRS Records[?] for the release of the Chronic Town[?] EP one year later. Beginning with 1983's Murmur[?] (see 1983 in music), R.E.M. released a series of critically acclaimed albums with limited mainstream success. A few hit singles and growing visibility as a social activist eventually made Stipe a star, and also earned him a devoted fanbase.
In 1998, Stipe published a collection called Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith and worked on Single Cell[?], a film production company which released Being John Malkovich[?] and American Movie in 1999.
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