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Merchant met Michael Stipe of the band R.E.M. in 1983. The two became close friends and eventually had a romantic relationship. They credit each other as inspirations for some of their songwriting. In an interview with The Independent, Stipe said, "Natalie was really the reason my work became politicised in the late Eighties." [29]
Stipe was once very close to fellow alternative rock singer Natalie Merchant and has recorded a few songs with her, including one titled "Photograph," which appeared on a pro-choice benefit album titled Born to Choose, and they appeared live with Peter Gabriel singing Gabriel's single "Red Rain" at the 1996 VH1 Honors and a few other times. [37]
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs is a compilation album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs, released in 2004.It includes their biggest hits, B-sides and unreleased recordings from the Natalie Merchant era.
"Any longstanding R.E.M. fan who had not figured out I was queer before that point wasn’t looking very hard," Stipe says in a new interview.Michael Stipe is "proud" of never hiding his sexuality ...
Natalie Merchant has always gone her own way. From her days as the swaying 1980s flower frontwoman of 10,000 Maniacs to her success as a singer-songwriter of bluesy folk ballads in the ’90s, she ...
10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that charted in the top 50 in the US: In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man's Zoo (1989), Our Time in Eden (1992), and the live album MTV Unplugged (1993).
Michael Stipe, frontman of Athens-born music group R.E.M., took part in a celebrity wedding recently.
In My Tribe is the third studio album from the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs.Released on July 27, 1987, by Elektra Records, it was their second major-label album and their first to achieve large-scale success.