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6 unusual facts about Mike Mills


Bertis Downs IV

At the band's 2007 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Downs—often referred to by the band as the fifth member of R.E.M.—was inadvertently omitted from Michael Stipe's lengthy thank you remarks, an error which Mike Mills quickly corrected between songs.

Jefferson Holt

Under the name Vibrating Egg, Holt recorded a solo single on Dog Gone Records, which included Mike Mills on bass.

Nicola Black

In the late 1990s, she produced and directed the pop-promo series Mirrorball, featuring profiles on Spike Jonze, Mike Mills, Roman Coppola, Michel Gondry and Dawn Shadforth.

Nightswimming

"Nightswimming" is a ballad featuring singer Michael Stipe accompanied only by bassist Mike Mills on piano, a string arrangement by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and a prominent oboe by Deborah Workman in the latter part of the piece.

Bassist Mike Mills recalled he was playing a piano riff at John Keane's studio in the band's hometown of Athens, Georgia.

Rockville, Maryland

The REM song "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", released in 1984, was written by Mike Mills about not wanting his girlfriend to return to Rockville, Maryland.



see also

Beginner

Beginners, a 2011 drama film written and directed by Mike Mills