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Jul 13, 2017 · Mills was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, 90 miles south of Athens. “Piano was my first instrument,” he says. “I first took lessons when I was 14, and then about a year later I started to teach myself bass.”. By the age of 16 he was in a band with future R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry. “Bill and I were really solid,” Mills says.
Jun 22, 2020 · 52. Mike Mills was the R.E.M. member who wore glasses onstage and had understated professionalism in everything he did. He didn’t dance or make fans of all persuasions swoon the way charismatic ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Mike Mills is not a prolific filmmaker. In the last 16 years, he’s directed (and written) just four scripted features: “Thumbsucker” (2005); “Beginners” (2010); 2016’s “20th Century ...
Mike Mills. Director: Beginners. Mike Mills was born in 1966, Berkeley, California. He graduated from Cooper Union, 1989. He works as a filmmaker, graphic designer and artist. As a filmmaker, Mike has completed a number of music videos, commercials, short films, documentaries, and the feature film Thumbsucker (2005). Architecture of Reassurance (2000), a short film he wrote and directed, was ...
Apr 26, 2016 · Mike Mills: Peter [Buck, guitarist and co-founder of REM] started playing these records when we hung together back in ’79. I heard the first two records first, Radio City and #1 Record. I just ...
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Oct 14, 2016 · Mike Mills: I was familiar with the first two [Big Star albums] before I really paid attention to the third one, and when I did I'm not even sure what iteration of it it was. When I first heard it ...
Sep 30, 2022 · R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and acclaimed classical violinist Robert McDuffie were childhood friends in Macon. They were in the youth choir and hand-bell choir at the First Presbyterian Church, and the Mills and McDuffie families would gather every Sunday evening after church to socialize; McDuffie and Mills would steal away to play “Battleship” and listen to music.
