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Mike Mills (Michael Edward Mills) was born on 17 December, 1958 in Orange County, California, U.S., is a Multi-instrumentalist for American alternative rock band R.E.M.. Discover Mike Mills's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

Popular As Michael Edward Mills
Occupation Musician, composer, music producer
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 17 December 1958
Birthday 17 December
Birthplace Orange County, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1958

Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. Though known primarily as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of R.E.M., his musical repertoire also includes keyboards and occasional lead vocals.

He contributed to a majority of the band's musical compositions and is the only member to have had formal musical training.

Michael Edward Mills was born to Frank and Adora Mills in Orange County, California, where his father was stationed in the Marines.

The family moved to Macon, Georgia, when Mills was around six months old.

Mills met future R.E.M. bandmate Bill Berry while they attended high school in Macon.

The duo started out in bands together.

Early projects included the band Shadowfax, later called The Back Door Band.

Mills attended the University of Georgia in Athens, where R.E.M. was formed.

1986

Mills is responsible for the prominent backing vocal and harmony parts found in the band's back catalog, with his vocal contributions being most noticeable on 1986's Lifes Rich Pageant and 2008's Accelerate.

He sang lead vocals on the songs "Texarkana", "Near Wild Heaven", The Clique cover "Superman" and The Troggs cover "Love Is All Around".

Mills has written and performed with friends on various projects during his time with the band and since.

1990

In 1990 he wrote music for Howard Libov's short film Men Will Be Boys.

That same year, he recorded with Warren Zevon together with Buck and Berry as the Hindu Love Gods.

2004

Mills is credited with being the chief composer behind many of R.E.M.'s songs, including "Nightswimming", "Find the River", "At My Most Beautiful", "Why Not Smile", "Let Me In", "Wendell Gee", "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", "Beat a Drum", "Be Mine", "Electrolite", and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" In particular, R.E.M.'s 2004 album Around the Sun was heavily shaped by Mills' piano and keyboard contributions.

2010

Since 2010, Mills has played with a rotating group of musicians for a series of concerts built around Big Star's album Third/Sister Lovers.

Known as Big Star's Third, the concerts have taken place in London, Sydney, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York.

2012

In 2012, Mills contributed piano to a Record Store Day single released by Drive-By Truckers member Patterson Hood, in protest of a Walmart development being built in Athens, Georgia.

Mills is a member, along with Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck, and Linda Pitmon, of The Baseball Project.

Mills performs as part of singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur's band.

2014

On April 3, 2014, while performing with Arthur, Mills broke the news that David Letterman would be retiring in 2015.

Nine years later, Mills said: "I spoke to Dave about it later and he said, 'No, it was fine. If somebody was going to do it, I'd rather it be you.' And I said, 'Well, thank you.' It was quite a moment to hear him say that sitting there in the dressing room."

Mills took a band self-portrait that he posted to Instagram and did a short interview about "breaking" the story.

A longtime Big Star fan, Mills wrote the liner notes for the 2014 reissue of the band's first two releases, 1972's #1 Record and 1974's Radio City.

2016

In 2016, he toured to support a Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra with childhood friend Robert McDuffie, along with guitar players William Tonks and John Neff.

The tour resumed in 2022.

In 2023, a mushroom species of the genus Pluteus, Pluteus millsii Justo, Borovička, Grootmyers, Kalichman and S.D. Russell, was named in his honor.

Mills' melodic approach to bass playing is inspired by Paul McCartney of the Beatles and Chris Squire of Yes; Mills has said, "I always played a melodic bass, like a piano bass in some ways ... I never wanted to play the traditional locked into the kick drum, root note bass work."

Mills has more musical training than his bandmates, which he has said "made it easier to turn abstract musical ideas into reality."

During R.E.M.'s career, Mills often harmonized with Michael Stipe in songs; in the chorus for "Stand", Mills and Stipe alternate singing lyrics, creating a dialogue.

"My voice is the culmination of a lifetime of enjoying harmony," Mills explained in 2023.

"When I was a kid singing in the church choir, I was always finding harmony. I usually got the tenor part. I grew up around music. There was always music in the house. So when R.E.M. started playing, I sang. Our approach was that my voice and Michael's voice were extra instruments. It wasn't about a lead vocal and a backing vocal and a harmony vocal. It was just more melody and more instrumentation to add to the mix."

Mills is an avid fantasy sports player, with interest in NFL, NBA, and PGA teams, among others.

He is also a fan of his alma mater's football team, the Georgia Bulldogs.

He is married to Jasmine Pahl.

He is an atheist.

Mills has one sibling, younger brother Mitch, who is also a musician.