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Bill Berry

real name William Thomas Berry

Bill Berry is credited on 1,777 releases across 431 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,777

Credits

431

Albums

5

Decades active

1,590

In collections

Biography

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American drummer, born July 31, 1958, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Founding member of alternative rock band R.E.M., formed 1980 in Athens, Georgia. Bill suffered a brain aneurysm on March 1, 1995, when he was on tour with the band, and subsequently retired from the group in 1997. He made sporadic live appearances with the group before they retired in 2011.
Now works as a hay farmer in Georgia and, in 2022, came out of retirement to join The Bad Ends, a supergroup based out of Athens, Georgia. This is Bill's first band since retiring from R.E.M.

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Credited work

1,777 releases · 431 albums · active 1981–2025

  • Performance · 2,424
  • Other credits · 49

Studios: Reflection Sound Studios · John Keane Studios · Texas Records, Santa Monica, CA · Drive-In Studio

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