William Thomas Bill Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American former musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M. records. After 17 years with the band, Berry left the music industry to become a farmer, and has since maintained a low profile, making sporadic reunions with R.E.M. and appearing on other artists records. R.E.M. was formed in 1980. In addition to his duties as a drummer, Berry contributed occasional guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals, keyboards and piano on studio tracks. In concert, he sometimes performed on bass, and supplied regular backing vocals. Berry also made notable songwriting contributions, particularly for Everybody Hurts and Man on the Moon, both from Automatic for the People. Other Berry songs included Perfect Circle, Driver 8, Cant Get There from Here and I Took Your Name. The song Leave was also written by Berry for R.E.M.s 1996 album New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which was his last album with the band.
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