Title: Bill Berry
Content: Bill Berry William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is a retired American 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. albums. 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' recordings. William Thomas Berry was born on July 31, 1958 in Duluth, Minnesota, the fifth child of

Title: Bill Berry
Content: They continued to tour with several accompanying musicians, including long-time sidemen Ken Stringfellow and Scott McCaughey and employed Joey Waronker and Bill Rieflin as live drummers. Berry left the music business and became a farmer, working on his hay farm in Farmington, Georgia, near Athens. His musical activities after leaving R.E.M. have been sporadic, but did include recording for the Tourette Syndrome Charity Album "Welcome Companions" in 2000. He is also an avid golfer. Prior to the group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Berry granted his first interview in several years, discussing life after retirement. "It's

Title: Bill Berry
Content: a great chance to get back together and perform with R.E.M., which I always loved doing", he said. "This opportunity also does not require me to climb onto [a] bus or plane to do it again and again for several consecutive months." In 2003 Berry and his girlfriend, Cybele, had a son, Owen. Performances of the three-piece R.E.M. reunited with their original drummer. Bill Berry William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is a retired American 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

Title: Bill Berry
Content: violent and militant, although Stipe himself countered that the line could be taken multiple ways ("hang" as in either "lynch" or "frame on a wall"). Berry's objection ultimately led the line to be changed to "hang your freedom higher." During 1984 Berry also was drummer for the impromptu Hindu Love Gods, which featured his R.E.M. bandmates Peter Buck, Mike Mills, rocker Warren Zevon, and Bryan Cook. On March 1, 1995, at the Patinoire Auditorium in Lausanne, Switzerland, Berry collapsed on stage during an R.E.M. show from a ruptured brain aneurysm. He recovered and rejoined the band, but left in October

Title: Bill Berry
Content: 1997, saying that he no longer had the drive or enjoyment level to be in the band, and that he wanted a career change. He later explained on VH-1's "Behind The Music": I didn't wake up one day and decide, "I just can't stand these guys anymore" or anything. I feel like I'm ready for a life change. I'm still young enough that I can do something else. I've been pounding the tubs since I was nine years old ... I'm ready to do something else. Acquiescing to Berry's wishes, R.E.M. announced that it would continue as a three-piece outfit.

Question: Bill Berry retired through ill health as a drummer in which band?
Answer: REM