Alt-rock royalty celebrating birthdays today include Michael Stipe, Bernard Sumner, Robin Guthrie, and Beth Gibbons were all born on January 4th. Watch some awesome video of Michael Stipe and Bernard Sumner in action below. Video tributes to Robin Guthrie and Beth Gibbons are posted here, and last year's tribute to all four legends is posted here.
Michael Stipe, R.E.M.
"So. Central Rain" performance from 1983
"One" Automatic Baby from 1993 (Stipe, Mike Mills, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr)
"Lucky" Radiohead w/Michael Stipe 1998
"Losing My Religion" Stipe w/Patti Smith
Full R.E.M. concert, 1985
R.E.M. fans may also want to read 'Michael Stipe's Last Stand - An R.E.M. Exit Interview' - published in The Quietus in November, 2011.
Bernard Sumner, New Order/Joy Division/Electronic
Full New Order concert, 1981
Acoustic session from 2012 (Love Will Tear Us Apart, Bizarre Love Triangle, Getting Away With It)
"Getting Away With It" Electronic, 1991 (Top Of The Pops)
Electronic interview
"Face Up"
"Subculture"
New Order/Bernard Sumner fans should read GQ's 2012 feature Icon: Bernard Sumner. Here's the photo gallery with some great pics of Sumner.
Video tribute to Robin Guthrie and Beth Gibbons posted here.