THE B-52'S

 

photo: Terry Allen

 

From Athens, Georgia.  Led by Fred Schneider (vocals) with Kate Pierson (vocals/keyboards), Cindy Wilson (vocals/percussion) and Keith Strickland (guitar/drums).  Rising to popularity with the 1979 independent single "Rock Lobster", the band redefined what fun music was all about in the new wave era.  Named for the style of beehive hair-do popular in the 1960's, the band had a unique guitar sound provided by Cindy's brother Ricky Wilson.  Wilson died of AIDS in 1988, prompting Strickland to switch from drums to guitar and Cindy retired from the band for many years before returning in 1998.  Schneider has had several solo releases while Kate has scored major hits duetting with both Iggy Pop and R.E.M.  Together, Fred and Kate sing the theme song to the cartoon "Rocko's Modern Life".  During her hiatus from the band, Cindy Wilson released a children's music cd called "Not Dogs".  As of 2000 the band completed a successful summer tour with the reformed Go-Go's and Kate released a solo project with members of Japan and The Plastics called Nina which went top 10 in Japan!  The band continue to tour and have released compilations and remixes for many years.  Their first new album in 16 years surfaced in 2008.  1978-present. 

see FRED SCHNEIDER

 

 

 

DISCOGRAPHY:

FULL RELEASES
SINGLES  
7"  Rock Lobster (version one)
The B-52's  Rock Lobster (version two)/Planet Claire/Dance This Mess Around
Wild Planet  Private Idaho/Dirty Back Road/Give Me Back My Man/Strobe Light/Party Out Of Bounds
Party Mix  remixes
Mesopotamia  title track/Deep Sleep/Cake
Whammy!  Song For A Future Generation/Legal Tender/Whammy Kiss
Bouncing Off The Satellites  Summer Of Love/Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland/Wig
Cosmic Thing  Love Shack/Channel Z/Deadbeat Club/Roam/title track
Best Of  compilation
Good Stuff  title track/Tell It Like It T-I-IS/Hot Pants Explosion/Revolution Earth/Is That You Mo Dean?
Flintstones soundtrack  Meet The Flintstones
Time Capsule  compilation/Debbie/Hallucinating Pluto
12"  Summer Of Love '98
12"  Love Shack '99
Nude On The Moon  compilation
Funplex
title track

 

 

 

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Cake   Cake
Channel Z   Channel Z
Cosmic Thing   Cosmic Thing
Dance This Mess Around   Dance This Mess Around
Deadbeat Club   Deadbeat Club
Debbie   Debbie
Deep Sleep   Deep Sleep
Dirty Back Road   Dirty Back Road
Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland   Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland
Give Me Back My Man   Give Me Back My Man
Good Stuff   Good Stuff
Hallucinating Pluto   Hallucinating Pluto
Hot Pants Explosion   Hot Pants Explosion  
Is That You Mo Dean?   Is That You Mo-Dean?
Legal Tender   Legal Tender
Love Shack   Love Shack
Mesopotamia   Mesopotamia
Party Out Of Bounds   Party out of Bounds
Planet Claire   Planet Claire
Private Idaho   Private Idaho
Revolution Earth   Revolution Earth
Roam   Roam
Rock Lobster (version two)   Rock Lobster
Song For A Future Generation   Song for a Future Generation
Strobe Light   Strobe Light
Summer Of Love    Summer of Love
Tell It Like It T-I-Is   Tell It Like It Ti-is
Whammy Kiss   Whammy Kiss
Wig   Wig

 

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