The B-52's
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Biography
[Edit]The first of many acts to cement the college town of Athens, GA, as a hotbed of alternative music, the B-52's took their name from the Southern slang for the mile-high bouffant wigs sported by singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, a look emblematic of the band's campy, thrift-store aesthetic. The five-piece group, which also included founding members Fred Schneider, guitarist Ricky Wilson (Cindy's older brother), and drummer Keith Strickland, formed in the mid-'70s after a drunken evening at a Chinese restaurant; the bandmembers had little or no previous musical experience, and performed most of their earliest shows with taped guitar and percussion accompaniment.
After pressing up a few thousand copies of the single "Rock Lobster," the B-52's traveled to the famed Max's Kansas City club for their first paying gig. Subsequent appearances at CBGB brought the group to the attention of the New York press, and in 1979, they issued their self-titled debut album, a collection of manic, bizarre, and eminently danceable songs which scored an underground club hit with a reworked version of "Rock Lobster." The following year, they issued Wild Planet, which reached the Top 20 on the U.S. album charts; Party Mix!, an EP's worth of reworked material from the band's first two proper outings, appeared in 1981.
Released in 1982, the EP Mesopotamia arose out of a series of aborted sessions with producer David Byrne which saw the B-52's largely abandon their trademark sense of humor, a situation rectified by the following year's Whammy!, a move into electronic territory. After a Schneider solo LP, 1984's Fred Schneider & the Shake Society, the group returned to the studio to record 1986's Bouncing Off the Satellites. On October 12, 1985, however, Ricky Wilson died; though originally his death was attributed to natural causes, it was later revealed that he had succumbed to AIDS. In light of Wilson's death, the group found it impossible to promote the new album, and they spent the next several years in seclusion.
In 1989, the B-52's finally returned with Cosmic Thing, their most commercially successful effort to date. Marked by Strickland's move from drums to guitar and club-friendly production from Don Was and Nile Rodgers, the album launched several hit singles, including the party smash "Love Shack," "Roam," and "Deadbeat Club." In 1990, Cindy Wilson retired from active duty, leaving the remaining trio to soldier on for 1992's Good Stuff. A year later, dubbed the BC-52's, they performed the theme song for Steven Spielberg's live-action feature The Flintstones. Wilson returned to the group for a tour supporting the release of 1998's hits collection Time Capsule. Four years later the double-disc Nude on the Moon compilation would dive deeper into their catalog by featuring rare tracks, live recordings, and remixes along with the hits. The year 2008 found the band returning with a new album for the first time in 16 years. Released by Astralwerks, Funplex, was a slick, synthesizer-driven effort produced by Steve Osborne.
Title: Time Capsule: The Mixes - Summer of Love '98 (EP)
Artist: The B-52's
Title: Whammy
Artist: Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, Keith Strickland, The B-52's
Genre: Electronica, Rock
Title: With the Wild Crowd! (Live In Athens, GA)
Artist: The B-52's
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: B-52's Vs Roger Sanchez (Single)
Artist: The B-52's, Roger Sanchez
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: Time Capsule: The Mixes - Hallucinating Pluto
Artist: The B-52's
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Alternative
Title: Time Capsule: The Mixes - Hallucinating Pluto (EP)
Artist: The B-52's
Title: Time Capsule: The Mixes - Summer of Love '98
Artist: The B-52's
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Alternative
Title: Nude On the Moon - The B-52's Anthology
Artist: The B-52's
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Collections
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 5 (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock Top 600 Vol. 4 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: 80S COLLECTION DJMIXCHILE (CD3)
Genre: Rock, DJ/Remixes, Pop
Title: She Rocks: The '80s Wave Of Women Rockers
Genre: Rock
Title: 80's In The Mix Vol. 4 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 90s: The Collection (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancehall, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative
Title: Loft Classics Vol. 5
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Jazz, Disco, Funk
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 224
Genre: Rock, Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Alternative
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 235
Genre: Rock, Power Metal
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 238
Genre: Rock, Gothic Rock, Rock & Roll, Thrash Metal
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 298
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 319
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 217
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Hardcore
Title: MNM 1000 Limited Edition 2014 (CD1)
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Party Time! 50 Classic Party Tracks
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Party The Collection (CD3)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, EBM
Title: 90's Radio Hits (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 100 Hits: Summer (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Power Pop, Pop, Ska, Alternative
Title: 100 Hits: Party
Title: Bravo Hits 8
Title: Earth Girls Are Easy
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: M80 Rádio (CD2) / M80 Radio (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Nostalgie: The Summer Feeling (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Summer (CD2)
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Alternative
Title: New Wave Hits Of The 80s Vol. 03
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Pop & Rock Klub 80 - Vol. 03 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Summer Feeling (De Grootste Zomer Classics) (CD5)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Alle 40 Goed New Wave Classics (CD1)
Genre: New Wave
Title: 80's The MegaBox (5 Box Set) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: A La Carte (CD2)
Title: Classic Pop - Box Set 3CD (CD3)
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion
Title: The Other Side Of The 80s
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Select Mix - The Edge Vol. 29
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Essential 80s 12 Inches
Title: 80s Gonna Get Inches
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave
Title: Blank & Jones Present So80s (So Eighties) Vol. 10 (CD3)
Genre: Electronica, New Wave, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: 90s Away Untitled Music (CD2)
Genre: Euro House, Rock, Reggae, Dancehall, Alternative
Title: Floorfillers 80s Dance Classics
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Urban Loudness Friends Styles (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, House, Electro House, Trance, Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancefloor, Dancehall, Nu Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Urban Loudness Friends Styles (CD4)
Genre: Electronica, House, Electro House, Trance, Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancefloor, Dancehall, Nu Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 80s Smash Healing Hits
Genre: Post Disco, Soul, Blues, Dance Rock, New Wave, Disco, Funk
Title: Surep Hits - Best Of Songs 80' (CD2)
Genre: Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Italo Disco, Synth Pop
Title: 80s Road Winner Hits (CD1)
Title: Retrowave For People (CD1)
Title: 80s Numbers Starting Side (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Pop, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: Car-Aoke The Collection (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, Dancefloor, Disco, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: 80s Essential Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: Hits Of The 1990s
Genre: Rock, Glam Rock, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: Party X5 Music Group
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Power Pop, Reggae, Dancehall
Featuring albums
Title: Rust and Bone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Alexandre Desplat
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Testify (Original Music from the Television Series)
Artist: The Simpsons
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Testify (Original Music From The Television Series
Artist: The Simpsons
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Man Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 80 From America. 80 Classic American Tracks (CD3)
Artist: Universal Music
Title: EGB. La música de una generación / EGB. La musica de una generacion
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop