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The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals).
Ricky Helton Wilson (March 19, 1953 – October 12, 1985) [1] was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of rock band the B-52s. Born in Athens, Georgia, Wilson was the brother of fellow member Cindy Wilson.
Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born April 27, 1948) [1] is an American singer, lyricist, and founding member of the B-52s. She plays guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments.
Learn about The B-52's: discover its members ranked by popularity, see when it formed, view trivia, and more.
The B-52s advanced their reputation as the greatest party band on the planet to a whole new generation of music fans. They played to sold-out audience worldwide on a tour that would last more than 18 months, including an Earth Day gig before nearly 750,000 people in New York City's Central Park.
Four of the band’s five original members did, in fact, identify as LGBTQ: Ricky, Schneider and Strickland as gay men, and Pierson, who was involved with a man until the early...
In late July, the singers Fred Schneider, 70; Kate Pierson, 74; and Cindy Wilson, 65, gathered in a SoHo hotel suite for an 80-minute free-for-all punctuated by raucous...
The group’s original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson. Originally, all members of the band played multiple...
Quirky, lively, and original, the B-52’s formed in the late 1970s and remain one of Athens’s best-known bands. Named for the bomb-shaped bouffant hairdos of the two female band members, the group debuted at a Valentine’s Day party in Athens in 1977 and before long were performing in New York City, where they attained a cultlike status.
Flamboyant and campy purveyors of perfect pop who drew influences from 1950s rock & roll as well as dance music. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1970s - 2020s. Formed. October, 1976 in Athens, GA. Genre. Pop/Rock.