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The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. [8] 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).
The book included a poem called "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)", which later appeared as a song on the B-52's 1979 debut album. In 1987, Schneider wrote a paperback book of mostly poetry entitled Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works, which was published by Arbor House, New York. The book is approximately 96 pages and out of print.
Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1989 by Reprise Records. It contains the hit singles "Love Shack", "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club". The music video for "Love Shack" won the award for Best Group Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.
List of non-single songs by The B-52's from non-B-52's releases, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Quiche Lorraine" (Live) 1991 Tame Yourself "The Bedrock Twitch" (as The BC-52's) 1994 The Flintstones: Music From Bedrock "The Chosen One" 2000 Pokémon 2000: The Power Of One (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
Live! 8-24-1979 is the second official live album by American new wave band the B-52s. [1] The concert was recorded on August 24, 1979 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts, before the release of their second album. The gig was part of their B-52's Tour.
The B-52's completed the album Funplex in 2007, and it was released in March 2008. Wilson co-wrote every song on the album with the three other band members. In all, she has co-written much of the band's catalog, including "Dance This Mess Around", "Private Idaho" and all of the Cosmic Thing album, including hit singles "Love Shack" and "Roam".
Devastated, the band went into seclusion and did not tour to promote the album, though they did several photo shoots and TV appearances and filmed a video for "Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland". In addition to his work with the B-52s, Wilson played the guitar on the song "Breakin' in My Heart" on Tom Verlaine's self-titled debut album in ...
Strickland also plays keyboards and bass guitar on many of the B-52s recordings, and has occasionally provided backing vocals. Strickland composes the music for the B-52s. He said of the process: "Ricky and I used to write the music together, but now I write the individual instrument parts and arrange the instrumental compositions myself.