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THE B-52's
Athens, Georgia, USA
* 10/1976	+ 7/2019

Line-Up (2022):

Kate Pierson - voc,kb,bg
Cindy Wilson - voc,g,perc
Fred Schneider - ds,voc

Former Members:

Ricky Wilson (g, 10/76-10/85); Keith Strickland (g, 10/76-cca 10/11)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	B-52's produced by: Chris Blackwell	13.07.1979	Island		22	59
2.	Wild Planet	9/1980	Island		18	18
3.	The Party Mix Album	6/1981	Island		36	55
4.	Mesopotamia (mini LP) produced by: David Byrne	2/1982	Island		18	35
5.	Whammy	5/1983	Island		33	29
6.	Bouncing Off The Satellites (in the UK 7/87, Island)	9/1986	Warner Bros		74	85
7.	Cosmic Thing produced by: Nile Rodgers/Don Was	7/1989	Reprise/WEA		8	4
8.	Dance This Mess Around	6/1990	Island		36
9.	Good Stuff produced by: Nile Rodgers/Don Was	29.06.1992	Reprise		8	16
10.	Planet Claire	9/1995	Spectrum
11.	Time Capsule - Songs For A Future Generation	29.06.1998	Reprise			93
12.	Nude On The Moon (Warner Bros, 2CD)	15.01.2002	Rhino
13.	Funplex produced by: Steve Osborne	25.03.2008	Astralwerks		73	11
14.	With the Wild Crowd! - Live in Athens, GA	11.10.2011	Eagle
15.	Double Pak & Blood, Sweat & Tears	01.04.2014	Int'l Marketing Group
16.	Live! 8-24-1979	21.04.2015	Real Gone Music
17.	West Park Chicago, 1979	24.07.2015	Livewire
18.	Live In London 2013 (2LP)	25.09.2015	Let Them Eat Vinyl
19.	Sixteen Dances	30.10.2015	Applebush
20.	Live in the Studio, January 1978	04.12.2015	Interference
21.	Live in the UK 2013	15.01.2016	Relativity Entertainment

Fred Schneider:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Fred Schneider	5/1991	Reprise
2.	Just Fred produced by: Steve Albini	27.05.1996	Warner Bros
3.	Fred Schneider & the Shake Society	29.07.2008	Rhino Encore

Kate Pierson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Guitars And Microphones produced by: Tim Anderson	17.02.2015	Lazy Meadow Music

Cindy Wilson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Change	2017

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Rock Lobster / 52 Girls	7/1978
2.	Rock Lobster / 6060-842	7/1979	Warner Bros		56
3.	Rock Lobster / Running Around	03.08.1979	Island	37
4.	6060-842 / Hero Worship	9/1979	Warner Bros
5.	Planet Claire / There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)	11/1979	Warner Bros
6.	Give Me Back My Man / Strobe Light	7/1980	Warner Bros	61
7.	Private Idaho / Party Out Of Bounds	10/1980	Warner Bros		74
8.	Dirty Back Road / Strobe Light	10.11.1980	Warner Bros
9.	Quiche Lorraine / Lava	1/1981	Warner Bros
10.	Give Me Back My Man / Party Out Of Bounds	8/1981	Island
11.	Deep Sleep / Nip It In The Bud	1982	Warner Bros
12.	Mesopotamia / Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can	1982	Warner Bros
13.	Song For A Future Generation 12" + Planet Claire	22.04.1983	Warner Bros	63
14.	Legal Tender / Moon 83	7/1983	Warner Bros		81
15.	Song For A Future Generation	10/1983	Warner Bros
16.	Rock Lobster / Planet Claire 7" Song For A Future Generation / 52 Girls 12" + Give Me Back My Man	5/1986	Island	9
17.	Wig / Summer Of Love 7" Song For A Future Generation / 52 Girls 12" + Give Me Back My Man	6/1987	Warner Bros	79
18.	Summer Of Love / Housework	9/1987	Warner Bros
19.	Love Shack / Channel Z	8/1989	Reprise		3
20.	Channel Z / Junebug	9/1989	Reprise	61
21.	Roam / Bushfire	12/1989	Reprise		3
22.	Love Shack / Planet Claire CD + Rock Lobster (live)	2/1990	Reprise	1
23.	Deadbeat Club / Planet Claire	4/1990	Reprise		30
24.	Roam / Whammy Kiss (live) / Dance This Mess Around (live)	5/1990	Reprise	12
25.	Deadbeat Club / Love Shack 12",CD + B-52's Megamix (v GB)	9/1990	Reprise
26.	Good Stuff / Bad Influence 12",CD + Return To Dreamland	08.06.1992	Reprise	18	28
27.	Tell It Like It T-I-I-S / The World's Green Laughter produced by: Nile Rodgers	01.09.1992	Reprise	50
28.	Is That You Mo-Dean? 12",CD + Tell It Like It T-I-I-S	09.11.1992	Reprise	78
29.	Hot Pants Explosion / Love Shack CD + Channel Z / Roam	22.02.1993	Reprise
30.	(Meet) The Flintstones (The B.C. 52's))	5/1994	MCA	3	33
31.	Debbie	01.06.1998	WEA
32.	Love Shack meet DJ Tonka	08.03.1999	Reprise	66
33.	Club Cuts 264 (My Perogative (LB Phunkstar vocal remix) / Love Shack (remix) / Rock With You (remix)) & Britney Spears & Michael Jackson	27.12.2004	DMC
34.	Whammy 2005 Remix EP (Trism (Riton remix) / Song For A Future Generation (Major Tweaks remix) / Whammy Kiss (MHC remix) / Legal Tender (Major Tweeks remix))	18.07.2005	Planet Clique
35.	Mesopotamia EP (2006 remix) (Mesopotamia (MHC remix) / Cake (Majortweaks remix) / Mesopotamia (No Ears acid remix) / Loveland (Manhattan Clique remix))	22.05.2006	Planet Clique
36.	Wild Planet (2007 remix EP) (Quiche Lorraine (S-Express remix) / Private Idaho (The Grid remix) / Give Me Back My Man (Superjupiter remix) / Dirty Back Road (Formatic remix))	15.10.2007	Planet Clique
37.	Funplex	17.03.2008	EMI
	Funplex (CSS extended remix, Peaches' Pleasure Seeker remix, Scissor Sisters' Witches At The Wet Seal mix) (26.05.08, Astralwerks)
38.	Love Shack	3/2011	WEA

Kate Pierson:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Candy / Pussy Power (acoustic demo) 12",CD1 + The Undefeated / Butt Town (acoustic demo) 10",CD2 + My Baby Wants To Rock'n'Roll (acoustic demo) & Iggy Pop	9/1990	Virgin America	67	28
2.	Venus / Radio in Bed	15.04.2016	Third Man

Fred Schneider:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Monster	6/1991	Reprise		85
2.	Bulldozer	6/1996

Videos:

1. With the Wild Crowd! - Live in Athens, GA - 11.10.2011, live

Awards:

1989 Rolling Stone - Single Of The Year ("Love Shack")
1990 MTV Video Music Awards - Best Group Video ("Love Shack")

WWW Links:

http://www.theb52s.com

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Summer Of Love" on Summer Brannin benefit compilation "Songs For Summer" (20.3.00, Oglio)
"Rock Lobster" on compilation "Teenage Kicks" (4.4.05)

Kate Pierson:

appeared on the SP:

R.E.M.: Shiny Happy People (5/91, Warner Bros)

Fred Schneider:

appeared on the LP:

Tiny Masters Of Today: Bang Bang Boom Cake (25.9.07)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	1		21		profile
1992	11		13		profile
1993	4		31	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	2	13.01.1979	18		interview
1979	4	27.01.1979	4	News
1979	25	07.07.1979	4	News
1979	29	04.08.1979	22	Singles	single review
1979	38	06.10.1979	45	Singles	single review
1979	41	03.11.1979	3	News
1979	44	24.11.1979	37	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	29	30.08.1980	27	Albums	album review
1980	39	08.11.1980	4	News
1980	39	08.11.1980	12		interview
1980	42	29.11.1980	31	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	31	01.08.1981	11	Albums	album review
1982	7	13.02.1982	18	Albums	album review
1983	17	23.04.1983	24	Singles	single review
1983	20	14.05.1983	29	Albums	album review
1992	25	20.06.1992	29	Singles	single review
1992	27	04.07.1992	31	Albums	album review
1992	37	12.09.1992	41	Singles	single review
1993	7	13.02.1993	31	Singles	single review
1993	11	13.03.1993	23	Live	gig review
1994	27	09.07.1994	29	Singles	single review
1998	30	25.07.1998	38	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	7	03.08.1990	19	Profily
1991	6	29.03.1991	21	Recenze	album review
1992	17	24.08.1992	29	Recenze	album review
1992	19	25.09.1992	9		profile
1993	2	29.01.1993	30	Live	gig review
1999	6		100	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	12		15	Pelmel
2007	2		8	News
2007	12		15	News
2008	5		57	Record	album review