B-52s

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It has been said that the B¬52s are as quintessentially American as the Beach Boys.  Twenty¬-five years and over twenty million albums into their career, the B¬52s remain among the most beloved rock stars ever. Formed on an October night in 1976 following drinks at an Athens, GA, Chinese restaurant, the band played their first gig at a friend’s house on Valentine’s Day in 1977. Naming themselves after Southern slang for exaggerated ‘bouffant” hairdos, the newly ¬christened B¬52s (Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson) began weekend road trips to New York City for gigs at CBGB’s and a handful of other venues.  In just two albums, the B¬52s created a lexicon of songs, styles, phrases and images, which would set the standard for the development of the ‘alternative music scene’ for the next decade.  Following the loss of founding member Ricky Wilson in 1985, the group rebounded with their triumphant 1989 smash Cosmic Thing, which spawned the Top 10 hits “Love Shack” and “Roam.” The album proved to be the greatest commercial achievement for the group, and its success propelled the band to international superstars. The B¬52s advanced their reputation as the greatest party band on the planet to a whole new generation of music fans. Funplex, the first record of the 21st century from the B¬52s is “loud, sexy rock and roll, with the beat pumped up to hot pink,” says guitarist Keith Strickland.