40 Favorites By: The B-52'S
The B-52's are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland. The group evoked a "thrift shop aesthetic", in Bernard Gendron's words, by drawing from 1950s & 1960s pop sources, trash culture, and rock & roll. Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson sometimes use call-and-response-style vocals (Schneider's often humorous sprechgesang contrasting with Wilson's and Pierson's melodic harmonies), and their guitar- and keyboard-driven instrumentation is their trademark sound, along with the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used on earlier albums. The band has had many hits, including "Rock Lobster", "Planet Claire", "Party Out of Bounds", "Private Idaho", "Whammy Kiss", "Summer of Love", "Wig", "Love Shack", "Roam" and "(Meet) The Flintstones". They have been nominated for Grammy awards three times. How many of these songs have you heard???
avg. score: 9 of 40 (22%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 4, 18
