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(from left: Cindy Wilson, Keith Strickland, Ricky Wilson, Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson) Not a bad B-52's origin story: The B-52's were formed in 1976 when vocalist Cindy Wilson, her older brother and guitarist Ricky, organist and vocalist Kate Pierson, original drummer and percussionist Keith Strickland and cowbell player, poet and vocalist Fred Schneider played an impromptu musical jam session after sharing a tropical Flaming Volcano drink at a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia. Other ideas Wave Photos, Pop Art Costume, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson, Rock Lobster, B 52s, New Wave Music, Dark Wave

As we have discovered in past installments of “Masterpieces of Pop,” there was a revolution going on in music in the late 70s and early 80s. The new genres of Punk and “New Wave” (a term invented to describe musical acts that defied being pigeon-holed into a specific niche) were confusing, scaring, inspiring, and provoking young and old alike. One of the more fun and odd groups to break out of this scene were The B-52s, from Athens, GA. There was a burgeoning alternative music scene in…

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