Just now getting into The B-52s? This new wave dance-rock outfit hit the airwaves back in the latter half of the 1970s and has been delivering oddball, danceable, and campy tunes ever since. Even ...

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the words "Tin roof, rusted?" If you answered "Love Shack" by the B-52s, pat yourself on the back. That 1989 single, the biggest hit of the B-52s' ...

The B-52s are back. The iconic 1980s band best known for the songs “Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire,” “Roam,” and “Love Shack” will join forces with fellow new wavers Devo for the Cosmic De-Evolution ...

Though the set doesn’t include Funplex (released in 2008 on Astralwerks), it still provides new fans with a chance to own all the essential B-52s albums in one place. The vinyl version, limited to ...

It’s likely a testament to the commitment of the members of the B-52s that each of its remaining long-term members; Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, and Cindy Wilson, has only released two albums apiece ...

Thirty-five years ago, Athens eccentrics the B-52s experienced one of the greatest, if most bittersweet, against-all-odds comebacks in pop music history. After the 1985 death of guitarist Ricky Wilson ...

A Vulture series in which artists judge the best and worst of their own careers. “We were just too weird for the powers that be, even though we had sellout tours. It’s a go-figure world with music. I ...

Many years ago, a band of hip bohemians was playing for their friends at a house party in Athens, GA. Nobody thought of telling the band that their quirky song about a rock lobster would become a ...

It is well known that the B-52s are The World's Greatest Party Band. And thirty six years and over twenty million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why they remain one of rock ...

A tribute concert in Savannah will celebrate the music of legendary Georgia band R.E.M. The show, "A Carnival of Sorts," features a lineup of Savannah musicians performing R.E.M. songs. An ...

For a band that announced its farewell tour three years ago, the B-52s are bidding quite the extensive goodbye. The self-proclaimed “world’s greatest party band” recently announced that they will be ...