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B-52's Private Idaho


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The B-52's are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976.

The band's name comes from the large B-52 Stratofortress airplanes, and the hairstyle of the same name. During the band's first years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson.

Wilson and Pierson formed the band with drummer Keith Strickland, guitarist Ricky Wilson (Cindy's older brother) and vocalist Fred Schneider after a drunken night at a Chinese restaurant and played their first gig in 1977 at a St. Valentine's Day party for friends. The B-52's sound is marked by the vocals and lush harmonies of Wilson and Pierson, and the generally monotone or spoken-word vocals of Schneider.

The band's quirky take on the New Wave sound of their era was a combination of dance and surf music set apart by the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used.

B-52's Private Idaho

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