After more than twenty-five years and twenty million albums, the B-52's remain the most unlikely pop superstars ever. The first band to glorify pop culture with an almost Warholian sense of purpose, the B-52's unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a party every time the music begins.
Their self-titled debut disc sold more than 500,000 copies on the strength of their first singles, the garage rock party classics "Rock Lobster," "Planet Claire" and "52 Girls." With the release of their second effort, "Wild Planet", the B-52's proved that their success was no fluke, scoring hits with "Private Idaho," "Party Out Of Bounds" and "Strobelight."
The success of "Mesopotamia," produced by David Byrne (1982), and "Whammy" LP (1983) thrust the B-52's into the pole position in the New Wave derby, with the band graduating to arena tours. At the time of their greatest achievement, however, they were to suffer their greatest tragedy – the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson from AIDS.
Wilson's passing in 1985 came just after the sessions for "Bouncing Off The Satellites". The album, dedicated to Wilson, had taken nearly three years to complete and serving up the favorites "She Brakes For Rainbows" and "Summer Of Love." Too heartbroken to promote the album aggressively, the B-52's questioned their future in music. Keith, Kate, Fred and Cindy emerged from their hiatus with "Cosmic Thing" (1989), the B-52's greatest commercial achievement and an album that propelled them from cult act to international superstars. The album soared to #3 on the Billboard Album chart, sold four million copies and yielded their first-ever Hot 100 hits – "Love Shack," "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club."
Exhausted from constant touring, the band took stock and, soon thereafter, Cindy Wilson amicably departed. Now a trio, Fred, Keith and Kate emerged to release the energetic "Good Stuff" (1992). In typically B-52's fashion, the band followed-up the socially-conscious "Good Stuff" with a completely apolitical cover of the "Flintstones" theme song, recorded for the soundtrack to the film revival of the '60's cartoon. Reuniting with Cindy, the B-52's wrote and recorded two new tracks that fit perfectly into "Time Capsule"'s stellar collection of hits.
It has been said that the B-52's are as quintessentially American as the Beach Boys. Once visionary strip-miners of American pop culture, they are now very much a reference point in our cultural consciousness for future generations.

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