"Saturday Night Live" Alec Baldwin/The B-52's

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Thirty years ago, a quirky little act from Athens, Ga., introduced us to the melodic delicacies of Rock Lobster and Quiche Lorraine , and the music world hasn't tasted the same since. ... Full Article

And now, 25 years after I first saw these songs on MTV, I've watched two of these acts live in the past week (Read my Madonna concert review from last week, here) . ... Full Article

From McFly to McCartney, pop music has an underlying need to be taken as seriously as it tends to take itself. The B-52s bucked that trend when they surfaced in 1978. ... Full Article

Prepare yourselves: R.E.M. have decided to become a rock band again. That's right, if interviews with their long-time manager, Bertis Downs, are to be believed, the band have abandoned the laid-back, experimental vibe of 2004's Around the Sun on what... ... Full Article

Late last year, we previewed a few tracks from the new B-52's album Funplex , the band's first collection of fresh material since 1992. With the record coming out on March 28th, we're giving you the chance to preview a... ... Full Article

The B-52's have spoken out about their first album in 16 years. The rockers are due to release Funplex in the US on February 26, their first release since 1992's Good Stuff . ... Full Article

As Rock Daily reported earlier today , CBGB founder Hilly Kristal died in Manhattan yesterday after a battle with lung cancer. He was seventy-five years old. ... Full Article

The B-52's
popmatters.com2007-07-29
In the late '90s, one of my high-school friends returned from an outdoor Metallica concert with tales of the band taking the stage to "Creeping Death" with a raging lightning storm as the backdrop. ... Full Article

Chart toppers Nelly and Destiny's Child will be staying up late Saturday night as they will serve as the musical guests on FOX's "Mad TV" and NBC's "Saturday Night Live," respectively. ... Full Article

B-52's frontman Fred Schneider (pictured far left) will host a new program on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Party Out of Bounds with Fred Schneider will air on SIRIUS music channel First Wave starting Oct. 1. ... Full Article

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