Sunday, June 7, 2026

B52s Kate Pierson: Everyone Should Be Streaming, Buying, Downloading Her Now

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Kate Pierson is the unsung hero of The B52s. Now, 35 years after “Rock Lobster” warmed our hearts, Kate has her first solo recording. “Guitars and Microphones” can be procured from all the usual places like Amazon, iTunes, record stores, Spotify, etc. There are tons of great tracks. My favorite is “Time Wave Zero.” Clear Channel, aka I Heart Radio, play this damn thing. The flame haired Kate and I shared a bus ride the other night and caught up on all things B52. She’s a doll. Come on, we owe her for giving three decades of happy music including singing with Michael Stipe on REM’s smash hit “Shiny Happy People.”

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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