By M&C News Jan 17, 2008, 0:27 GMT
The B-52's, pioneering dance-rock stars, are exploding on the scene once again with the March 25th release of 'Funplex' - the band's first studio album in 16 years and the first with the Astralwerks label.
Cindy Wilson (L) Kate Pierson (C) and Fred Schneider (R) of US pop group The B 52'S perform on stage, during the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski hall in Montreux, Switzerland, 19 July 2007. EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI
The influential band - who bridged a gap between punk and new wave with a sound that was uniquely their own - along with producer Steve Osborne (New Order, Happy Mondays, Doves, KT Tunstall) have created a new album as cutting edge, distinctive and danceable as their self-titled debut album and hit single "Rock Lobster" were in 1979.
Recorded in their native Athens, GA and written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson, 'Funplex' finds the band in vigorous, forward stance, while staying true to the party-rock style that influenced such current bands as LCD Soundsystem, Interpol and The Scissor Sisters.
Guitarist Keith Strickland explains, "It's loud, sexy rock and roll for your pleasure zones, with the beat pumped up to hot pink."
"We are thrilled to be bringing The B-52's music to a new generation of intergalactic fans. Cindy, Fred, Kate, and Keith have made an album that is incredibly fresh, dynamic and perhaps most importantly, quintessentially The B-52's ... instantly recognizable, instantly fun," Astralwerks label manager Glenn Mendlinger comments.
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