1978: an offbeat quintet from Athens, Georgia create an unlikely surf-rock hit. “Yeah, this was the dangerous one... We had to stop shows because plaster was falling from the ceiling!” ...

With the legendary B-52s back in town to resume an ongoing residency, thrift-store kitsch is ruling over the Venetian, one of ...

Athens eccentrics the B-52s experienced one of the greatest, if most bittersweet, against-all-odds comebacks in pop music ...

The B-52s are a world-renowned band that originated in the late 1970s in Athens, Georgia. The people of Athens chose the name “Rock Lobsters” as a tribute to the B-52s and their hit song ...

The Warner and Reprise Years, out June 20, brings together the iconic New Wave band’s nine albums recorded between 1979 and ...

Having already wedded Slipknot’s “Before I Forget” to the B-52s’ “Love Shack,” mash-up maestro Bill McClintock has once again turned his attention to the new wave giants — this time melding their hit ...