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!” ...

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

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

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 ...