Interprète: The B-52's
Titre: Private Idaho
Année: 1980
Palmarès: #32
The B-52's est un groupe américain originaire d'Athens, dans l'État de Géorgie, apparu au cours de la vague de la musique new wave à la fin des années 1970.
The B-52s (styled as The B-52's prior to 2008) are an American new wave band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion, keyboards), Kate Pierson (organ, bass, vocals), Cindy Wilson (vocals, bongos, tambourine, guitar), Ricky Wilson (guitars), and Keith Strickland
(drums, guitars, synthesizers, various instruments). Following Ricky
Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched full-time to guitar. The band
subsequently added various musicians for their live shows. This
included Sara Lee or Tracy Wormworth (bass), Zachary Alford or Sterling Campbell (drums, percussion) and Pat Irwin or Paul Gordon (keyboards & guitars).
Rooted in new wave and 1960s rock and roll, the group later covered many genres ranging from post-punk to pop rock. The "guy vs. gals" vocals of Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson, sometimes used in call and response style ("Strobe Light," "Private Idaho", and "Good Stuff"), are a trademark.
