In the dream, he heard someone whisper in his ear that the band's name was the B-52's. Strickland suggested the name after a dream he had of a band performing in a hotel lounge.

Other names the band considered were the Tina-Trons and Fellini's Children. The name B-52's comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft, which Pierson and Cindy Wilson wore in performances during the band's first decade. They later played their first concert (with Wilson on guitar) in 1977 at a Valentine's Day party for their friends. When they first jammed, Strickland played guitar and Ricky Wilson played congas. The B-52's formed in 1976 when Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson (her elder brother), Pierson, Strickland, and cowbell player, poet and lead vocalist Schneider held an impromptu jam session after sharing a flaming volcano drink at a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia. History 1976–1979: Formation and early years A 2023 Las Vegas residency was announced in November of 2022. In April 2022, the group announced they were retiring from touring. They have been nominated for Grammy awards three times: in 1989, 1990 for 'Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal' and in 1992 for 'Best Alternative Music Album'. The band has had many hits, including ' Rock Lobster', ' Planet Claire', ' Party Out of Bounds', ' Private Idaho', ' Whammy Kiss', ' Summer of Love', ' Wig', ' Love Shack', ' Roam' and ' (Meet) The Flintstones'. Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson sometimes use call-and-response-style vocals (Schneider's often humorous sprechgesang contrasting with Wilson's and Pierson's melodic harmonies), and their guitar- and keyboard-driven instrumentation is their trademark sound, which was also set apart from their contemporaries by the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used on their earlier albums. The group evoked a 'thrift shop aesthetic', in Bernard Gendron's words, by drawing from 1950s and 1960s pop sources, trash culture, and rock and roll. The band also added various members for albums and live performances. Ricky Wilson died of AIDS-related illness in 1985, and Strickland switched from drums to lead guitar. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards). The B-52's, also styled as The B-52s, is an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.

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