The B-52's "Whammy!" (40th Anniversary) 2026-07-17 Let's get the statistics out

Let's get the statistics out of the way

Celebrating 20 years of the iconic pop punk album

a full-length album in its style would unquestionably have been wearisome

with elements of surf-rock

The B-52's "Whammy!" (40th Anniversary) 2026-07-17 Let's get the statistics out40th Anniversary Edition The B 52's were formed (1976) like R. E. M. in Athens, Georgia by vocalist Cindy Wilson, her elder brother guitarist Ricky Wilson (who died from AIDS in 1985), keyboardist and vocalist Kate Pierson and drummer percussionist Keith Strickland. Whammy!, their fourth album, moves the B 52's more into the electronic sound that started with their previous album 'Mesopotamia', though now goes further with the use of a drum machine.