#504 Kate Pierson of the B-52s
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4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2015
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Since 1976, The B-52’s have combined a zany punk attitude with avant-garde sensibilities. Singer Kate Pierson joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a conversation about the band’s history and her first solo album Guitars and Microphones. Then they review the surprise new album from veteran Chicago band Wilco.
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| 0:00.0 | There had been abuse in my family, but it was mostly musical in nature. Are you ready to get your world rocked? |
| 0:20.0 | Are you ready to get your world rocked? Ready? |
| 0:21.0 | Are you ready to get your mind blown? |
| 0:24.0 | Do it! |
| 0:25.0 | One, two, three, first! |
| 0:26.0 | After more than 30 years of rocking out as a member of the B-52s, Kate Pearson has finally |
| 0:37.3 | made her first solo record, guitars and microphones. I'm Jim De Orgatus. |
| 0:41.6 | And I'm Greg Cott. Kate. And I'm Greg Kot. |
| 0:43.0 | Kate Pearson talks about collaborating with Sia, her time in the B-52s, and more. |
| 0:48.0 | Then we review the new surprise album from Wilco, and we take a trip to the Desert Island. That's all coming up on sound opinions. |
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