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• Kate Pierson:

  I've always wanted to do a solo record, and in 1999, I went over to Japan and did a project called

• Kate Pierson:

  I used to have a protest folk band in high school, and I wrote all my own songs. Then, in the B-52s

• Kate Pierson:

  The B-52s, you know, our songs are about volcanoes or lobsters. Cindy and I sing them like our live

• Kate Pierson:

  In the B-52s, each of us has our own wacky sensibility, which, when we come together, it's like the

• Kate Pierson:

  With 'Love Shack,' once we put that chorus in, it did have more of a song structure. Even though th

• Kate Pierson:

  I think it really changes things when you're able to get married. I mean, the Marriage Equality Act

• Kate Pierson:

  I know, being a band that's mostly gay and has women in it, I just think that there are the male ic

• Kate Pierson:

  I hope our legacy will be enduring and that people think of us as an important band. But I think Ri

• Kate Pierson:

  Usually, when we write in The B-52s, it's quite a collaborative process. We really take hours - and

• Kate Pierson:

  I like harmonizing with other people, but a lot of times, I do harmonize with myself.