Kate Pierson
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| Birth name | Catherine Elizabeth Pierson |
| Born | April 27, 1948 Weehawken, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Rock New Wave |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Astralwerks |
| Associated acts | The B-52's Fred Schneider Cindy Wilson R.E.M. NiNa |
Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson (born April 27, 1948) is an American vocalist, songwriter and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. One of the multi-instrumentalists in the band, Pierson played guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments. In the B-52s, she has performed alongside Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson and Keith Strickland.
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[edit] Personal life
Pierson was born in Weehawken, New Jersey and raised in Rutherford.[1][2][3] She is the owner of Kate's Lazy Meadow in Mount Tremper, New York, a rustic modern lodging in New York's Catskill Mountains near Woodstock.[4] She operates the business with her partner, Monica Coleman. Pierson and Coleman have been together since 2003.[5][6]
[edit] Collaborations
Pierson has collaborated with the following bands and singers:
- Bill Withers with Cindy Wilson and Debbie Harry on the 1978 album 'Bout Love.
- The Ramones, in the early 1980s on the song, "Chop Suey", with Cindy Wilson and Debbie Harry, the title is available as bonus track on The Ramones' re-release CD "Pleasant Dreams".
- Cindy, Kate and Keith were part of the group "Melon" and recorded 2 songs ("I Will Call You" and "Honeydew") for a Japanese TV show titled "Snakeman Show". The soundtrack LP from 1980 or CD from 1988 was only released in Japan.
- Fred Schneider, on his Fred Schneider & the Shake Society solo album from 1984 on songs "Monster", "Summer in Hell", "I'm Gonna Haunt You" and "Boonga (The New Jersey Caveman)".
- Iggy Pop, on the 1990 Top-20 song "Candy".[7]
- R.E.M., on the songs "Shiny Happy People", "Country Feedback" and "Me in Honey" from the 1991 album Out of Time, and "Fretless" from the 1991 soundtrack Until the End of the World.
- Matthew Sweet, on the 1993 album Earth.
- With Cindy Wilson on their common cover of the McFadden & Whitehead's song "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now", recorded for the soundtrack The Associate in 1996
- The soundtrack for The Rugrats Movie, released in 1998 contains the track "The World Is Something New To Me" and features, Kate, Fred and Cindy along with other artists.
- "We Are Family", a single released to collect money for the victims of the September 11 attacks features Kate and Fred in the chorus and on the DVD documentation.
- Jay Ungar & Molly Mason have Kate singing on their 2003 album Relax Your Mind, on the track "Bad Attitude"
- 2003 was a busy year for Kate, she also spoke the "Vamp" on the double CD / book release of Jack Kerouac's Doctor Sax And The Great World Snake
- Junior Senior, on the song "Take My Time" from the 2005 album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (with Cindy Wilson)
- Peter Jöback, duet on the song "Sing" from the 2009 album East Side Stories
- David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, on the song "The Whole Man" from the 2010 album Here Lies Love.
- She was also a member of the Japanese group NiNa with Yuki Isoya and co-wrote and performed the opening theme song to the anime Arc the Lad.
- Appeared in Blondie's music video for "Mother".[8]
[edit] Film and television
- The Rugrats Movie (1998, voice only)
- The Flintstones (1994, as "The BC-52's")
- A Matter of Degrees (1990)
- Athens, GA: Inside/Out (1987)
- One Trick Pony (1980)
- Pierson portrayed a club owner in the Flight of the Conchords episode "What Goes on Tour".[9]
- The Adventures of Pete and Pete (1993, "What We Did on Our Summer Vacation")
- Pierson is credited alongside Fred Schneider in the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life for the theme song vocals.
- Pierson, with The B-52's, appeared on an episode of the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1982.
- Pierson, with The B-52's, performed a parody of the song "Love Shack" titled "Glove Slap"[10] in an episode of The Simpsons (1999, "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)").[11]
[edit] References
- ^ Beckerman, Jim. "B-52s 'Party' lands close to hometown", The Record (Bergen County), August 15, 2009. Accessed January 14, 2012. "And with that hair? Kate Pierson, born in Weehawken, raised in Rutherford."
- ^ Bream, Jon. "Cameo Critic: Kate Pierson" Minneapolis Star Tribune June 15, 2008
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles. The essential rock discography (Canongate U.S.) ISBN 978-1841958606
- ^ Robinson, Matt (October 13, 2006). "Page 2 The Making of a Rockpreneur". Entrepreneur.com. http://www.entrepreneur.com/worklife/successstories/moreprofiles/article168394-2.html. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ Fall 2007 | Rooms That Rock | OutTraveler.com
- ^ Kate Pierson
- ^ "Iggy Pop". Rock On The Net. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/iggypop_main.htm. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ "Zombies, Andy, And Lou! New Blondie Video for "Mother"…". cherrybombed.com. http://www.cherrybombed.com/2011/05/zombies-andy-and-lou-new-blondie-video-for-mother/. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "What Goes on Tour?" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Soundtrack - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)", IMDb, retrieved 18 Oct 2011
- ^ "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)". The Simpsons. Fox. November 7, 1999. No. 5, season 11. Retrieved on October 18, 2011.
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