Kate Pierson
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Kate Pierson |
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Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Pierson (born April 27, 1948 in Weehawken, New Jersey)[1][2] is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52s. 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.
Personal life
Pierson is the owner of Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel in Mount Tremper, New York, a rustic modern motel in New York's Catskill Mountains near Woodstock, New York.[3] She operates the motel with her partner, Monica Coleman. Pierson and Coleman have been life partners since 2003.[4][dead link][5][dead link][6][7]
Collaborations
Pierson has collaborated with the following bands and singers:
- 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, 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".[8]
- 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 9/11 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".
- Pierson sang on the tracks "I'm in Love," "Step Inside, Love," "Love of the Loved," and "Nobody I Know" on the album From a Window: Lost Songs of Lennon and McCartney.
- She was also a member of the Japanese group NiNa with Yuki Isoya.
Film and television
- The Rugrats Movie (1998, voice only)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- A Matter of Degrees (1990)
- Athens, GA: Inside/Out (1987)
- One Trick Pony (1980)
- She 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")
- She is credited alongside Fred Schneider in the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life for the theme song vocals.
- She and the rest of the B-52's appeared on an episode of the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1982.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ http://www.entrepreneur.com/worklife/successstories/moreprofiles/article168394-2.html
- ^ The B-52s latest bombshell - Queer Lesbian Gay Travel - Gay.com
- ^ Features
- ^ Fall 2007 | Rooms That Rock | OutTraveler.com
- ^ Kate Pierson
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/iggypop_main.htm
- ^ "What Goes on Tour?" at IMDb
External links
- Kate Pierson at IMDb