Q&A: Kate Pierson on Writing Her Solo Album With Sia and Getting Kicked Out of Her Own Show

Written by Dan Weiss | February 11, 2015 - 2:00 pm

Singing “Rock Lobster,” “Roam,” “Love Shack,” and other recognizable staples in her long-running “dance band from Athens, Georgia,” the B-52s, Kate Pierson has long been one of the most lovable personalities in the music business. Juggling an array of instruments in the B-52s’ wacko evolution from reverberating, surfy post-punk into all-inclusive party-pop, Pierson and her bandmates spent most of the 1980s as well-respected oddballs who could do silly (“Dance This Mess Around”) and serious (“Give Me Back My Man”) without losing a beat of their instantly recognizable signature sound.