Quotes About B-52's

B-52's are one of the most unique bands, not just sonically but aesthetically, too. When you look at them, you know it's the B-52's.

I think the B-52's were a huge influence on Sleater-Kinney. The way that there'd be a really interesting guitar line that'd be really melodic and kind of simplistic, I really related to that. The sense of melody is really intense and fun. It's not just traditional song structures, but it's very melodic and draws you in, in kind of an immediate way.

In New York, Aleka's Attic also played a "Rock Against Fur" benefit for the animal-rights group PETA, on a bill with the B–52's, the Indigo Girls, Lene Lovich, and Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's. For this cause, River allowed his name to be on the poster. Martha Plimpton introduced the band, proclaiming, "Three years ago, a friend said to me, 'You can change the world.

We do benefits for various groups. But the main reason to be B-52's is to have fun and party and go nuts.