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Fena albums featuring Richard Hilton
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| | Despega Y Vuela CD (1989)
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1986's BOUNCING OFF THE SATELLITES found the B-52s in the throes of mourning (they'd lost guitarist Ricky Wilson). But they returned in 1989 with COSMIC THING, a corker that set up the band for '90s success. This is a glorious ...
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 Fena Songs
Popular or famous Fena songs: Bushfire, Channel Z, Cosmic Thing, Deadbeat Club, Dry County, Follow Your Bliss, Junebug, Love Shack, Roam, Topaz.
Fena Biography
Eschewing everything but the pursuit of fun, Athens, GA's B-'52s burst onto the New Wave scene in 1979. Their mix of '50s/'60s kitsch and pure pop instincts produced some classic campy tunes ("Rock Lobster," "Private Idaho"). The band's popularity hit new peaks a decade later with the release of COSMIC THING and the huge hits "Love Shack," "Roam," and "Deadbeat Club," showing how fully the group had penetrated the pop-culture landscape.
Contemporaries
R.E.M., The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, Devo, They Might Be Giants, Bangles, Violent Femmes, The Cramps, The Cars, X, The Feelies, Camper Van Beethoven, Oingo Boingo, Bow Wow Wow, The Go-Go's, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Was (Not Was), Let's Active, Lene Lovich, Tom Tom Club, Josie Cotton, Pylon (US), Buggles, The Rezillos, Thee Oh Sees, Cristina, Toni Basil, Haysi Fantayzee, Martha & the Muffins, The Mumps, Revillos, Chi-Pig, Martini Ranch, Suburbs, Swimming Pool Q's, The Cucumbers, Polyrock
Followers
Bananarama, Southern Culture on the Skids, Chicks on Speed, Shonen Knife, Pizzicato Five, Deee-Lite, Cibo Matto, Buffalo Daughter, Bis, Voice of the Beehive, The Gentle People
Influences
James Brown, Blondie, Captain Beefheart, Talking Heads, New York Dolls, The Ventures, Chic, Sparks, Petula Clark, Yoko Ono, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, The Mamas & the Papas, Esquivel, Joe Meek, The Ronettes, Esquerita, The Angels
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