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Article: 52's still rockin' at 25: with a new CD anthology and book detailing the band's history, Keith Strickland of the B-52's looks back--and forward--with glamour. (music).(Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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- February 5, 2002
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Keith Strickland may be the most musically diverse surviving member of the legendary B-52's--he plays guitar and drums in addition to composing songs--but not even he can recall the ingredients of the "Flaming Volcano," a heady elixir that inspired the band's first jam session in Athens, Ga., in 1976. "It was a communal drink that came in a humongous, smoking bowl, with, I think, about four different kinds of alcohol. Most definitely rum, and well ... I'm not sure what else." Whatever was in that brew, it fired up five scrappy young bohemians--Strickland, Ricky Wilson, his little sister Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, and Kate Pierson. Later that night, they merged in a ...
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