Kate Pierson

Kate Pierson

Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born 27 April 1948 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American vocalist and one of the lead singers and founding members of The B-52's. She also played keyboard, guitar and bass for the band. In The B-52's, she performs alongside Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, and Keith Strickland. She is in an openly lesbian relationship. She owns Kate's Lazy Meadow, a mid-century modern retreat in the Catskills.

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.
• Fred Schneider, on his first album solo from 1984 on song "Monster"
• Iggy Pop, on the 1990 Top 20 song "Candy".
• 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.
• Junior Senior, on the song "Take My Time" on the 2005 album Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (with Cindy Wilson)
• She was also a member of the Japanese supergroup NiNa with Yuki Isoya.

Filmography

• The Rugrats Movie (1998, voice only)
• The Flintstones (1994)
• A Matter of Degrees (1990)
• Athens, GA.: Inside/Out (1987)
• One Trick Pony (1980)

Other ventures

• She 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. Her partner, Monica Coleman, is co-owner.

• She portrayed a club owner in the Flight of the Conchords episode "What Goes on Tour".

• She also appeared as mysterious blind millionaire Mrs. Vanderveer on The Adventures of Pete and Pete ("What We Did on Our Summer Vacation").

External links

• Kate Pierson at IMDb