Members 1 Female
Origin Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre New Wave
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Born 1948
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1979 to Present...
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Throw Down the Roses
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Mister Sister
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Guitars and Microphones
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Bottoms Up
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Bring Your Arms
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Catherine Elizabeth Pierson (born April 27, 1948) is an American vocalist, lyricist, and one of the singers and founding members of The B-52's. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments. In The B-52s, she has performed alongside Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland.
In February 2015, Pierson released her first solo album, Guitars and Microphones, featuring material co-written by Sia Furler. She later released the non-album single "Better Not Sting the Bee," and on April 15, 2016, she released a cover of "Venus" as a single.
Personal life
Pierson was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and raised in Rutherford.
From 1981 to 1996 she was in a relationship with artist Tim Rollins.
She is the owner of Kate's Lazy Desert in Landers, California, and Kate's Lazy Meadow in Mount Tremper, New York, a rustic modern lodge in New York's Catskill Mountains. She operates the businesses with her wife Monica Coleman. On August 3, 2015, Pierson and Coleman married in a ceremony attended by The B-52's, singer Sia Furler and Furler's husband, Erik Anders Lang.
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