88-1032: The B-52s , originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe ; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia , in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar, vocals), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals). Ricky Wilson died of AIDS -related illness in 1985, and Strickland permanently switched from drums to lead guitar. The band has also added various members for albums and live performances. The B-52s have had many hits, including " Rock Lobster ", " Planet Claire ", " Party Out of Bounds ", " Private Idaho ", " Whammy Kiss ", " Summer of Love ", " Wig ", " Love Shack ", " Roam ", "Funplex" and " (Meet) The Flintstones ". They have been nominated for three Grammy Awards : twice for Best Pop Performance by
176-462: A Valentine's Day party for their friends. The name "B-52's" comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft , which Pierson and Cindy Wilson wore in performances during the band's first decade. Other names the band considered were the Tina-Trons and Fellini's Children. Strickland suggested the name after a dream he had of a band performing in a hotel lounge. In
264-721: A Duo or Group in 1990 and 1991, and for Best Alternative Music Album in 1992. In April 2022, the group announced they were retiring from touring. A 2023 Las Vegas residency was announced in November 2022. The group evoked a "thrift shop aesthetic", in Bernard Gendron's words, by drawing from 1950s and 1960s pop sources, trash culture , and rock and roll. Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson sometimes use call-and-response -style vocals (Schneider's often humorous Sprechgesang contrasting with Wilson's and Pierson's melodic harmonies), and their guitar- and keyboard-driven instrumentation
352-449: A coordinate possessive construction has two personal pronouns, the normal possessive inflection is used, and there is no apostrophe (e.g., "his and her children"). The issue of the use of the apostrophe arises when the coordinate construction includes a noun (phrase) and a pronoun. In this case, the inflection of only the last item may sometimes be, at least marginally, acceptable ("you and your spouse's bank account"). The inflection of both
440-482: A dollar's worth , five pounds' worth , one mile's drive from here . This is like an ordinary possessive use. For example, one hour's respite means a respite of one hour (exactly as the cat's whiskers means the whiskers of the cat ). No apostrophe is used in the following possessive pronouns and adjectives: hers , his , its , my , mine , ours , theirs , whose , and yours . All other possessive pronouns do end with an apostrophe and an s . In singular forms,
528-516: A popular track, R.E.M.'s " Shiny Happy People ", which reached No. 10 in September. Pierson also appeared on two other songs from R.E.M.'s chart-topping album Out of Time : "Near Wild Heaven" and "Me in Honey", as well as the outtake "Fretless". In late 1990, Cindy Wilson took time off from the band, with Julee Cruise filling in for her on tour. The B-52s released Good Stuff in 1992 as
616-402: A punctuation mark, an apostrophe and an s are still added in the usual way: " Westward Ho! 's railway station"; " Awaye! ' s Paulette Whitten recorded Bob Wilson's story"; Washington, D.C.'s museums . (assuming that the prevailing style requires full stops in D.C. ). An apostrophe is used in time and money references in constructions such as one hour's respite , two weeks' holiday ,
704-595: A sibilant sound, have possessive forms with an extra s after the apostrophe so that the spelling reflects the underlying pronunciation. Examples include Oxford University Press , the Modern Language Association , the BBC and The Economist . Such authorities demand possessive singulars like these: Bridget Jones's Diary ; Tony Adams's friend; my boss's job; the US's economy . Rules that modify or extend
792-486: A silent x , z or s , the few authorities that address the issue at all typically call for an added s and suggest that the apostrophe precede the s : The Loucheux's homeland is in the Yukon ; Compare the two Dumas's literary achievements . The possessive of a cited French title with a silent plural ending is uncertain: " Trois femmes 's long and complicated publication history", but " Les noces ' singular effect
880-427: A stadium called St James' Park , and Exeter City at St James Park , London has a St James's Park (this whole area of London is named after the parish of St James's Church, Piccadilly ). Modern usage has been influenced by considerations of technological convenience including the economy of typewriter ribbons and films, and similar computer character "disallowance" which tend to ignore past standards. Practice in
968-412: A study that found that only 40% of the possessive forms were used to indicate actual possession. The modern spelling convention distinguishes possessive singular forms ("Bernadette's", "flower's", "glass's", "one's") from simple plural forms ("Bernadettes", "flowers", "glasses", "ones"), and both of those from possessive plural forms ("Bernadettes ' ", "flowers ' ", "glasses ' ", "ones ' "). For example,
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#17327732571811056-643: A trio—the only album release on which Cindy Wilson was not present—and the title track reached No. 28 in August of that year. The album made it to No. 16 in the U.S. It is also the group's most overtly political album, though they had been activists and fundraisers for environmental, AIDS and animal rights causes for many years. The band had their next chart entry in 1994 when, as the BC-52's , they appeared in The Flintstones live-action movie and sang
1144-614: Is Sin City, playing rock and alternative genres. The Friday club was formerly goth night Full Tilt. On Saturday, "Shake" plays mostly pop and dance from the 1970s, 1980s onwards, as well as modern hip hop and R&B. The Electric Ballroom is the London home for PROGRESS Wrestling , holding events on a regular basis since March 2014. On 15 April 2018, the People's Vote campaign was started there. Transport for London proposed to demolish
1232-460: Is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for three basic purposes: It is also used in a few distinctive cases for the marking of plurals , e.g. "p's and q's" or Oakland A's . It is also used informally to indicate the units of foot and minutes of arc , although in these uses,
1320-406: Is a case of fooling oneself with one's own terminology. After the 18th-century grammarians began to refer to the genitive case as the possessive case, grammarians and other commentators got it into their heads that the only use of the case was to show possession [...] Simply changing the name of the genitive does not change or eliminate any of its multiple functions. This dictionary also cites
1408-614: Is a common grammatical error in present times. Each of these four phrases (listed in Steven Pinker 's The Language Instinct ) has a distinct meaning: Kingsley Amis , on being challenged to produce a sentence whose meaning depended on a possessive apostrophe, came up with: Some singular nouns are pronounced with a sibilant sound at the end: /s/ or /z/. The spelling of these ends with -s , -se , -z , -ze , -ce , -x , or -xe . Most respected authorities recommend that practically all singular nouns, including those ending with
1496-485: Is a lack of consensus and certainly the use of an apostrophe continues, legitimately, in which "the apostrophe of plurality occurs in the first word but not the second". The Oxford Companion to the English Language notes that "a plural s after a set of numbers is often preceded by an apostrophe, as in 3's and 4's ..., but many housestyles and individuals now favour 3s and 4s ". Most style guides prefer
1584-749: Is more than one neighbour owning the garden) is standard rather than "the neighbours's garden". Compound nouns have their singular possessives formed with an apostrophe and an added s , in accordance with the rules given above: the Attorney-General's husband ; the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 's prerogative ; this Minister for Justice's intervention ; her father-in-law's new wife . For two nouns (or noun phrases) joined by and , there are several ways of expressing possession, including: Some grammars make no distinction in meaning between
1672-409: Is normally preferred (e.g. Jack's and your dogs), but there is a tendency to avoid this construction, too, in favour of a construction that does not use a coordinate possessive (e.g. by using "Jack's letters and yours"). Where a construction like "Jack's and your dogs" is used, the interpretation is usually "segregatory" (i.e. not joint possession). If the word or compound includes, or even ends with,
1760-508: Is often a policy of leaving off the additional s on any such name, but this can prove problematic when specific names are contradictory (for example, St James' Park in Newcastle [the football ground] and the area of St James's Park in London). However, debate has been going on regarding the punctuation of St James' Park (Newcastle) for some time, unlike St James's Park (London) which
1848-442: Is the less contentious version. For more details on practice with geographic names, see the relevant section below . Some writers like to reflect standard spoken practice in cases like these with sake : for convenience' sake , for goodness' sake , for appearance' sake , for compromise' sake , etc. This punctuation is preferred in major style guides. Others prefer to add 's : for convenience's sake . Still others prefer to omit
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#17327732571811936-638: Is their trademark sound, which was also set apart from their contemporaries by the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used on their earlier albums. They formed as "the B-52's" in 1976 when Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson (her elder brother), Pierson, Strickland, and cowbell player, poet, and lead vocalist Schneider held an impromptu jam session after sharing a flaming volcano drink at a Chinese restaurant in Athens, Georgia. When they first jammed, Strickland played guitar and Ricky Wilson played congas. They later played their first concert (with Wilson on guitar) in 1977 at
2024-435: Is truffle ; His pince-nez 's loss went unnoticed ; "Verreaux('s) eagle, a large, predominantly black eagle, Aquila verreauxi ,..." ( OED , entry for "Verreaux", with silent x ; see Verreaux's eagle ); in each of these some writers might omit the added s . The same principles and residual uncertainties apply with "naturalised" English words, like Illinois and Arkansas . For possessive plurals of words ending in
2112-782: The Billboard 200 chart. " Legal Tender " reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Singles chart alongside " Whammy Kiss " and " Song for a Future Generation ". For the Whammy! tour, some tracks featured Strickland on the drums while others used a backing track so Strickland could come forward and play other parts. This also freed up the vocalists (now sometimes not playing instruments) to perform some simple choreography. Copyright issues with Yoko Ono led to
2200-454: The Late Show with David Letterman , The Arsenio Hall Show , Saturday Night Live , Live with Regis and Kelly , The Today Show , Good Morning America , as well as numerous times on VH1 . Prior to 2008, the band used an apostrophe in their name, rendering it as "The B-52's". In 2008, the band dropped the apostrophe to become "The B-52s". Asked about the change, Pierson said "It
2288-843: The Cosmic Thing song "Junebug" in a TV spot five years later. In late 2002, the critically panned cartoon pilot " The Groovenians " featured a theme song performed by the band. In late 2004, the band opened for Cher on a few dates of her Farewell Tour . In March 2006, they opened for the Rolling Stones at a benefit for the Robin Hood Foundation . They had three remix EPs released by Planet Clique: Whammy! in 2005, Mesopotamia in 2006, and Wild Planet in 2007. During this time span, they appeared on many television shows, including The L Word , V.I.P. , The Rosie O'Donnell Show , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ,
2376-666: The Cosmic Tour . The next single, " Love Shack ", with its party vibe and colorful music video , became their first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, ultimately reaching No. 3 in November 1989. That peak was matched in March 1990 when their follow-up single, " Roam ", also reached No. 3. In Australia, the country that had most embraced the band a decade earlier, "Love Shack" remained at No. 1 for eight weeks. A fourth single, " Deadbeat Club ", which reminisced about
2464-486: The Paul Simon film One Trick Pony . In July 1981, Party Mix! was released, a six-song collection containing songs from the first two albums remixed and sequenced to form two long tracks, one on each side. In 1981, the band collaborated with Talking Heads ' David Byrne to produce a third full-length studio album. Reportedly due to differences with Byrne over the album's musical direction, recording sessions for
2552-740: The True Colors Tour 2008 with Cyndi Lauper and embarked on a European tour in July. The first single from the album was " Funplex ", which was released digitally on January 29, 2008, to the iTunes Store in the U.S. The second single lifted from the album was " Juliet of the Spirits ". Schneider said in an interview that the album just broke even and could be the B-52s' last new studio album, though he later retracted that statement. The B-52s performed their hit track " Love Shack " with Sugarland at
2640-755: The cover song "Don't Worry" being removed from the album and replaced by "Moon 83"—a rearranged version of "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)" from their debut album—on future pressings of Whammy! . Before the work on the next album the band took a one-year break during which Fred Schneider released his debut solo album Fred Schneider and the Shake Society . In January 1985, the B-52s performed in Brazil at Rock in Rio , for their largest crowd ever. Later during
2728-456: The plural "s" (as in "girls' dresses"). However, this was not universally accepted until the mid-19th century. Plurals not ending in -s keep the -'s marker, such as "children's toys, the men's toilet", since there was no risk of ambiguity. The apostrophe is used in English to indicate what is, for historical reasons, misleadingly called the possessive case in the English language. This case
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2816-490: The prime symbol is generally preferred. The word apostrophe comes from the Greek ἡ ἀπόστροφος [προσῳδία] (hē apóstrophos [prosōidía], '[the accent of] turning away or elision'), through Latin and French . The apostrophe was first used by Pietro Bembo in his edition of De Aetna (1496). It was introduced into English in the 16th century in imitation of French practice. Introduced by Geoffroy Tory (1529),
2904-714: The 2009 CMT Music Awards . On February 18, 2011, the B-52s played a show at the Classic Center in their hometown of Athens, Georgia , four days after the 34th anniversary of their first-ever show on February 14, 1977. The concert was filmed and recorded for With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA , released in October 2011. The group continued to perform live, with a touring band that featured musicians Sterling Campbell (drums), Paul Gordon (keyboards, guitar) and Tracy Wormworth (bass), and performances included
2992-603: The 20th century, today "the apostrophe of plurality continues in at least five areas": abbreviations, letters of the alphabet/small words, numbers, family names, and in non-standard use. For abbreviations, including acronyms, the use of s without an apostrophe is now more common than its use with an apostrophe. Most modern style guides disparage the use of apostrophes in all plural abbreviations. Some references continue to condone their use, or even recommend their use in some abbreviations. For example, The Canadian Style states "Add an apostrophe and s to form
3080-551: The B-52s , released in February 2020. In April 2022, the group announced that they would embark on a final farewell tour , with KC and the Sunshine Band , lasting from August 22 to November 11, 2022. The final dates of the concert were postponed until January 2023, due to illness. The B-52s performed the final concert on their tour at the Classic Center in their hometown of Athens, Georgia on January 10, 2023. Following
3168-505: The B-52s his favorite band and specifically cited "Rock Lobster" as an inspiration for his Double Fantasy . In April 1980, the B-52s returned to Compass Point Studios to record their next album. Several of the songs on the new album had been concert staples since 1978; the band consciously did not record them for its first album since it already had too many tracks and wanted a strong second album, knowing that its live performances would make fans look forward to it. Rhett Davies co-produced
3256-552: The B-52s signed contracts as they flew over to Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas , to record their debut studio album , with Island founder Chris Blackwell producing. The band was surprised by Blackwell's recording methods; he wanted to keep the sound as close as possible to its live sound, so he used almost no overdubs or additional effects. Released on July 6, 1979, The B-52's contained re-recorded versions of "Rock Lobster" and "52 Girls", six originals recorded solely for
3344-683: The Electric Ballroom in order to allow the redevelopment of the Camden Town Underground station , but the planning application for the redevelopment was rejected by Camden London Borough Council in 2004. A revised proposal from Transport for London in 2005 to demolish the whole block including the Ballroom, Buck Street Market and the Dr Martens store was rejected by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott . In 2007
3432-479: The Electric Ballroom. MTV Brand New for (2011-2018) is a showcase at Electric Ballroom. The Electric Ballroom was a roller disco for a brief period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. By 1990, the building had an indoor market on weekends with about fifty stalls, selling a variety of fashion-, lifestyle - and music -related goods. The market closed at short notice in 2015, resulting in unemployment for many staff and traders. The Friday club night
3520-519: The Pretenders ) to promote the collection took place. " Debbie ", another single from the album (a tribute to Blondie's Debbie Harry ), placed No. 35 on Billboard 's Hot Modern Rock Tracks. In 1999, they recorded a parody of "Love Shack" called "Glove Slap" for an episode of The Simpsons . In 2000, they co-headlined another major tour with the Go-Go's and recorded the song "The Chosen One" for
3608-477: The Rock Lobsters won by a wide margin. The band responded on social media, stating "we are truly honored to have our hometown hockey team named the Rock Lobsters. As the song declares, 'Let’s rock!’". Current members Former members Current touring members Former touring members Studio albums Grocer%27s apostrophe The apostrophe ( ' or ’ )
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3696-636: The UK meant their first show in London at the Electric Ballroom was packed and attended by UK pop stars, including Sandie Shaw , Green Gartside from Scritti Politti , and Joe Jackson . In Canada, released on the Warner Bros. label , the single went from cult hit to No. 1 on the RPM -compiled national chart on May 24, 1980. John Lennon credited the song with returning him to writing music. In 1979,
3784-537: The United Kingdom and Canada is not so uniform. Sometimes the apostrophe is omitted in the names of clubs, societies, and other organizations, even though the standard principles seem to require it: Country Women's Association , but International Aviation Womens Association ; Magistrates' Court of Victoria , but Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union . Usage is variable and inconsistent. Style guides typically advise consulting an official source for
3872-459: The United Kingdom has Bishop's Stortford , Bishop's Castle and King's Lynn (among many others) but St Albans , St Andrews and St Helens . London Underground's Piccadilly line has the adjacent stations of Earl's Court in Earl's Court and Barons Court . These names were mainly fixed in form many years before grammatical rules were fully standardised. While Newcastle United play football at
3960-530: The age of 32. When the band returned to the studio, Strickland had learned how to play the guitar in Wilson's unique style and switched permanently to the new instrument, leaving session players to complete the rhythm section. The results were released on September 8, 1986, as Bouncing off the Satellites , a mixture of solo efforts and group efforts. Because of Wilson's death, the band did not tour to promote
4048-495: The album based on his work with New Order on the album Get Ready . The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard charts in the U.S., immediately making it the second-highest charting B-52s album ever. The band toured in support of the album and made appearances on talk shows, including The Tonight Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and performed on The Today Show on Memorial Day 2008. They also participated in
4136-462: The album were aborted, prompting the band to release Mesopotamia in 1982 as an EP . (In 1991, Party Mix! and Mesopotamia , the latter of which had been remixed, were combined and released together on a single compact disc .) Also in 1982, the band appeared at the inaugural US Festival , performing on the first day. In December 1982, the band began recording their third album, Whammy! . According to Pierson, Strickland no longer wanted to play
4224-584: The album, and a cover of the Petula Clark hit " Downtown ". The album was a major success, especially in Australia, where it reached No. 3 on the charts alongside its three singles: " Planet Claire ", "Rock Lobster", and " Dance This Mess Around ". In the U.S., the single "Rock Lobster" reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the album was certified platinum by the RIAA . In 1980, John Lennon called
4312-595: The album, which had a more polished production sound than the debut. Released on August 27, 1980, Wild Planet was well received by critics. It reached No. 18 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1980 and was certified gold; " Private Idaho " became the band's second Hot 100 entry. The B-52s performed on Saturday Night Live on January 26, 1980, and at the Heatwave festival (promoted as the "New Wave Woodstock") in Toronto, Canada, in August 1980. The band also appeared in
4400-669: The album. A music video was made for " Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland " and the band appeared on some UK television programs but then took a two-year hiatus. Keith Strickland moved to Woodstock, New York , while Pierson and Schneider stayed in New York City . In 1987, the band released a public service announcement in the style of the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover on behalf of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research . Strickland had been composing in 1988. After he played some of his new music for
4488-462: The apostrophe comes first, e.g. one's ; everyone's ; somebody's , nobody else's , etc., while the apostrophe follows the s in plural forms as with nouns: the others' complaints . The possessive of it was originally it's , in contrast to the modern its . The apostrophe was dropped by the early 19th century. Authorities are now unanimous that it's can be only a contraction of it is or it has . Despite this, adding an unnecessary apostrophe
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#17327732571814576-420: The apostrophe of plurality only for lowercase letters. Sometimes, adding just s rather than 's may leave meaning ambiguous or presentation inelegant. However, an apostrophe is not always the preferred solution. APA style requires the use of italics instead of an apostrophe: p s, n s, etc. In the phrase dos and don'ts , most modern style guides disparage spelling the first word as do's . However, there
4664-456: The apostrophe originally marked the loss of the old "e" (for example, lambes became lamb's ). Its use for indicating plural "possessive" forms was not standard before the middle of the 19th century. For most singular nouns the ending " 's" is added; e.g., "the cat's whiskers". When the noun is a normal plural, with an added "s", no extra "s" is added in the possessive, and it is pronounced accordingly; so "the neighbours' garden" (there
4752-408: The apostrophe was used in place of a vowel letter to indicate elision (as in l'heure in place of la heure ). It was also frequently used in place of a final "e" (which was still pronounced at the time) when it was elided before a vowel, as in un' heure . Modern French orthography has restored the spelling une heure . From the 16th century, following French practice, the apostrophe
4840-442: The apostrophe when there is an s sound before sake : for morality's sake , but for convenience sake . The English possessive of French nouns ending in a silent s , x , or z is addressed by various style guides. Certainly a sibilant is pronounced in examples like Descartes's and Dumas's ; the question addressed here is whether s needs to be added. Similar examples with x or z : Sauce Périgueux 's main ingredient
4928-584: The apostrophe. Names based on a first name are more likely to take an apostrophe, but this is not always the case. Some business names may inadvertently spell a different name if the name with an s at the end is also a name, such as Parson. A small activist group called the Apostrophe Protection Society has campaigned for large retailers such as Harrods, Currys , and Selfridges to reinstate their missing punctuation. A spokesperson for Barclays PLC stated, "It has just disappeared over
5016-519: The band during the Cosmic Thing era. Pierson and Cindy Wilson recorded a cover of the McFadden & Whitehead song " Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now " for the 1996 film The Associate , starring Whoopi Goldberg; Wilson rejoined the B-52s the same year. A career retrospective, Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation , appeared in 1998, along with two remixed maxi-singles: "Summer of Love '98" and "Hallucinating Pluto". A major tour (with co-headliners
5104-401: The band's 1979 debut album, and the early version of "52 Girls" is in a different key. The re-recorded version of "Rock Lobster" was also released as a single and in the UK and Germany was backed with an instrumental version of "Running Around", a non-album track at the time. (A vocal re-recording of this appears on the band's second album, 1980's Wild Planet .) The buzz the record created in
5192-420: The band's early days in Athens and whose video was shot on location and featured a cameo by fellow Athens artist R.E.M. 's Michael Stipe , reached No. 30. Cosmic Thing climbed into the U.S. top five and earned multi-platinum certification. The album also had international success, reaching No. 1 in both Australia and New Zealand and No. 8 in the UK. The group had a successful world tour to support
5280-607: The closing show for the 2011 edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival , as well as being the house band during the 2012 TV Land Awards . At the end of 2012, Strickland announced he would no longer tour with the B-52s, though he would continue as a member of the band. Without Strickland, the B-52s continued to tour across the world with groups including The Go-Go's , Tears for Fears , The English Beat , The Psychedelic Furs , Simple Minds , Boy George and Culture Club , and Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey . Aside from touring,
5368-600: The dream, he heard someone whisper in his ear that the band's name was "the B-52's". The band's quirky take on the new wave sound of its era was a combination of dance and surf music set apart from their contemporaries by thrift-store chic and the unusual guitar tunings Ricky Wilson used. The band's first single, " Rock Lobster ", recorded for DB Records in 1978, was an underground success, selling over 2,000 copies, that led to gigs at CBGB and Max's Kansas City . Both this version of "Rock Lobster" and its B-side, "52 Girls", are different recordings from those that appear on
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#17327732571815456-492: The drums, so the band switched to drum machines for this album, with Strickland and Ricky Wilson playing all the music on the album, and the rest of the band providing vocals only. Having originally played guitars, organ, bass guitar and synthesizers, Pierson switched to a mainly vocal role in the studio, but remained behind the keyboards on tour. The band also began experimenting heavily with synthesizers during this period. Released on April 27, 1983, Whammy! reached No. 29 on
5544-465: The elision of the "e" from the Old English genitive singular inflection "-es". The plural genitive did not use the "-es" inflection, and since many plural forms already consisted of the "-s" or "-es" ending, using the apostrophe in place of the elisioned "e" could lead to singular and plural possessives of a given word having the exact same spelling. The solution was to use an apostrophe after
5632-630: The end of the farewell tour, the B-52s embarked on residencies at The Venetian Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada . The first residency concerts took place in May, August and September 2023, with further dates scheduled for April 2024. On May 15, 2024, the City of Athens, Georgia , announced that their Federal Prospects Hockey League team would be named the Rock Lobsters , honoring the band and their hit song. The decision came after an online poll where
5720-590: The group covered the Squidbillies theme song during Season 10 of the Adult Swim series and appeared as guests in the sketch comedy show Portlandia . In 2019, the group announced a tour to begin in May in the United States, which took them to Europe and back to the U.S. On September 30, 2019, it was reported that the band would be featured in the upcoming Archie Comics ' comic book Archie Meets
5808-487: The lack of apostrophe for groups of years (e.g. 1980s ) and will prefer 90s or '90s over 90's or '90's . Electric Ballroom The Electric Ballroom is a 1,500-capacity performance venue (primarily for rock bands) and indoor market located at 184 Camden High Street in Camden Town , London, England. The Electric Ballroom started as an Irish ballroom in the 1930s, renamed as Electric Ballroom in
5896-464: The movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000 . In 2002, a more extensive anthology, Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology , was released, and in February of that year the band held a series of concerts celebrating their 25th anniversary. The Irving Plaza show in New York City featured Yoko Ono, as well as Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads , as guests, with Chicks on Speed as
5984-496: The opener. Coinciding with the band's 25th anniversary was the publication of The B-52's Universe: The Essential Guide to the World's Greatest Party Band , the first and only officially authorized biography of the band. The book was nominated for a Lambda Lit Award and was a Minnesota Book Awards finalist. The B-52s recorded the song "Orange You Glad it's Summer" for a Target commercial that aired in spring/summer 2002. Target also used
6072-497: The other band members, they all agreed to try writing together again, with Pierson, Wilson and Schneider contributing the lyrics and melodies. In 1989, the band released Cosmic Thing , their mainstream breakthrough, on Reprise Records worldwide. The single " Channel Z " from the new album became an alternative and college radio hit, hitting No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, receiving significant airplay on MTV 's modern rock show 120 Minutes . They then embarked on
6160-462: The plural of abbreviations containing more than one period", so G.M.'s is preferred to G.M.s . The Oxford Companion to the English Language condones V.I.P.'s , VIP's , and VIPs equally. For single lowercase letters, pluralization with 's is usual. Many guides recommend apostrophes whether the single letters are lowercase (as in " minding your p's and q's ") or uppercase (as in "A's and S's"). The Chicago Manual of Style recommends
6248-408: The present day, but significant changes have been made to the possessive and plural uses. By the 18th century, an apostrophe with the addition of an "s" was regularly used for all possessive singular forms, even when the letter "e" was not omitted (as in "the gate's height"). This was regarded as representing not the elision of the "e" in the "-e" or "-es" ending of the word being pluralized, but
6336-596: The record and appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in March 1990. In 1990, the B-52s were nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards , including Video of the Year. They won two awards: Best Group Video and Best Art Direction. Pierson sang on Iggy Pop 's song " Candy ", which gave him a top 40 hit. In 1991, Schneider's 1984 solo record, Fred Schneider and the Shake Society , was repackaged and re-released, resulting in his first Hot 100 single when "Monster" climbed to No. 85. Also that year, Pierson again guest-starred on
6424-573: The standard form of the name (as one would do if uncertain about other aspects of the spelling of the name); some tend towards greater prescriptiveness, for or against such an apostrophe. As the case of womens shows, it is not possible to analyze these forms simply as non-possessive plurals, since women is the only correct plural form of woman . Where a business name is based on a family name it should in theory take an apostrophe, but many leave it out (contrast Sainsbury's with Harrods ). In recent times there has been an increasing tendency to drop
6512-507: The standard principle have included the following: Although less common, some contemporary writers still follow the older practice of omitting the second s in some cases ending with a sibilant, but usually not when written -x or -xe . The Associated Press Stylebook recommends or allows the practice of omitting the additional "s" in proper nouns ending with an "s", but not in words ending with other sibilants ("z" and "x"). The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style had recommended
6600-416: The summer of 1978 and owned by Bill Fuller, up until his death in 2008, aged 91. It hosts various events. The two-storey building has two dance floors and four bars. The ground floor has a stage and full concert facilities, with a capacity of 1,500. Stand Up Central (formerly known as Russell Howard's Stand Up Central ) is a British stand-up comedy television show in front of a live audience at
6688-508: The title song. When released as a single, it reached No. 33 in the U.S. and No. 3 in the UK. In 1994, Pierson and Schneider also sang on the theme song for the Nickelodeon series Rocko's Modern Life , from the second season onward. In the 1990s, former Duran Duran drummer Sterling Campbell joined the band, but left in 2000 to tour with David Bowie and was replaced that year by Zack Alford , who had recorded and toured with
6776-420: The traditional practice, which included providing for several exceptions to accommodate spoken usage such as the omission of the extra s after a polysyllabic word ending in a sibilant, but the 16th edition no longer recommends omitting the possessive "s". Similar examples of notable names ending in an s that are often given a possessive apostrophe with no additional s include Dickens and Williams . There
6864-434: The two forms. Some publishers' style guides, however, make a distinction, assigning the "segregatory" (or "distributive") meaning to the form "John's and Mary's" and the "combinatorial" (or "joint") meaning to the form "John and Mary's". A third alternative is a construction of the form "Jack's children and Jill's", which is always distributive, i.e. it designates the combined set of Jack's children and Jill's children. When
6952-552: The use of possessive apostrophes since 1890 so as not to show ownership of the place. Only five names of natural features in the US are officially spelled with a genitive apostrophe: Martha's Vineyard ; Ike's Point , New Jersey; John E's Pond , Rhode Island; Carlos Elmer's Joshua View , Arizona; and Clark's Mountain , Oregon. Some municipalities, originally incorporated using the apostrophe, have dropped it in accordance with this policy; Taylors Falls in Minnesota, for example,
7040-531: The word "glass's" is the singular possessive form of the noun "glass". The plural form of "glass" is "glasses" and the plural possessive form is, therefore, "glasses ' ". One would therefore say "I drank the glass's contents" to indicate drinking a drink, but "I drank the glasses' contents" after finishing the second drink. For singular forms, the modern possessive or genitive inflection is a survival from certain genitive inflections in Old English, for which
7128-591: The year, the band struggled to write new material for their next album. The band members all lived together in the same house and felt that collaboration was not working, so they decided to try to write songs separately and began recording in July 1985, again using drum machines and synthesizers extensively. During the recording, guitarist Wilson had been suffering from AIDS , though none of the other band members were aware of his illness except for Strickland, as Wilson "did not want anyone to worry about him or fuss about him." Wilson died from his illness on October 12, 1985, at
7216-461: The years. Barclays is no longer associated with the family name." Further confusion can be caused by businesses whose names look as if they should be pronounced differently without an apostrophe, such as Paulos Circus, and other companies that leave the apostrophe out of their logos but include it in written text, such as Cadwalader's . An apostrophe is commonly used to indicate omitted characters, normally letters: Following an evolution in usage in
7304-527: Was 'exotic primitive' ..." (with nearby sibilants -ce- in noces and s- in singular ). Compare treatment of other titles, above . Guides typically seek a principle that will yield uniformity, even for foreign words that fit awkwardly with standard English punctuation. Place names in the United States do not use the possessive apostrophe on federal maps and signs. The United States Board on Geographic Names , which has responsibility for formal naming of municipalities and geographic features, has deprecated
7392-469: Was called the genitive until the 18th century and, like the genitive case in other languages, expresses relationships other than possession . For example, in the expressions "the school's headmaster", "the men's department", and "tomorrow's weather", the school does not own/possess the headmaster, men do not own/possess the department, and tomorrow does not/will not own the weather. In the words of Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage : The argument
7480-416: Was not grammatically correct. It's not like a possessive. It just seemed superfluous." Funplex , the band's first original album in 16 years (since 1992's Good Stuff ), was released on March 25, 2008, by Astralwerks . Talking about the record's sound, Strickland noted, "It's loud, sexy rock and roll with the beat turned up to hot pink." The album was produced by Steve Osborne , who was asked to work on
7568-545: Was often used to mark a plural; specifically, the Oxford Companion to the English Language notes that: There was formerly a respectable tradition (17th to 19th centuries) of using the apostrophe for noun plurals, especially in loanwords ending in a vowel (as in [...] Comma's are used , Philip Luckcombe , 1771) and in the consonants s , z , ch , sh , (as in waltz's and cotillions , Washington Irving , 1804)... The use of elision has continued to
7656-410: Was originally incorporated as "Taylor's Falls". On the state level, the federal policy is not always followed: Vermont 's official state website has a page on Camel's Hump State Forest . Australia's Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping also has a no-apostrophe policy, a practice it says goes back to the 1900s and which is generally followed around the country. On the other hand,
7744-483: Was used when a vowel letter was omitted either because of incidental elision ("I'm" for "I am") or because the letter no longer represented a sound ("lov'd" for "loved"). English spelling retained many inflections that were not pronounced as syllables , notably verb endings ("-est", "-eth", "-es", "-ed") and the noun ending "-es", which marked either plurals or possessives, also known as genitives (see Possessive apostrophe , below) . An apostrophe followed by "s"
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