Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson at Roseland 2007
Background information
Birth name	Catherine Elizabeth Pierson
Born	April 27, 1948 (1948-04-27) (age 60)
Origin	Weehawken, New Jersey
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
Label(s)	Astralwerks
Associated acts	The B-52's R.E.M. NiNa

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 and guitar for the band. In The B-52's she performs alongside Cindy Wilson, Fred Schneider, and Keith Strickland. She is openly bisexual.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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.
• Iggy Pop, on the 1990 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.
• Member of the short lived trio Hudson Valley Girls (around 2000) No releases but did a short tour.
• 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.
• Dreams So Real on the album Gloryline.
• Time of Orchids on the album Namesake Caution.

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.^[6]

References

External links

• Kate Pierson at the Internet Movie Database