The B-52s' Cosmic Thing
(Author) Pete Crighton
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"The B-52s fifth record Cosmic Thing took the world by storm in 1989 in the wake of the band's single greatest tragedy: losing guitarist Ricky Wilson to complications from AIDS in 1985. Cosmic Thing is a celebration of queer joy in the face of that seismic setback. Not only did the B-52s have to fight through their pain and grief to make Cosmic Thing, they were up against a conservative government under Reagan (then Bush), a misunderstood virus still ravaging the queer community and the expectations of what 'serious' artists were supposed to look like"--
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Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9798765133125
Publish year:
2025
Publish date:
Sept. 4, 2025
Pete Crighton
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