The B-52's "Whammy!" (40th Anniversary) 2026-07-17 Celebrating 20 years of the

Celebrating 20 years of the iconic pop punk album

The audio was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering

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The album won the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2009

The B-52's "Whammy!" (40th Anniversary) 2026-07-17 Celebrating 20 years of the40th Anniversary Edition The B 52's were formed (1976) like R. E. M. in Athens, Georgia by vocalist Cindy Wilson, her elder brother guitarist Ricky Wilson (who died from AIDS in 1985), keyboardist and vocalist Kate Pierson and drummer percussionist Keith Strickland. Whammy!, their fourth album, moves the B 52's more into the electronic sound that started with their previous album 'Mesopotamia', though now goes further with the use of a drum machine.