The Resume

(1978- )
Kate Pierson (April 27, 1948) - vocalist/keyboardist
Fred Schneider (July 1, 1954) - vocalist/toy piano/party horn/portable cassette player
Cindy Wilson (February 28, 1957) - vibrating vocal chords/bongos
Ricky Wilson (March 19, 1953) - guitarist/vocalist
Keith Strickland (October 26, 1953) - percussionist
Named for the U.S. B-52 Bomber
They sing 'Meet the Flintstones,' 'Love Shack,' 'Tell it Like it Tis,' 'Good Stuff,' 'Private Idaho,' 'Party Out of Bounds' and 'Give Me Back My Man'

Why they might be annoying:

They are vegetarians.
The women wore bee-hive hairdos ('B'-52's, get it).
They are very popular among gay males.

Why they might not be annoying:

They realize they are a 'goof' and don't take themselves seriously.
They featured RuPaul in the 'Love Shack' video before he became famous.
They lost their original guitarist, Ricky Wilson (brother of Cindy), to AIDS (1985).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 1980's New Wave/Synth Pop
• B-52's
• Bad Hair - Female
• Beehive Hair-dos
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• Hyphenated Names
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [A-B]
• I Performed with David Grohl
• I Sang on 'We Are Family' for 9/11 Victims
• I Sung 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' at Wrigley Field
• I'm in the Band With My Brother
• Look at My Flowers
• MTV VMA: Best Group Video of the Year (Ranked: 1990)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Hits Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1989)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Hits Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1992)
• My Song is Downloadable Content For Rock Band
• My Song is Featured on Rock Band 3
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Like Omigod! The 80's Pop Culture Box'
• My Song was Parodied on Bill Nye the Science Guy
• Nerve's 50 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time [2007] (Ranked: 9)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1979] (Ranked: 12)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1983] (Ranked: 39)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1979] (Ranked: 13)
• Number Names (Ranked: 52)
• Profiles 2001-2250 (Ranked: 2187)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [2020] (Ranked: 198)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 152)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 146)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 243)
• Satirized on Rocko’s Modern Life
• Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1975-79] (Ranked: 1979)
• Saturday Night Live Musical Guests [1985-89] (Ranked: 1989)
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• UK Telegraph's 50 Songs To Make You Dance [June 27, 2008] (Ranked: 21)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 99)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (Ranked: 40)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Songs That Never Reached #1 [Performers, 2004] (Ranked: 66)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock [July 1999] (Ranked: 47)
• Voweless Names
• Weird Al's Polka

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 54 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 6.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 112 Votes: 49.11% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 8.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 108 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 65 Votes: 44.62% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 100 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 64 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 78 Votes: 44.87% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 37.84% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 88 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 82 Votes: 35.37% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 293 Votes: 44.37% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 275 Votes: 41.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 300 Votes: 43.67% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 407 Votes: 50.12% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 943 Votes: 52.60% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2537 Votes: 48.36% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 5238 Votes: 41.22% Annoying