{"product_id":"the-b52s-s-t","title":"The B-52's – The B-52's","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The B-52’s – The B-52’s\u003cbr data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"119\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"149\"\u003eYear\/Genre\/Sub-Genre\/City:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1979, Pop, New Wave, Athens, Georgia\u003cbr data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"189\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"202\"\u003eMatrix #:\u003c\/strong\u003e BSK 3355\u003cbr data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"209\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"223\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e VG+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"250\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"250\"\u003eCultural Facts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"734\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"411\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"411\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"273\"\u003eScene Ecology:\u003c\/strong\u003e Athens wasn’t a “scene” yet—this band helped turn a small college town into a national underground pipeline before R.E.M. blew it open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"576\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"576\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"431\"\u003eFamily Ties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guitarist Ricky Wilson died in 1985 from AIDS-related illness; the band publicly framed it differently at the time, then went quiet for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"734\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"734\" data-is-last-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"600\"\u003eMedia Narrative:\u003c\/strong\u003e Their thrift-store camp and queer-coded humor got treated as a novelty act by critics, even as clubs adopted the look as a blueprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Power Plant Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586596966587,"sku":"","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/4204\/1658\/products\/3917638.jpg?v=1645665554","url":"https:\/\/powerplantrecords.com\/products\/the-b52s-s-t","provider":"Power Plant Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}