Fred Schneider aka THE FRED (born Fred Schneider III in Newark, New Jersey) is best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member. Other founding members include Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Keith Strickland the late Ricky Wilson. The B-52's were established in 1976.
Fred's vocal style is called Sprechgesang and sprechstimme (German for spoken-song and spoken-voice) are musical terms used to refer to an expressionist vocal technique that falls between singing and speaking.
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THE B-52'S STUDIO ALBUMS
The B-52's
Wild Planet
Party Mix!
Mesopotamia
Whammy!
Bouncing off the Satellites
Cosmic Thing
Good Stuff
Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology
FUNPLEX Due for release 3-25-08
FRED'S SOLO ALBUMS
Fred Schneider & the Shake Society (1984 and Remixed and reissued in 1991)
JUST FRED (1996), which was produced by Steve Albini.
Schneider hosts a show called Party Out Of Bounds that airs Friday nights, 9pm to 12am (ET) on Sirius 22 First Wave. On the show, Schneider plays a mix of new wave-era dance, remixes and rarities!
Collaborations Include...
TINY MASTER OF TODAY "DISCO BOMB"
He sang with Sleater-Kinney in a Hedwig and the Angry Inch tribute cover of "Angry Inch."
He sang with Richard Barone on Barone's 1990 album, Primal Dream (MCA). Richard also co-wrote two songs and arranged on Just Fred.
He was a guest vocalist on the song National Anthem Of Love, on Joe McIntyre's album Meet Joe Mac.
He worked with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on some songs for her album Trip the Light Fantastic. A song which he worked on and provided vocals for called "Supersonic" appeared on he UK and AU version of her album.
He worked with the Foo Fighters on the song Planet Claire - he provided the vocals.
He worked with Captain Planet on the "Eco Rap," an updated theme song used for The New Adventures of Captain Planet.
~FRED'S FILMOGRAPHY
Trekkies 2 (2004)
Each Time I Kill (2002)
Godass (2000)
Desert Blue (1998, voice only)
The Rugrats Movie (1998, voice only)
The Flintstones (1994)
Hangfire (1991)
A Matter of Degrees (1990)
Funny (1989)
Athens, GA.: Inside/Out (1987)
One Trick Pony (1980)
He is credited in the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life for the theme song vocals.
He was a guest on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
~Bibliography
In 1975/1976, Fred Schneider personally hand-wrote approximately 100 copies of a short book of his poems entitled Bleb.
In 1987, Fred Schneider wrote a paperback book of mostly poetry entitled Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works, which was published by Arbor House, New York. The book is approximately 96 pages and out of print. It was illustrated by Kenny Scharf, who also did the cover art for The B-52's 1986 album Bouncing Off the Satellites. Approximately 6000 copies were printed.
FUNPLEX BY THE B52S Funplex
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THE B-52S FUNPLEX CSS REMIX
THE B-52S HOT CORNER
THE B-52'S DEVIANT INGREDIENT
THE B-52S EYES WIDE OPEN
LOVE IN THE 3000
THE B-52S JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
WHIP
BULLDOZER
MONSTER
COCONUT
SUPERSONIC Sophie Ellis Bextor & Fred Schneider written by FRed Schneider
