Fred Schneider
Fred Schneider (born July 1, 1951 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American musician and member of the rock band The B-52’s from Athens , Georgia .
Solo career
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In addition to his music career in the band The B-52’s , Schneider released two solo musical albums:
- Fred Schneider & the Shake Society (1984 and 1991)
- Just Fred (1996), that of Steve Albini produced
Schneider was a guest singer on the song Hedwig an the Angry Inch (tribute cover of Angry Inch on the album Wig in a Box by Sleater-Kinney ) and on the 1990 album Primal Dream by Richard Barone .
He was also involved in several titles on Sophie Ellis-Bextor's album Trip the Light Fantastic , the song Planet Claire by the Foo Fighters and the eco rap of the cartoon character Captain Planet .
Movies
Schneider appeared in a few films:
- 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)
radio
Until the end of 2008, Schneider hosted the program Party Out of Bounds , which was broadcast on Friday nights from 9 p.m. to midnight on Sirius 22 First Wave .
Life
Schneider lives openly gay in East Hampton and Chelsea , New York .
bibliography
- Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works , 1987, published by Arbor House, New York (around 96 pages), illustrated by Kenny Scharf
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: US
- ^ AfterElton.com Fred Schneider
- ↑ LGBT History Timeline ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 'Queer' no longer stings; it rocks.
- ↑ Cosmic Things: The return of the B-52's ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ New York Magazine, B-Hive , Aug. 12, 2002
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| SURNAME | Schneider, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark (New Jersey) |