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

In addition to his music career in the band The B -52's Schneider brought two solo music albums out:

  • Fred Schneider & the Shake Society (1984 and 1991 )
  • Just Fred (1996 ), which was produced by Steve Albini

Furthermore, Schneider worked with various other musicians in various projects together:

  • Sleater - Kinney he sang in Hedwig the Angry Inch Angry Inch tribute cover of the album Wig in a Box
  • He sang with Richard Barone on Barone's album 1990 Primal Dream ( MCA)
  • He worked with Sophie Ellis -Bextor on some songs for her album Trip the Light Fantastic
  • He worked with the Foo Fighters on the song Planet Claire
  • He worked with Captain Planet, which is but a cartoon character on the Eco Rap

Movies

Schneider appeared in several 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 )
  • Hang Fire ( 1991)
  • A Matter of Degrees (1990 )
  • Funny (1989 )
  • Athens, GA:. Inside / Out (1987 )
  • One Trick Pony ( 1980)

Radio

Schneider was until the end of 2008 hosted the show Party Out of Bounds, the Friday night of 21 clock to 24 clock on the transmitter Sirius 22 First Wave has been sent.

Life

Schneider lives openly gay in East Hampton and Chelsea in New York.

Bibliography

  • Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works, 1987, published by Arbor House, New York ( approximately 96 pages), illustrated by Kenny Scharf
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