. ♪ hey, i'm kate ♪ >>> the b-52, kate fred cindy and keith have released eight albums over the lasts. in 1989 cosmic thing went multi-platinum. three top 40 hits one of the best-selling albums of the era. >> are you proud of that. >> it's pretty amazing. what does platinum mean any more. >> pear son invited us to a recording studio in woodstock new york a shrine to the ban's past. >> we won the mtv video award for "love shack." kate is going solo with a song guitars and microphones. >> picture of your mother hanging on the wall. >> born in 1948, pearson group up in new jersey. >> see a resemblance. >> what do you think when you look at that picture of a little girl in pigtails. >> i feel the same. i look the same. >> music was part ever her life. her father played in a big band. >> i used to sit on my dad's lap and play. he would play the cords and i would strum. pretty much since i was two... she's spunky eclectic and seriously. in high school during the civil rights era, pearson's first music group was a protest band. >> we were the sun down-nuts, and i work a song "coly lee wilki

. >> hey i'm kate -- >> the b52s, kate, fred snyder cindy wilson, and keith strickland have released t albums over the last four decades. now, after 39 years with the bs kate's going solo, with the song, guitars and microphones. ♪. one song from pierson's new solo album and called mr. sister. ♪ but the video backed by some in the transgender community who called it stereotypical and degrading. >> were you surprised by that reaction? >> i was very surprised very taken aback because i thought it was very gender positive toward anyone, anyone who was expanding and making a transition and anyone who felt betrayed. so i wanted it to be all-inclusive. >> is there a difference for a woman in rock and roll versus a man as they age? >> there are a lot of nasty comments that can be directed online toward women. it's definitely a different standard. yeah, i'm conscience of how i look and i want to have makeup and hair and stuff, but at the end of it, i want to be myself in my hair and makeup. ♪. >> did kate pierson make it. >> i'm happy. that's the thing. i feel content with where i am. >> and s