of the most recognisable singers from the 1980 from a band that urged us to roam and party at the loveshackstat with b-52 singer kate pearson for a candid one on one conversation. ♪ heading down the atlanta highway ♪ >> reporter: kate pearson exploded on to the music seen with the group b-52s, once proclaimed america's favourite party band by rolling stone. pearson says beneath the beehives there was a deeper message. >> at first it seemed to overshadow the band the wigs the outfits and the hairdo lyrics, we felt we were misunderstood and everyone was calling us crazy. later we realised people were allowed to have fun, let the freak flag fly, busting loose, giving people joy and helps a lot of people get through life never did i expect people to say. like you helped me through high school, you got me through the hard time. i was a young gay boy or girl. i think the b-52s message was by example, it pays to be different. >> different they are. ♪ hey, i'm kate ♪ >>> the b-52, kate fred cindy and keith have released eight albums over the last four decades. in 1989 cosmic thing went multi-platin