On this date in 1979, THE B-52's released their self-titled debut album THE B-52's (July 6, 1979) Even in the weird, quirky world of new wave and post-punk in the late '70s, the B-52's' eponymous debut stood out as an original. Unabashed kitsch mavens, the Athens quintet celebrated the pre-Beatles pop culture of bad hairdos, sci-fi nightmares, dance crazes, pastels, and anything else that sprung into their minds -- to a skewed fusion of pop, surf, avant-garde, amateurish punk, and white funk. On