Fred Schneider

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Name = Fred Schneider


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Birth_name = Fred Schneider III
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Origin = Newark, New Jersey
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Occupation = Vocalist, Songwriter
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Associated_acts = The B-52's
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Fred Schneider III (born July 1, 1951 in Newark, New Jersey) is best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52s, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well-known for his sprechgesang.

olo career

Fred Schneider has released two solo albums and is currently working on a new side project. The debut single "Totally Nude Island" will be available as a digital download in late 2008, with an EP to follow in 2009.

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

Collaborations

* He sang with Sleater-Kinney in a "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tribute cover of "Angry Inch" on the album Wig in a Box
* He sang with Richard Barone on Barone’s 1990 album, "Primal Dream" (MCA). Richard also co-wrote two songs and arranged on Just Fred, and produced Fred's version of Harry Nilsson's "Coconut," released as single from the Nilsson tribute album "For The Love Of Harry."
* He was a guest vocalist on the song "National Anthem Of Love", on Joe McIntyre’s album "Meet Joe Mac".
* He worked with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on some songs for her album Trip the Light Fantastic. A song which he worked on and provided vocals for called "Supersonic" appeared on he UK and Australian version of her album.
* He was a guest vocalist on the song "The Power of Pussy," on Bongwater's 1990 album of the same name.
* He provided the vocals for the Foo Fighters cover of "Planet Claire".
* He worked with Captain Planet on the "Eco Rap," an updated theme song used for "The New Adventures of Captain Planet".
* Fred Schneider is featured on "Stinky Dinky", Track 9 of RuPaul’s 1993 debut album, "Supermodel of the World".

Filmography

Films in which Fred Schneider has appeared include (but are not limited to) the following:

* "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)
* "" (1987)
* "One Trick Pony" (1980)
* "I am the werewolf" (1988)
* He is credited in the Nickelodeon cartoon "Rocko's Modern Life" for the theme song vocals.
* He was a guest on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
* He guest starred on an episode of "Lil' Bush" in 2008.
* He appeared on an episode of "The Daily Show" on June 2, 2008.

Radio

* Schneider hosts a show called "Party Out Of Bounds" that airs Friday nights, 9pm to 12am (ET) on Sirius 22 First Wave. On the show, Schneider plays a mix of new wave-era dance, remixes and rarities, interspersed with Schneider’s own humorous bits and anecdotes.

Bibliography

* In 1975/1976, Fred Schneider personally hand-wrote approximately 100 copies of a short book of his poems entitled "Bleb".
* In 1987, Fred Schneider wrote a paperback book of mostly poetry entitled "Fred Schneider and Other Unrelated Works", which was published by Arbor House, New York. The book is approximately 96 pages and out of print. It was illustrated by Kenny Scharf, who also did the cover art for The B-52s 1986 album "Bouncing Off the Satellites". Approximately 6000 copies were printed.

External links

* [http://myspace.com/b52fredschneider Fred Schneider] on MySpace

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