Fred Schneider
At the "LoveBox" festival in London, July 22nd 2007
Background information
Birth name	Fred Schneider III
Born	July 1, 1951 (1951-07-01) (age 56)
Origin	Newark, New Jersey
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, Songwriter
Associated acts	The B-52's

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Schneider is well-known for his sprechstimme. Sprechgesang and sprechstimme (German for spoken-song and spoken-voice) are musical terms used to refer to an expressionist vocal technique that falls between singing and speaking. ...

Schneider is openly gay. ^[1]

Solo career

Fred Schneider released two solo music albums, but neither of these albums were as successful as any of the albums created by The B-52's: The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ...

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

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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.
• 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.

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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)
• Athens, GA.: Inside/Out (1987)
• One Trick Pony (1980)
• 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.

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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.

First Wave is a Classic Alternative Rock radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 22 and DISH Network channel 6022. ...

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-52's 1986 album Bouncing Off the Satellites. Approximately 6000 copies were printed.

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References

1. ^ Robert Urban (2005-09-09). CBGB's Gay Presence: A Queer Rocker Remembers. AfterElton.com.

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