Underground Resistance on B-52s Saving Detroit
“The B52s had a huge influence, I don’t why, but cats wouldn’t fight off that record.
You know, when you play Funkadelic, that’s fighting music, ‘Flashlight’ was a fighting song, ‘One Nation Under a Groove’ was a skating song, but B52s had a calming effect.” (The Wire )
Underground Resistance main man Mike Banks says the B-52s and their break-through post-punk classic Rock Lobster ended Detroit’s gang warfare of the late 70s.
