More Bad Predictions

I was reading a profile of the B-52's from a 1980 issue of Rolling Stone. It's right after their second album came out. The author, James Henke, is vaguely positive, but seems to keep the band at arm's length, fearful they may be just a fad. (This is why I like to read contemporaneous material--no official, received opinion.)

Henke goes so far as to quote another, unnamed writer, to express doubts:

"They're just this year's Devo," one writer friend commented to me upon learning my assignment. "They're a novelty band, a gimmick act. They'll be gone by next year."

Ha! He wasn't even right about Devo.