Browse the top gay punk artists to fd new mic. Scrobble songs to get remendatns on tracks you'll love.
Contents:
- TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
- SMELLS LIKE QUEER SPIR: HOW '90S PUNKS PANSY DIVISN BLAZED A TRAIL AS ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY BANDS
- GAY PUNK MIC
- LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
Contug the celebratns LGBTQ+ history month, here are 5 of the bt gay, bi, and queer punk men to add to your playlists (if you haven't already). * gay pop punk bands *
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SMELLS LIKE QUEER SPIR: HOW '90S PUNKS PANSY DIVISN BLAZED A TRAIL AS ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST OPENLY GAY BANDS
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GAY PUNK MIC
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The band’s mic foc on gay polics, sex, and relatnships. One of the very first openly gay rock bands, they formed 1991 right the middle of the AIDS crisis, and almost lerally lghed the face of tragedy wh their sophomoric but ultimately unifyg and healg humor. Their NSFW songs — image, say, a gay Blk-182 —over the years have clud “Bill & Ted's Homosexual Adventure, ” “Touch My Joe Camel, ” “The C***sucker Club, ” “That’s So Gay” “Dick of Death, ” “Blame the Bible, ” and a rto ver of Prce’s “Jack U Off” and Weird Al-style Nirvana spoof brilliantly tled “Smells Like Queer Spir.
LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
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