The fact that Erasure is a mass-dience band onted by an openly gay sger always gets a lot of attentn.
Contents:
- ERASURE ONTMAN ANDY BELL OPENS UP ABOUT BEG AN 80S GAY IN AHEAD OF THEIR 2022 WORLD TOUR
- THE SURPRISG STORY OF HOW ABBA BEME BELOVED GAY INS
- ERASURE'S ANDY BELL ON THE NEON, BEG LOVE, & THE '80S GAY SCENE
ERASURE ONTMAN ANDY BELL OPENS UP ABOUT BEG AN 80S GAY IN AHEAD OF THEIR 2022 WORLD TOUR
The fierce queer polics of Bronski Beat and the barely-d sex-posivy of Frankie Go To Hollywood ma some noise on the US charts the early 1980s while Elton John still prented as bisexual, but really wasn’t until Erasure explod onto the scene a uple years later that an open and fiant gay voice uld be heard at your high school dance. While the gay dience is more sought-after than ever, openly-gay pop stars are still srce.
Lady Gaga intifi as bi, Sam Smh as gay and non-bary, but beyond them, the last or so, only Lil Nas X has managed to crack the top ten.
THE SURPRISG STORY OF HOW ABBA BEME BELOVED GAY INS
We talked about the queer idols of their youths, the evolutn of the gay pop star, the importance of reprentatn and llaboratn, and creativy the year of Covid.
ERASURE'S ANDY BELL ON THE NEON, BEG LOVE, & THE '80S GAY SCENE
Along the way, some dish, some dance, and a solid primer on 20th century gay culture. When I was a teenager, still was not okay Wal to be an out gay ntent is imported om youTube.
He always nied he was gay. That’s all a b far as mic go, we had the Amerin artists, we had Sylvter and of urse Dive, and gay-intified people like Grace Jon. But the UK, we had Frankie Go To Hollywood, which was more hype than was a gay thg.