B-52s ontman Fred Schneir kick-started the '80s wh the breakthrough h "Rock Lobster," a goofy crowd-pleaser that ma the band stant ins, pecially the gay muny. To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the party anthem, Schneir will host a PETA bash at vegan hot spot Sublime Rtrant & Bar Fort Lrdale and but a new "Rock Lobster" vio, which he clar cstaceans sea life, not seafood. Schneir's vio and acpanyg blog post for PETA have already ma a splash seafood hubs such as Boston and Canada, but Sunday afternoon's event will be the first time that the vio will h South Florida.
Contents:
- GAY INOGRAPHY: SHACKG UP WH THE B-52S
- THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
- GAY IN FRED SCHNEIR TO HONOR ‘BLACKFISH’ PRODUCER AT FISH-FREE RTRANT
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
GAY INOGRAPHY: SHACKG UP WH THE B-52S
When the group first arrived on the scene 1976, “gay” wasn’t trendy, but the band jt seemed urageo enough to do their own thg.
THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
Sce I was ltle, I was jt a ltle gay faggot. That’s too gay.
Do you jt play the gay bars? I have been workg at only the gay bars New York and right now, I am jt centered on Fire Island.
Back when I was high school, beg gay wasn’t really a huge thg. The gay muny n sometim be a ltle toxic. Beg that this is a gay magaze we’re dog this for, I have to ask you what ’s like beg a judge on Drag Race.
GAY IN FRED SCHNEIR TO HONOR ‘BLACKFISH’ PRODUCER AT FISH-FREE RTRANT
The two Holy Grail’s of mic llid a ffee shop through fate and Belda’s son, and out of that sty, both wild hearts created liquid mathematics and perfumed smoke…and a gay anthem bis. And by the way, the song “Big Big Love”, I want that to be a gay anthem. Punk their subversn of nventn and celebratn of the absurd, they were also fiantly fun at a time when Print Ronald Reagan wouldn’t so much as say the word “gay” or addrs the fact that AIDS was quickly beg a panmic — one that would claim Ricky as one of s earlit high-profile sualti.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Four of the band’s five origal members did, fact, intify as LGBTQ: Ricky, Schneir and Strickland as gay men, and Pierson, who was volved wh a man until the early 2000s, is now married to a woman. “Back then, was lled GRID [Gay-Related Immune Deficiency]. It’s really important to acknowledge [the fluence of] gay men mic – the B-52’s are one of the biggt fluenc on every pennt band that I’ve ever met.
It was the first time I’d heard a gay man mic. It was jt the sound of an unabashed, unapologetilly gay man at a time when wasn’t part of the nversatn.