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. 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.
THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S
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. 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.
GAY IN FRED SCHNEIR TO HONOR ‘BLACKFISH’ PRODUCER AT FISH-FREE RTRANT
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.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
“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. I never thought about whether the B-52’s had a gay angle.