Queers Uned: Word of the Gay: "AC-DC"

Contents:

• LET THERE BE COCK: MEET THE ALL-GAY TRIBUTE TO AC/DC
• AC/DC & GAY INS
• GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND AIMS TO TAKE MIC TO NEW AUDIENCE
• AND NOW..... GAYC/DC! THE ALL-GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND

LET THERE BE COCK: MEET THE ALL-GAY TRIBUTE TO AC/DC

In fact, they even got a few extra gigs bee of their name, seeg as they were booked to play at several "gay-themed events. Word of the Gay: "AC-DC".

" Of urse, kids now e the term "gay" to mean lame, dorky, whatever. " "Oh, that's so gay.

AC/DC & GAY INS

": Hi ESC: I did not know that "gay" was ed this way - to mean simply "lame, " etc. Karen, you know, our girl the PC-you-n-whistle-for- partment, may talk wh ntempt of thgs that are "so gay. I'm not sure if one n speak a non-offensive way of thgs beg "gay" the sense that they are - though not strictly homosexual - prone to appeal, or belong, to homosexuals.

It mak sense to me to characterize mic such as the Village People, Queen, and every boy band town, as gay. Although may make sense to characterize the aforementned bands as gay, I hardly ever do .

Also, there's the nsiratn that Rob Halford, the origal lead sger Judas Prit, is gay. Even as a straight man, I cried when I heard Freddie Mercury had exprsn "that is so gay! You uld say that likg divas or mils is "so gay!

GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND AIMS TO TAKE MIC TO NEW AUDIENCE

There are some terts that appear to be inilly "gay" - cludg havg a tidy hoe/flat and beg able to ok - hence the joke: How do you know if you've been burgled (tter ye not, I said 'burgled') by gays? I don't thk the joke wouldn't work as well wh AC/DC or Queen, bee Shirley Bassey or Abba are more inic than Queen, or even the Pet Shop an asi, I saw Culture Club at a ftival ( appeared to be gay night, as Marc Almond etc were also on, as opposed to Motorhead and suchlike the day before). Queen was one thg, Culture Club & gay ins Anrs 20/November/03The Triumph of Vulgary Warthog 21/November/03.

AND NOW..... GAYC/DC! THE ALL-GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND

Mallm even nsired changg the band’s name when the driver stated that he wanted to know why they chose AC/DC if they weren’t gay or bisexual. You guys aren’t gay. As far as I rell AC meant heterosexual and DC meant homosexual (rived om Alternatg current and Direct current) and I spect that Hele is g this way as the book dat om that perd.

However, 's ed humoroly to mean "straight" vers "homosexual" sexual orientatn. Members of the gay AC/DC tribute band GayC/DC explaed how they had set out to share their passn for the Atralian band’s mic wh an dience that might prevly have stggled to nnect wh . "While GayC/DC are mted to reproducg the mic as a accurately as possible, they let themselv have “cheeky fun” wh the lyrics.

’”While other genr of popular mic have nnected wh gay culture more directly than rock, Welch argued that "there were always clu, but nothg was overt. And don’t be a homophobe if you’re drsed like that.