Durg a recent appearance on "The Jasta Show", TESTAMENT guarist Alex Skolnick discsed the fact that there are very few openly homosexual micians the heavy metal scene. Sayg that "the ia of a sger a metal band beg gay" was "shockg" prr to JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford g ou...
Contents:
- TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
- GAY METAL MIC
- WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN
- WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
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As the volist and bass player for the semal proggy metal-tged hard rock band Kg’s X, Doug Pnick me out 1998, durg an terview wh the Christian magaze, an irony due to the spirual and upliftg nature of the mic and lyrics which attracted many Christian fans who were agast homosexualy. But spe this vlent past, he has been an open homosexual wh no reluctance or remorse, and 2010 even won Gay Person of the Year Bergen, Norway. Before Cynic both Reert and Masvidal played as members of the legendary band Death, wh the one and only Chuck Schulder, and durg this time, and their time wh Cynic, they most likely led double liv as secretly homosexual mal a predomantly macho male extreme metal aggrsive ttosterone filled mil scene.
GAY METAL MIC
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Led by openly gay ontman, volist Gary Floyd, the band broke up 1986 but was revived aga 2004. At, Texas-based hardre punk band MDC might be known by different nam cludg Millns of Dead Cops, Multi-Death Corporatn, Millns Of Dead Children, and Millns Of Damn Christians, but sce the begng of the band, 1979, the one nstant has been the antic, charismatic ontman Dave Dictor, who has ed the fury of punk to sg agast racism war, rporate ntrol, and favor of animal and human rights, equaly for gays, mori, and women.
Sce then the band has been ragg on agast homophob, palists, and racists g the force of hardre punk.
Lookg back, wh the black tight leather, chas, and suggtive lyrics, ’s no surprise that Halford is a gay man, and proud of .
WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL MICIANS? TESTAMENT'S ALEX SKOLNICK WEIGHS IN
The former ontman of the Norwegian black metal band Goroth has ma jarrg headl over the years for a variety of reasons, but when he me out as homosexual 2008, tmped everythg else the black metal muny. This 1980s hardre punk band led the charge for the Texas punk movement, and more importantly, that charge was led by an openly gay ontman.
WHY THE ONLY OPENLY GAY HEAVY METAL SUPERSTAR, JUDAS PRIT'S ROB HALFORD, HID HIS SEXUALY
Sce the human sexualy analysis generally ns along the l of “that band is fuck’ gay, ” ’s no surprise that metal micians who self-intify as gay are difficult to e by.
So difficult to e by, fact, that our list isn’t so much the Top Five Gay Metal Ins as The Five Gay Metal Ins. ” Maybe he jumped ship bee beg gay isn’t Christian; maybe he did bee Christian isn’t metal.
”Why Metal Is Gay: Shamay’s mic is so aggrsive, has at tim rced male metal fans to whg over sexism. His name is Roddy Bottum, and you’ve got to rpect He Came Out: Bottum me out Metal Is Gay: Bottum wrote”Be Aggrsive”, a song about performg oral sex on a man. How He Came Out: In a1998 terview wh Gay Is Metal: “There are still stereotyp that all gay men are effemate and weak and queeny, ” Halford has said.