Contents:
- DEF LEPPARD'S JOE ELLTT REMEMBERS TRAGIC GAY GLAM-ROCKER JOBRIATH: LIKE 'ZIGGY STARDT SUNG BY MICK JAGGER'
- WE NEED A MOVIE ABOUT JOBRIATH, THE OPENLY GAY ’70S ROCKER WHO INSPIRED MORRISSEY AND DEF LEPPARD (PODST)
DEF LEPPARD'S JOE ELLTT REMEMBERS TRAGIC GAY GLAM-ROCKER JOBRIATH: LIKE 'ZIGGY STARDT SUNG BY MICK JAGGER'
Jobriath, aka Bce Wayne Campbell, was the first openly gay rock star and the self-clared “te fairy of rock ‘n’ roll.
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’”Elltt stole the album — Jobriath’s even ls succsful sophomore effort, Creatur of the Street — that day, only to disver when he got home that the sleeve was empty.
WE NEED A MOVIE ABOUT JOBRIATH, THE OPENLY GAY ’70S ROCKER WHO INSPIRED MORRISSEY AND DEF LEPPARD (PODST)
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