GayC/DC Knows “It’s A Long Way To The Top…If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll” – Seattle Gay Scene

Contents:

• GAYC/DC, THE ALL-QUEER ROCK TRIBUTE BAND TO AC/DC ARE BACK AND READY TO ROCK THE WT COAST
• LET THERE BE COCK: MEET THE ALL-GAY TRIBUTE TO AC/DC
• AND NOW..... GAYC/DC! THE ALL-GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND
• GAYC/DC KNOWS “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP…IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL”
• HERE’S THE GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND: GAYC/DC
• GAYC/DC
• GAYC/DC & GROUNDLIFT
• GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND AIMS TO TAKE MIC TO NEW AUDIENCE
• GAYC/DC GO UNR THE PROBE
• PANSY DIVISN & GAYC/DC’S CHRIS FEEMAN SAYS PRI IS A GOOD TIME ‘TO BE ANGRY AGA’ (EXCLIVE)
• GAYC/DC WH PRODUCER TIMOTHY EATON CREAT HARROWG LGBTQIA+ BULLYG SGLE/VIO “HOLD YOUR HEAD UP”
• GAYC/DC’S BRIAN WELCH SAYS ‘BE A LIGHT IN SOMEONE’S DARKNS’ ALONG WH PICKS FOR ‘SOUND OF PRI’ (EXCLIVE)
• GAYC/DCVERIFIED

GAYC/DC, THE ALL-QUEER ROCK TRIBUTE BAND TO AC/DC ARE BACK AND READY TO ROCK THE WT COAST

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If you thought GayC/DC was gog to settle for beg a massively entertag one-off, you were wrong bee the glter-hugged and feather boa-ocked rockers are back wh a vengeance and ready to take the Wt Coast by storm! GayC/DC, the world’s only all-queer AC/DC tribute band, have been champg at the b to get back on the road sce the start of the panmic to enterta live rock dienc, but not jt any dienc. They want to brg their special brand of glam-rock showmanship to those who have been wag patiently for them — the gayt dienc  town.

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

Havg kicked off their tour on March 12th Tarzana, California, at Mi Sugar Mill, GayC/DC will be circlg the Wt Coast wh more dat to be announced. Found by Freeman and Brian Welch, the band’s dmmer, the ia for GayC/DC me om bouncg around nam for a band that would mh well wh their bed love for AC/DC and playg LGBT spac. “When we put this band together, we envisned playg a few shows for our iends here and there, maybe at [gay club] The Eagle LA or someone’s hoe.

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

GayC/DC’s missn is to create unfettable shows wh an over-the-top prentatn spired by the band’s lifelong love of mic and sire to enterta. GayC/DC’s most recent release was a ver of AC/DC’s “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock’ n’ Roll), ” a llaboratn wh LA-based band Well Hung Heart last Fall.

And as you’re probably dyg to know where GayC/DC will be playg next, here are the dat to circle on your lendar:. GayC/DC is the world’s first and only all-gay tribute to the mic of AC/DC! Found by Chris Freeman (bass player om inic queer punk band Pansy Divisn), the ia for GayC/DC me om bouncg around nam for more tribute bands wh gay members after he’d been playg wh the Gay Gay’s (a gay tribute to the Go Go’s) for more than a .

GAYC/DC KNOWS “IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP…IF YOU WANNA ROCK ‘N’ ROLL”

After the Gay Gay’s went on hiat, Freeman, along wh two other members of the Gay Gay’s, moved forward wh formg a band that uld put a gay sp on the ttosterone-fueled mic of AC/DC.

LA tribute band GayC/DC teamed up wh die rock duo Well Hung Heart on a fun llaboratn durg the Covid Tim…a ver of the classic AC/DC song, ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna’ Rock ‘n’ Roll)’. Seattle are fans of GayC/DC n look forward to a future vis om the Los Angel based rockers head volist Chris Freeman who is also a member of inic queer rock band Pansy Divisn…they’re schled to headle a show at Seattle’s beloved rock ‘n’ roll dive bar/mic venue El Corazon, 109 Eastlake Ave East on Saturday, March 19th…you n snag advanced tickets for that show, over HERE. Meanwhile, enjoy more about this fun llab between GayC/DC and Well Hung Heart down below.

When Brian Welch, dmmer for LA tribute act GayC/DC asked Greta Valenti of LA based Well Hung Heart what song would be fun to play if both bands were to perform together one day, neher of them was thkg that a global panmic would be the match that l the fire unr their llective behds to make that happen. A few months later June 2020, the members of GayC/DC (volist Chris Freeman, guarist Karl Rumpf, bassist Glen Pavan, and lead guarist Steve McKnight along wh Welch) nvened to the band’s rehearsal stud one by one, to rerd and film their parts isolatn. ABOUT GayC/DC:GayC/DC is the world’s first and only all-gay tribute to the mic of AC/DC!

HERE’S THE GAY AC/DC TRIBUTE BAND: GAYC/DC

Makg up the rt of the band are Karl Rumpf on rhythm guar (The Gay-Gay’s, DART), dmmer Brian Welch (The Gay-Gay’s, The Shocker), and Glen Pavan (Bt Revenge) and Freeman on vols. The band remas te to the mic (workg diligently to replite the actual sound of AC/DC), while playg around wh the lyrics and changg pronouns to su the gay angle.

Hence, “TNT” be “P-N-P” (a song about the “party-n-play” stat some gay men post their onle sex ads), “Bad Boy Boogie” be “Gay Boy Boogie”, and “Big Balls” need … well, no changg at all!

GAYC/DC

As the Edorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways wr, eds and do about a ln other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most vised LGBTQ news, arts and entertament webse now celebratg s 14th year as a media outlet. Acrdg to report of Loudwire, Los Angel based AC/DC tribute band GayC/DC was formed 2000. The dmmer go by the name Phellat Rudd (Phil Rudd was AC/DC’s longtime dmmer) and there’s no end to the gay-oriented puns the band’s (arse)nal.

They managed to take some AC/DC classics, and make ’em a ltle more gay-iendly. GayC/DC is the world’s first and only all-gay tribute to the mic of AC/DC! Found by Chris Freeman (bass player om inic queer punk band Pansy Divisn), the ia for GayC/DC me om bouncg around nam for more tribute bands wh gay members after he’d been playg wh the Gay Gay’s (gay tribute to the Go Go’s) for more than a .

GAYC/DC & GROUNDLIFT

After the Gay Gay’s went on hiat, Freeman moved forward wh formg a band that uld be as good as AC/DC.

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

Rumpf was also the last rnatn of the Gay Gay’s, along wh dmmer Brian Welch who Freeman had also met while on tour.

This four-piece spent months lookg for a gay volist to no avail. Hence, TNT be PNP (a song about the “party-n-play” stat some gay men post their onle sex ads), Bad Boy Boogie be Gay Boy Boogie (do you really need to ask? GayC/DC.

GAYC/DC: THE WORLD’S FIRST AND ONLY ALL-GAY TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF AC/DC! Found 2013 by Chris Freeman (bass player om inic queer punk band Pansy Divisn), the ia for GayC/DC me om bouncg around nam for more tribute bands wh gay members after he’d been playg wh the Gay Gay’s (gay tribute to the Go Go’s) for more than a .

GAYC/DC GO UNR THE PROBE

Once the Gay Gay’s went on hiat, Freeman moved forward wh formg a band that uld be as good as AC/DC. Rumpf was also the last rnatn of the Gay Gay’s ( was Karl who me up wh the name GayC/DC), along wh dmmer Brian Welch who Freeman had also met while on tour. After a thirteen-month hiat om live shows due to the panmic, GayC/DC is back on stage wh LA rock veteran Clt Yeager to take over on rhythm guar duti 2021.

PANSY DIVISN & GAYC/DC’S CHRIS FEEMAN SAYS PRI IS A GOOD TIME ‘TO BE ANGRY AGA’ (EXCLIVE)

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.

GAYC/DC WH PRODUCER TIMOTHY EATON CREAT HARROWG LGBTQIA+ BULLYG SGLE/VIO “HOLD YOUR HEAD UP”

And don’t be a homophobe if you’re drsed like that. Photo © Tom UnrhillFormed 2013 by volist Chris Freeman (who also plays bass the queer punk band, Pansy Divisn) and dmmer Brian Welch, GayC/DC has been stunng crowds for nearly a wh their LGBTQ+ tribute to a band whose very name is nearly synonymo wh male heterosexualy.

”Comg off a 13-month hiat om live shows—durg which time they rerd a fabulo ver of “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” wh fellow LA band Well Hung Heart—GayC/DC is now back on the road.

Their live show beg premised on lghter and fun as well as good ol’ fashned nostalgia, GayC/DC tak what you most remember and love about the 80’s rock’n’roll image (thk big hair, plenty of makp, and the tightt possible pants), and brgs to s logil ncln, which is of urse wonrfully gay.

GAYC/DC’S BRIAN WELCH SAYS ‘BE A LIGHT IN SOMEONE’S DARKNS’ ALONG WH PICKS FOR ‘SOUND OF PRI’ (EXCLIVE)

A: GayC/DC’s sheer volume would kill 3) What’s the last gift you received? A: That I dream up creative thgs for GayC/DC ALL the time, 90% of which will never see the light of day.

A: AC/DC, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Taipei/Hoton, Cold Cave, Black Angels, Sextile, Behemoth, Boy Harsher, Man On Man, Emergency Sirens, Car Crash and Mental Illns Beneath My WdowsGayC/DC TOUR DATESMarch 12 – Mi Sugar Mill (Tarzana, CA)March 18 – Bottom Of The Hill (San Francis, CA)March 19 – El Corazon (Seattle, WA)May 13 – Bossanova Lounge (Portland, OR)May 14 – Harlow’s (Sacramento, CA)May 15 – Soda Bar (San Diego, CA)June 17 – Rebel Lounge (Phoenix, AZ)June 18 – Bisbee Pri (Bisbee, AZ)June 25 – Taverna Costera (Las Vegas, NV)… more dat to be announced.

Chris Freeman, bassist for the all-gay rock band, Pansy Divisn, and ontman for the queer-themed celebratn band, GayC/DC, jos to add some be to the playlist.

GAYC/DCVERIFIED

Chris Freeman, blue, along wh GayC/DC (Dti Cunngham). On top of that, for the past , Chris has onted the first and only all-gay tribute to AC/DC, the unniable GayC/DC. “Our muny has really been h hard over the last few years, and pecially this year, the temperature has risen to a level I haven’t seen sce the ’80s wh Ana Bryant, ” says Freeman, referrg to the “Paper Ros” sger-turned-anti-gay activist of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

“This is why Pri was important the first place, ” says Freeman, referrg to how the Stonewall Uprisg sparked the morn Gay Rights movement Ameri. Tom Robson Band, “Glad To Be Gay”. “This was a song that, at the time (1978), I would never let anyone hear me playg for fear that they might fd out I was gay.

It gave me the urage I need to tell my bt iend first, a huge step as any gay person n tell you.