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We talk to GayC/DC, an AC/DC tribute band om Los Angel who thk Ozzy should really do somethg about those spl ends

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

* ac dc is gay *

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. The term has a bisexual nnotatn that they were supposedly unaware of at the time, and they often had to ny they were a gay band, a perceptn that was exacerbated by their 'glam rock' image at the time.

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. This group is for discsn and support for those who fall between, for the "shas of gay" what is often assumed to be one or the other:. Or anyone who don't que f the otherwise bary "straight" and "gay" pattern.

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

If you n't work out if you're straight, gay, or anywhere between... 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.

14 Gay/Bisexual Rumors. This clud offers om gay bars.

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

And don’t be a homophobe if you’re drsed like that.

AC/DC & GAY INS

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 .

NSW GAY HATE QUIRY UNVERS NEW EVINCE LKED TO AC/DC MANAGER CRISP DYE'S ATH

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. " Of urse, kids now e the term "gay" to mean lame, dorky, whatever.

" "Oh, that's so gay. ": 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* AC DC IS GAY

Gay AC/DC Tribute Band Aims to Take Mic to New Audience .

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