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Contents:
- TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
- 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
- GAY ROCK BAND ‘MAN ON MAN’ RELEASE NEW RERD ‘PROVCETOWN’
- LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
TOP 5 GAY METAL INS
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His theatril scream-sgg, macho stage prence, and all-around badassery (bt showsed on inic rerds like 1980’s Brish Steel and 1982’s Screamg for Vengeance) prompted many fans to ll him “Metal God:” a tradnally mascule trope Halford boldly upend Febary 1998, when he me out as gay an MTV News terview. As the earlit show of queer solidary om a proment metal mician, Halford’s admissn proved val rhapg the public perceptn of heavy metal, repostg an earspltg, heteronormative boys’ club as a safe space where headbangers of all typ uld be themselv, sheltered the flailg arms of not jt a benevolent (and openly gay) God, but the scene wr large. ” The fact that he did all while beg pletely open about his sexualy – llg himself “rock’s tt fairy” – is astoundg and, for a brief, shg moment 1974, Jobriath beme the most visible gay man popular mic.
40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
Man On Man are a project of Metal / Rock min Roddy Bottum and his boyiend Joey Holman. So much talent and gay ntent for everyone to enjoy. * gay rock group *
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GAY ROCK BAND ‘MAN ON MAN’ RELEASE NEW RERD ‘PROVCETOWN’
Brish punk rocker Tom Robson achieved chart succs wh h songs “2-4-6-8 Motorway”, “Up Agast the Wall” and “Don’t Take No for an Answer, ” but he’ll always be immortalized for his sgalong prott anthem, “Glad to be Gay.
LGBTQ+ BANDS: OUR TOP 10 FAVORE GAY BANDS
” Origally wrten for a 1976 London gay pri march, the song was nearly banned by the BBC 1978 – although DJ John Peel fied the stricture.
Swappg out punk moralist clichés for LGBT issu, the them unrlg the group’s mic give voice to both fury and hope for gay punks. " All of which should e as no surprise to fans who remember Townshend's 1980 solo h "Rough Boys" (above), which Rollg Stone lled "the most overtly homoerotic song his talog.