Queercore (or homocore ) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock . It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifically society's disapproval of the LGBT community . Queercore expresses itself in a DIY style through magazines, music, writing and film.
63-599: The Need is an American queercore band formed by the singer and drummer Rachel Carns and the guitarist Radio Sloan in Portland, Oregon , in the mid-1990s. After issuing a series of seven-inches on labels including Kill Rock Stars and Outpunk , the Need relocated to Olympia, Washington and released two albums for Chainsaw Records . The duo's unsettling brand of post-punk art rock (combined with Carns' distinctive artwork) would set them apart and ensure their versatility. During
126-403: A music genre , it may be distinguished by lyrics exploring themes of prejudice and dealing with issues such as sexual identity , gender identity and the rights of the individual; more generally, queercore bands offer a critique of society endemic to their position within it, sometimes in a light-hearted way, sometimes seriously. Musically, many queercore bands originated in the punk scene but
189-501: A riot grrrl / pop-punk band, also based in Brooklyn. Your Heart Breaks are a multi-instrumental low-fi band with a fluctuating line-up based in Seattle, Washington. Along with these new bands, queercore pioneers Team Dresch reunited in the mid-2000s for several tours. The underground Chicago DIY punk scene remains a safe haven for queercore artists to flourish and share their art. FED UP fest
252-568: A Revolution: An Oral History by Liam Warfield, Walter Crasshole and Leyser was released by PM Press in 2021. Filmmakers such as Kenneth Anger , Ron Rice , Jack Smith , early Andy Warhol and early John Waters , Vivienne Dick and the aforementioned Derek Jarman were influential in their depictions of queer subcultures. In 1990 the editors of J.D.s began presenting J.D.s movie nights in various cities showing films such as Bruce LaBruce's Boy, Girl and Bruce and Pepper Wayne Gacy's Home Movies , and G.B. Jones' The Troublemakers ; after
315-549: A cast of twenty-five, a full backing band, $ 40,000 in grassroots fundraising , months of rehearsals, and hundreds of volunteers, The Transfused sold out its two-week run at Olympia's Capitol Theater in summer 2000. An album featuring music from the production was released on Yoyo Recordings. The first-ever Ladyfest took place in Olympia later that year; Carns organized and emceed the punk cabaret -style Dude-Looks-Like-A-Lady drag show . Soon after, Sloan relocated to Los Angeles ;
378-474: A compilation titled Stand Up & Fucking Fight For It , which collected new music from queercore bands. It was the first release from the label, which features many queercore acts in its roster. 16 records is a queercore label that releases albums by such Pacific Northwest bands as Shemo, The Haggard, and Swan Island , as well as the Brazilian band Dominatrix. Other new labels include Queer Control, which features
441-404: A duo and issued a second EP for Kill Rock Stars in 1997, which was followed up with an additional release on Outpunk . That year, Carns and Sloan relocated to Olympia where they signed with Donna Dresch 's queercore label Chainsaw Records , who released the Need's self-titled debut studio album . Before their next album, the Need began branching out into other projects. With singer Nomy Lamm ,
504-493: A gay and lesbian-free zone...Effective immediately, BIMBOX is at war against lesbians and gays. A war in which modern queer boys and girls are united against the prehistoric thinking and demented self-serving politics of the above-mentioned scum." The first queer zine gathering occurred at this time; "Spew", held in Chicago in 1991, offered an opportunity for all those involved in the scene to meet. Although organizer Steve LaFreniere
567-410: A historical overview and theoretical exploration of the homology between queer theory/practice and punk theory/practice at the heart of queercore mediamaking. Retrospective documentary Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution , directed by Yony Leyser was released the same year. An oral history put together from the transcripts of the film as well as additional interviews called Queercore: How to Punk
630-477: A queercore band from Halifax. The 2000s also brought a new crop of bands to prominence in the United States . The band Limp Wrist represent a contemporary breed of hardcore punk . Butch Vs Femme, formed in 2004, are a riot grrrl inspired indie punk keyboard and drums duo originally from the small town of Dixon, California , saturated with politically powered lyrics surrounding queer issues. Gravy Train!!!! ,
693-427: A raucous electropop band from Oakland , California , known for their sexually explicit lyrics and onstage antics, has released several albums on Kill Rock Stars label. One offshoot of Gravy Train!!!!, Hunx and His Punx , are a power pop act more indebted to girl groups and 1960s garage rock . Three Dollar Bill from Chicago are an eclectic band whose sound ranges from punk to indie rock to metal. Three Dollar Puta
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#1733094203392756-646: A space for like-minded artists, and since 2015, annual festivals Queer We Go (aka Queerfest) and Bentfest have been organised in Leeds and London . Bands in the post-punk , riot grrrl and indiepop genres continue to be associated with queercore including Dazey and the Scouts, Shopping , Wolf Girl , Martha , ONSIND, Colour Me Wednesday and Guttfull. In the US, the 2017 book Queercore: Queer Punk Media Subculture by Curran Nault brought renewed attention to queercore via
819-409: A space for men and women to be together, as opposed to the sense of gender segregation which was the norm in mainstream gay culture – They attacked the idea that due to your sexuality you should be offered only one choice of social scene..." In 1992 Matt Wobensmith's zine Outpunk also became a record label, and began to release its own queercore compilations, singles, and albums, and was crucial to
882-631: A split single with Team Dresch on Metal Monkey Records and in 2001 Poljak joined with Jody Bleyle of Team Dresch and Whitney Skillcorn of The Little Deaths Scotty Walsh to form Infinite Xs . The band released one record on Chainsaw Records . Tamala has collaborated with Los Angeles punk-rock legends, Exene Cervenka and Phranc . They currently front a band called Naps, based in Los Angeles, California and collaborate with vocalist Anna Oxygen in their band Day/Moon. In 2021 Portland's Jealous Butcher Records reissued Longstocking's debut album, Once Upon
945-475: A variety of mediums independent of the straight and gay establishment. Longstocking Longstocking were an American, Los Angeles –based queercore - punk band. Formed in 1995 by songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Tamala Poljak , the group originally began as a guitar and drums duo with Poljak and drummer, Kevin Hair. Tamala had previously been a part of the experimental music scene in Los Angeles playing in
1008-702: Is a yearly three-day festival of music, zines, and workshops which celebrate queer culture in the punk community. It also serves as a benefit project for PROJECT FIERCE CHICAGO which aims to reduce the number of LGBTQ youth who are homeless through transitional housing and support services. In the UK there was a burgeoning queercore scene, fuelled by aforementioned groups such as Queer Mutiny, Homocrime, and record labels such as Local Kid arranging shows and releasing records by bands and artists such as Corey Orbison, Sleeping States , Drunk Granny, Little Paper Squares, Husbands, Fake Tan and Lianne Hall. These bands all combine elements of
1071-580: The International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington , the energy of the burgeoning Pacific Northwest punk scene proved infectious and both members were ready to leave New York. The duo parted ways temporarily in 1992 when Yu moved to Olympia and Carns to Washington, D.C. (where she briefly joined Slant 6 as drummer) before moving to Olympia to rejoin Yu and Kicking Giant. During
1134-621: The J.D.s editors released the first queercore compilation, J.D.s Top Ten Homocore Hit Parade Tape , a cassette which included bands from Canada, such as Fifth Column , Big Man , and Bomb from the U.S.; from England, The Apostles , Academy 23 and No Brain Cell; and, from New Zealand, Gorse. During the period from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, many of the punk rock bands involved in queercore were not necessarily queer but their ethics were motivation for supporting this movement. Other bands, such as Los Crudos and Go!, had one outspoken member who
1197-527: The anarcho-punk scene, Andy Martin of The Apostles was equally forthright. Politically motivated U.S. bands such as MDC and 7 Seconds also introduced anti-homophobia messages into their songs at this time, while the Nip Drivers included a song titled "Quentin", dedicated to Quentin Crisp , in their repertoire. The zine J.D.s , created by G.B. Jones and Bruce LaBruce , is widely acknowledged as being
1260-500: The industrial music culture has been influential as well. Queercore groups encompass many genres such as hardcore punk , electropunk , indie rock , power pop , no wave , noise , experimental , industrial and others. In the early 1980s, several U.S. hardcore bands wrote queer-themed songs, and Gary Floyd of the Dicks along with Randy Turner of Big Boys were notable in both being openly gay and outspoken gay men. In England, in
1323-518: The 'second wave' of queercore bands which also included IAMLoved, Subtonix, Best Revenge , prettypony, and Fagatron from the U.S., Skinjobs from Canada and, from Italy, Pussy Face. Of these early queercore labels, Chainsaw and Heartcore are still active and are still releasing new material. By the mid-1990s, zines in the U.S., such as Marilyn Medusa , and in Canada, Scott Treleaven 's This Is The Salivation Army , began to link queercore with Paganism ; at
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#17330942033921386-421: The 1990s, as the availability of the internet increased, many queercore zines could be found online as well as in print. Queercore forums and chatrooms, such as QueerPunks, started up. The Queer Zine Archive Project is an internet database of scanned queer zines that continues to grow. All these developments allowed queercore to become a self-sustaining and self-determined subculture, expressing itself through
1449-667: The Abominations, Bunny and the Lakers, Jane Danger, Swishin' Duds and Mariae Nascenti. All these films impacted the scene and broadened the scope of queercore to include film as another of its mediums of expression. Lynn Breedlove (Tribe 8, writer), Matt Wobensmith (Outpunk Zine and Label, Queercorps Label), Jody Bleyle (Candy-Ass Records, Team Dresch, Hazel), The Psychic Sluts (Queer Performance Group), Wendy-O Matic (spoken word artist, writer), Laura Litter (Fabulous Disaster), Mia d´Bruzzi (Mudwimin, Fabulous Disaster) and Anna Joy (Blatz, Cyper in
1512-524: The Cartwheels, promoted and organised alternative queer events whilst simultaneously having a strong feminist identity. In the UK, record label Tuff Enuff Records was formed in 2012 from Brighton "queer/riot grrrl/DIY" club night Riots Not Diets and focused on releases by queer-identifying bands. Elsewhere, events such as Pussy Whipped ( Manchester , and later, Edinburgh ) and Queer Riot ( London ) provided
1575-754: The DIY culture that spurred queercore and the punk sensibility, as seen in two of Manchester's offerings, the lesbian disco-punk band Vile Vile Creatures and solo lo-fi electro-punk-popster Ste McCabe (whose previous band Stephen Nancy were considered a major reference for UK queercore in the early 2000s). Music historian Julia Downes additionally identified the following artists and bands in an overview of UK queercore music circa 2003-2009: Candy Panic Attack, Chaps, Flamingo 50 , Headfall, hooker [now LIINES], Hotpants Romance, Humousexual, Lake Me, Lesbo Pig, Robin Osterley, Roseanne Barrr, Sad Shields, Sailor Tongue, Scragfight, The Battys,
1638-657: The Jelas, the Rayographs, Trash Kit , Truly Kaput, Valerie and Wetdog . Members of these bands later played in Electrelane , Shopping , Dream Nails and others. Club-wise, Psycho:Drama in Bristol was a passionate advocate of queercore and maintained a presence for alternative queer youth in the city for over 4 years. Collectives in the North West of England such as Manifesta, and Lola and
1701-456: The Need added a new bass player, Dvin Kirakosian, and for a while Carns spent alternate months in Olympia and LA. However, this only lasted for a short period as the band broke up in 2001, with Carns and Sloan moving on to other projects. Actors in the production included Nomy Lamm, Andras Jones , Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, Anna "Oxygen" Huff, Zack Carlson and many other Olympians of note. In 2010,
1764-426: The Need briefly reunited for a handful of benefit shows for their friend (and former Kill Rock Stars employee) Natalie Cox, in order to help with her medical expenses. These shows were held in Seattle and Portland with bills that also featured The Bangles , C Average and Joe Preston's solo project, Thrones . Several years later, the Need reformed for a second time and embarked on a West Coast tour in 2013. Additionally,
1827-532: The Need reformed for a second time in 2013 and released the album Resurrection . Rachel Carns formed Kicking Giant with fellow Cooper Union student Tae Won Yu in 1990. Based in New York , the pair recorded songs on Yu's 4-track and released a number of homemade cassettes . Through the network of underground fanzines and tape trading circles, Kicking Giant were introduced to the riot grrrl movement, which merged DIY culture and feminism . After performing at
1890-467: The Need, playing bass and sampler . The songs "Vaselina" and "Talk Potty" were released as The Need with Joe Preston & DJ Zena on Up Records . During this period Carns played drums with the Sub Debs and later with The Spells . Carns and Sloan both joined Mocket for a short time and appeared on their album Pro Forma . This was followed by the pair collaborating with Two Ton Boa . The Need returned to
1953-555: The Snow, The Gru´ps, writer) were interviewed in the documentary Step Up and Be Vocal - Interviews zu Queer Punk und Feminismus in San Francisco , a DIY-documentary made by German filmmakers Uta Busch and Sandra Ortmann in 2001. 2016 saw the premiere of the queer punk rock musical Spidarlings directed by Selene Kapsaski. The film was released in 2017 by Troma Entertainment . As with punk and hardcore, queercore culture existed outside of
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2016-518: The angry- girl genre owes its existence to punk homocore 'zines..." writes Emily White in Rock She Wrote . It follows that many of the participants, their zines, and bands like Excuse 17 were involved in both movements. Along with Outpunk, independent record labels such as Alternative Tentacles , K Records , Kill Rock Stars , Lookout! Records , Yoyo Recordings and Candy Ass Records also supported and released material by queercore artists but in
2079-426: The backing band for Courtney Love after the release of her solo debut America's Sweetheart , as well as The Herms, a band created to support Peaches , following release of her album Impeach My Bush . In 2009, Transfused alumni Anna Oxygen commissioned Carns and Sloan to compose music for Under Polaris, a multimedia performance art piece by experimental theater group Cloud Eye Control. Queercore As
2142-412: The band released Resurrection , a compilation album that included previously released songs from all three studio albums, early demo material and compilation tracks. Both the album title and artwork suggest the possibly of continued output, with its cover stating "in which 13 years later the dead doth rise again" and the more blatant "we're baaaaaaack [ sic ]" exclaimed in the albums' liner notes. After
2205-415: The band's initial run, they played shows with such diverse acts as Tribe 8 , Fugazi , The Ex and Bright Eyes , and toured with Le Tigre , BS 2000 and Blonde Redhead . Their third album, The Transfused , acted as a soundtrack to the rock opera of the same name. The Need dissolved in 2001, with Carns and Sloan shifting their focus to other projects. After briefly reuniting for benefit shows in 2010,
2268-415: The bands Oiler and Fleabag until they began writing pop/punk songs on the side. In 1996 Longstocking became a four-piece band featuring David Gomez (bass), Sherri Solinger (drums) and Woody Stevenson (guitar) and signed to Donna Dresch's Chainsaw Records. The band released several singles, including a split single with Team Dresch on Sub Pop and another on K records before disbanding in 1997, just after
2331-507: The bands Pariah Piranha, Tough Tough Skin, Nancy Fullforce, Once A Pawn, and others. In September 2005, Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock by David Ciminelli and Ken Knox was published by Alyson Books. It traced the history of the movement in the 1990s in the United States, and included interviews with some of the contemporary musicians who have been inspired by it. Queercore became an increasingly international phenomenon in
2394-453: The confines of gay and lesbian orthodoxy. The first issue was released in 1985, with a manifesto entitled "Don't Be Gay" published in the fanzine Maximum RocknRoll following soon after; inspiring, among many other zines, Holy Titclamps , edited by Larry-bob, Homocore by Tom Jennings and Deke Nihilson , Donna Dresch 's Chainsaw , and Outpunk by Matt Wobensmith, these last two later functioning as music labels. These zines, and
2457-598: The demise of J.D.s , each made films exploring the queercore milieu; LaBruce released the feature length No Skin Off My Ass in 1991; G.B. Jones' The Troublemakers was released in 1990, followed by The Yo-Yo Gang in 1992. In 1996, J.D.s contributor Anonymous Boy completed the first animated queercore film, Green Pubes . Documentary films about queercore include the 1996 releases She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane and Queercore: A Punk-u-mentary by Scott Treleaven . Gay Shame '98 by Scott Berry documents
2520-461: The development of queercore. The first recordings by Tribe 8 and Pansy Division were released by the label. Some of the bands appearing later in the mid-1990s on the label include Sta-Prest , Cypher in the Snow and Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live. It was also at this time in the early 1990s that Riot Grrrl emerged. Both groups deviated from the oppressive homonormative tendencies. "In many ways
2583-510: The duo formed a highly theatrical surf punk drag king band called The Teenage Ho-Dads. They also created a collaborative project where Carns and Sloan, with a rotating cast of players, acted as a karaoke band for guest singers; including Lamm, Tamala Poljak ( Longstocking ), Audrey Marrs , Tracy Sawyer ( Heavens to Betsy ) and Slim Moon . The Need released these recordings as Karaneedoke , which would be part of Kill Rock Stars' Mailorder Freak Singles Club. In 1998, Joe Preston briefly joined
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2646-495: The early 2000s, with bands such as Low End Models, Triple Creme from NYC, and Rhythm King And Her Friends from Germany , Kids Like Us out of Norway and She Devils , from Argentina . From Toronto, Canada came Kids on TV , whose industrial background offered a new, more electronic direction for queercore. Similar electronic instrumentation was explored by Lesbians on Ecstasy from Montreal . Canada also birthed The Hidden Cameras , an anti-folk band from Toronto and Eekum Seekum,
2709-409: The first Gay shame event. Tracy Flannigan 's Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary was released in 2003, and Pansy Division: Life In A Gay Rock Band by Michael Carmona debuted in 2008, both films playing regularly at film festivals around the world. 2003 saw the premiere of the no budget comedy Malaqueerche: Queer Punk Rock Show by Sarah Adorable (of Scream Club) and Devon Devine, which brought
2772-511: The first ever Homo A Go Go Festival in Olympia in 2002. Following several releases and tours supporting Tracy + the Plastics , Erase Errata and Shoplifting , The King Cobra changed their name to TWIN in 2006. Sloan and Carns also made sample contributions to This Island by Le Tigre and Tracy + the Plastics' Culture for Pigeon , respectively. Sloan and drummer Samantha Maloney collaborated in two touring groups; The Chelsea , who acted as
2835-500: The initial break up of the Need in 2001, both members remained active in music; recording, touring and performing with a number of different artists. Radio Sloan formed Circuit Side (named after the opening track from The Need is Dead ) who released a self-titled EP, collaborated with Nicole Georges for the band Fact or Fiction and temporarily joined Scarling , filling in on bass for the band's live performances. Rachel Carns formed The King Cobra who played one of their earliest shows at
2898-456: The late 1990s and early 2000s, DUMBA provided an ongoing venue in New York City for queercore bands, continuing in the path of Homocore Chicago and leading the way for other, similar clubs to come in the 2000s. In the 2000s, queercore club nights and events continued to take place throughout Europe and North America. In Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighbourhood an underground queer music scene
2961-439: The mainstream, so amateur-produced and inexpensively photocopied zines were crucial to its development and to communication between members of the subculture. Hundreds of zines formed an intercontinental network that enabled queercore to spread and allow those in smaller, more repressive communities to participate and learn about bands, labels and scene activists. The DIY attitude of punk was integral to queercore as well. In
3024-475: The mid to late 1990s several other small labels, alongside Outpunk, sprung up solely devoted to queercore. Donna Dresch's zine Chainsaw became a record label as well, and began to release recordings by newer bands such as The Need , The Third Sex and Longstocking . Heartcore Records is another label, whose bands have included The Little Deaths , Addicted2Fiction, Crowns On 45 and Ninja Death Squad. These bands, many of whom are no longer together, constituted
3087-549: The movement grew, zines began appearing from around the world; The Burning Times from Australia, and P.M.S. from the UK are examples. In Chicago , Mark Freitas and Joanna Brown organized a monthly "Homocore" night that featured queercore bands performing live, offering a stable venue for the scene to proliferate; most of the bands mentioned played at Homocore Chicago . As well, as Amy Spencer notes in DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture , "Through Homocore events, they aimed to create
3150-430: The movement, are characterised by an alternative to the self-imposed ghettoization of orthodox gay men and lesbians; sexual and gender diversity in opposition to the segregation practiced by the mainstream gay community; a dissatisfaction with a consumerist culture, proposing a DIY ethos in its place in order to create a culture of its own; and opposition to oppressive religious tenets and political repression. In 1990,
3213-533: The next three years Carns also performed and recorded with The Fakes , Sue P. Fox, The Pet Stains and Witchypoo. Kicking Giant issued their final album on K Records in 1994 before breaking up the following year. In 1995, Carns moved to Portland, Oregon to play keyboards with the CeBe Barnes Band, which included singer and future filmmaker Miranda July , guitarist Shannon Tragedy (later known as Radio Sloan ) and Sleater-Kinney drummer Toni Gogin. Pioneers in
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#17330942033923276-724: The next wave of queercore , they toured the West Coast with Sleater-Kinney, playing the Santa Barbara Girls Convention. After the band's demise in 1996, Carns and Sloan continued to collaborate with July and named the new line-up the Need, releasing their debut EP, Margie Ruskie Stops Time , on Kill Rock Stars . They toured down the coast to play the Dirtybird Queercore Festival in San Francisco , but July soon left to pursue solo endeavors. The Need continued as
3339-715: The release of their debut album, Once Upon A Time Called Now . Poljak relocated to Olympia, Washington in 1996 and played in a number of bands including a short stint as bassist in Team Dresch and as a member of a collaborative project called KaraNEEDoke , which resulted in a set of double 7" singles released on the Kill Rock Stars label with participants Nomy Lamm , Slim Moon , Audrey Marrs , Donna Dresch , Tracy Sawyer, formerly of Heavens to Betsy , and Tamala, with music by The Need . After moving back to Los Angeles, Poljak formed their next band The Automaticans , who released
3402-473: The same time, other strands in queercore began to link themselves with Riot Grrrl, and still others with anarchism . Mainstream media coverage intensified when Pansy Division toured the U.S. with Green Day (whose lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong , is openly bisexual). In 1996 in San Francisco , the Dirtybird 96 Queercore Festival presaged other queer music gatherings which occurred in the following decade. In
3465-412: The studio with producer Mike Lastra in summer 1999 and completed their second album, The Need is Dead , for Chainsaw Records. Following multiple collaborations, the sense of community involvement, DIY spirit, and willingness to experiment led to the Need's creation of The Transfused , a full-length rock opera , co-written with Lamm. Twelve months in the making, with an original score by Carns and Sloan,
3528-416: The third wave of queercore to the screen. In 2008, G.B. Jones released the feature film The Lollipop Generation , featuring many of the participants in the queercore scene, including Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert , Vaginal Davis , Jane Danger of Three Dollar Bill, Jen Smith , Joel Gibb , Anonymous Boy , Scott Treleaven and Gary Fembot of Sta-Prest , with music by The Hidden Cameras , Anonymous Boy and
3591-617: The week-long event; in 2009 the festival was held in San Francisco. Queeruption , which takes place in a different city each year, has been hosted by Berlin, Rome, New York and London in the past. In 2004 and 2005, a group of queercore bands toured throughout the U.S.; the tour was called Queercore Blitz and was yet another way to connect the like-minded. Queer groups active in the UK included Edinburgh QueerMutiny, Queers Without Borders, Queer Mutiny North, Cardiff Queer Mutiny and Queer Mutiny Brighton. A number of these are organised as Queer Mutiny groups. In 2002, Agitprop! Records released
3654-468: The zine which launched the movement. " J.D.s is seen by many to be the catalyst that pushed the queercore scene into existence", writes Amy Spencer in DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture . Emerging out of the anarchist scene, at first the editors of J.D.s had chosen the appellation "homocore" to describe the movement but replaced the word homo with queer to better reflect the diversity of those involved, as well as to disassociate themselves completely from
3717-510: Was a synth punk queer core band from Los Angeles. Also citing metal as an inspiration are ASSACRE, a one man fantasy metal/spazz noise act by artist Ben Aqua from Austin, Texas , and Gay for Johnny Depp , a hardcore band from New York City . The Shondes , a four piece rock band from Brooklyn combine riot grrrl punk with classical and traditional Jewish music influences; similarly, Schmekel , an all-transgender, all-Jewish Brooklyn band combines punk rock with klezmer . The Homewreckers are
3780-435: Was homosexual. Other early queercore bands included Anti-Scrunti Faction , who appeared in J.D.s , and Comrades In Arms, Homocore editor Deke Nihilson's band. Shortly after the release of the tape J.D.s ceased publication and a new crop of zines arose, such as Jane and Frankie by Klaus and Jena von Brücker, Shrimp by Vaginal Davis and Fanorama by REB. The zine BIMBOX published statements such as "You are entering
3843-498: Was in existence at the monthly queercore club called "The Freak Show" hosted by the leather bar The Gauntlet II for three years, where bands such as Best Revenge , IAMLoved, and Nick Name and The Normals (aka Kent James) played regularly. In Toronto, the queercore scene thrived for a number of years at the monthly club Vazaleen, or Club V, run by Will Munro , which featured bands from across the U.S. and Canada, including such legendary performers as Jayne County . The festival Queer Panic
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#17330942033923906-579: Was organized by Gordon Gordon of the zine Teen Fag in Seattle, Washington in June 2000. Scutterfest was organized by Rudy Bleu of the zine Scutter in Los Angeles, California in 2001, 2002, and 2003. The Bent Festival was held in Seattle in 2002 and 2003. The festival Homo-a-go-go was held the summers of 2002, 2004 and 2006 in Olympia, Washington , featuring queer films, zines, performance and musical groups during
3969-578: Was stabbed outside the venue at the end of the night, he quickly recovered and the event was deemed a success. Spew 2 took place in Los Angeles in 1992, and Spew III in Toronto in 1993. These Spew events also included musical performances by queercore bands. Among the better-known bands from the early 1990s are Fifth Column ; God Is My Co-Pilot ; Pansy Division ; Pedro, Muriel and Esther (PME) ; Sister George ; Team Dresch ; Tribe 8 ; and Mukilteo Fairies . As these bands gained popularity and awareness of
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