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Thread started 07/08/03 3:24am

WatchThemFall

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Jobriath - Anyone Heard of Him?

I was just listening to a song I downloaded called 'Rock of Ages' by a 70s glam rock singer called Jobriath and I think it's pretty damn good... His stuff is only on vinyl and MP3 right now. This guy got a little publicity when he was on a VH1 show, apparently he was one of the first explicitly gay rock stars, but his career bombed totally and he only released two albums, eventually dying of AIDs.
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Reply #1 posted 07/08/03 3:45am

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WatchThemFall said:

I was just listening to a song I downloaded called 'Rock of Ages' by a 70s glam rock singer called Jobriath and I think it's pretty damn good... His stuff is only on vinyl and MP3 right now. This guy got a little publicity when he was on a VH1 show, apparently he was one of the first explicitly gay rock stars, but his career bombed totally and he only released two albums, eventually dying of AIDs.



Heard of him, haven't heard him. Morrissey is a big fan. He tried to get him as support for his "Your Arsenal" tour and found out he couldn't because the guy had died.
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Reply #2 posted 07/08/03 6:55am

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I think Bowie's mentioned him a few times, and his name pops up once or twice around Pride every year - he seems like a marginal figure just waiting to make a posthumous "comeback" through rediscovery, a la Nick Drake.
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