Check out AfterElton.com for an interesting article on musicians who straddle and cross over the fence of sexual ambiguity.
Pop/punk band Imperial Teen offers fans numerous gay-themed songs and includes two gay members: keyboardist/singer Roddy Bottum and vocalist Will Schwartz. Bottum came out publicly way back in 1993. At the time he was the only gay member in the artsy, eccentric Faith No More, a funk/rock band noted for button-pushing and outlandish behavior. “I think the fact that the keyboard player was gay played into that nicely,” Bottum told Decibal Magazine. “The gay/straight issue wasn’t so important.”
In 1994 Bob Mould was outed, rather unceremoniously, by several gay publications. It adversely affected some of his core fan base. “ Professionally, I felt it immediately,” he told Harp Magazine in 2005. “Radio stations in the South reacted poorly.”
Source: TowleRoad
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