There seems to a buzz (and controversy) going around Los Angeles about a new cover band called BLACK FAG. You see, it’s not you typical “look and sound the part” type of retro-show tat most tribute bands are. Once this band starts to play some seem to love it, some don’t understand it, others are offended and most have a good laugh. I decided to drop a few questions to “Liberace Morris”, singer and frontman of the group, so he could explain for those who might be a little confused…

What made you initially think up the concept for BLACK FAG?

One night I was in a rather silly mood, and I was listening to “jealous again” and I starting singing along with a lisp. I was amazed at how the lisp added a whole new dimension to the song, so I tried it with several other Black Flag songs and soon I realized that Black Flag was the bitchiest band that ever walked the earth!

Who else is in the band and how did you all meet?

Like Black Flag, we have a rotating cast of musicians, but the characters we play include Greg Streisand (our fabulous drag queen guitarist), Cher Dykeowski (our gym-teaching-smith-college-attending-melissa-ethridge-listening-golf-pro lesbian bassist), Robo Simmons (our club-hopping cabana boy drummer), and myself, Liberace Morris (think Fred Schneider meets Charles Nelson Reilly).

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