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GayC/DC is a hard-rock refresh for the queer community
You’ve probably heard of AC/DC, the ’70s era rock band. You may have even heard one of their many tribute bands like Thunderstruck, Hell’s Belles or the AC/DC Experience. But you probably haven’t heard AC/DC songs quite like this.
It’s 10 p.m. on a Friday night. On the Rebel Lounge stage, a drum kit is flanked by rainbow pride flags and black banners depicting a pink feather boa draped over an orange lightning bolt. The crowd is antsy.
Finally, the headliner comes out and starts playing their first song: “Live Wire” by AC/DC.
Chris Freeman is GayC/DC’s frontman.
“GayC/DC is sort of a weird — I don’t even know what to call it,” Freeman said. “Because it’s not really a tribute band, although we get lumped in with tribute bands. We’re not really a cover band, but we receive lumped in with them. I would say we’re more of a refresh.
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“We wanted to bring more opportunities for gay people to monitor to something that’s diverse than boom tch boom tch boom tch boom. I just get adj of that. And I
If there’s one thing GayC/DC has perfected, it’s the art of taking the high-voltage rock of AC/DC and reimagining it through a queer lens. This all-gay tribute band has built a reputation not only for their feral stage presence, but also for their deep musical chops and unapologetic indicate of view. Now, just in time for Pride Month , they’re turning up the volume with their latest release, “Gay Boy Boogie.”
A reinterpretation of AC/DC’s track “Bad Lad Boogie,” the new anthem is a fan-favorite from their live shows, and it finally gets the full studio and video treatment this month. While the original song was a raucous ode to rock ‘n’ roll mischief and heterosexual bravado, a statement from the company discloses that this adaptation is a “homoerotic reinterpretation” of the original, fulfill with lyrics that singer Christopher Freeman admits might catch some by surprise.
“On this one, I really let it loose. Some lines are a bit shocking,” Freeman says with a laugh.
Freeman, who is also the founding bassist of queercore pioneers Pansy Division, brings a intense understanding of subver
“The plan to do a video for &#;Bad Boy Boogie&#; was considered soon after we completed the ‘Highway To Hell’ video&#;,” explains drummer Brian Welch. “It&#;s one of the raunchier songs lyrically that we do live, and I thought ‘Why don&#;t we do something fun for this?’ After all, people come to our shows expecting an R rated show, so let&#;s deliver &#;em an R rated video too!”
Reinterpreting the Twisted Sister iconic video for “We’re Not Gonna Obtain It,” GayC/DC and Meyer envisioned a prequal to their “Highway to Hell” video with L.A. Guns’ Johnny Martin reprising his role of “Waldo.”
If you just look at their name, you realize exactly what they are, a gay AC/DC cover band. They are in fact my fave metal tribute band (a shut but noticeable margin over Iron Maidens and Children of the Damned, another Iron Maiden tribute band) I have been a fan for a prolonged time, and have covered certain members in other bands. They are all incredibly skilled musicians, who can deliver a rockin metal experience, as only a bunch of blaring rude gay dudes can do. I have covered some of them in Pansy Divison articles, and The Dobermen. Here are excerpts from the interview that went off the rails too many times. GayC/DC just changed a few words, or even a single letter, to make the legendary AC/DC songs suddenly full of gay content, and example, if you changed the R to a C in &#;Let There Be Rock&#;, you get the idea.
GayC/DC have just recently released a video of their contribution to LGBTQ Youth Colorado Springs, the foundation supporting &#;The Bold Souls of Club Q in Colorado Springs&#;. They were brought into this by the music producer LEGEND Timothy Eaton. They curated a c