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Permalink Reply by Eric on January 26, 2010 at 8:18pm

Never heard of queercore. What makes queercore queercore?

Never heard of any of these other bands either. Are they all gay bands?

The Fifth Column is the name of an undercover rebel group of Vs out to overthrow a future invasion of Earth by other Vs on the scifi TV series "V", didn't know that was the name of a band too.

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on January 27, 2010 at 12:04am

Fifth Column via Wikipedia.

Permalink Reply by Eric on February 23, 2010 at 12:40am

Thanks, Grundgetta! Didn't know 'fifth column' was a term from waaay back in 1936!

(I'm late here cuz completely forgot to click on the 'follow' link at the bottom of this wall so I didn't see any of the posts that appeared here after I posted mine.)

Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on January 26, 2010 at 8:47pm

Permalink Reply by Jess on January 27, 2010 at 1:57am

Eric: An explanation is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queercore

Permalink Reply by Larry Auerbach on January 28, 2010 at 12:30am

FWIW, re: your wikipedia link-- I'm not a follower of queercore music, but am familiar with a few names mentioned in this article, e.g. I've seen a couple of films by Bruce LaBruce, including "No Skin Off My Ass" and "Hustler White", saw Pansy Division play in a club during the late '90s (thought they were much better live and definitely punkier than they were on CD), and am a sometimes fan of Throbbing Gristle -- I saw Genesis P-orridge perform in a club just a couple of years ago. I probably have a few aging queer 'zines in my archives here at home from the early '90s.

Permalink Reply by Eric on February 23, 2010 at 12:43am

Thanks for the link!

Interesting that queercore, despite the word 'queer' in the name, doesn't even necessarily reference music that has anything to do with queers. Learned something new here!

Permalink Reply by The Virgin Marlene on February 22, 2010 at 1:01pm

hell yes I'm a fan check out queercontrol.com also check out box squad there queer punk!

love all the bands you mentioned why are we not best friends?? - Marlene

Permalink Reply by Jess on February 22, 2010 at 4:26pm

Yeah, I know about QCR. My favorite band on that label is Once A Pawn. :) (Sorry... I know you're in Box Squad. ;)) We should be buddies.