Gay for Johnny Depp
{{Short description|American hardcore band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gay for Johnny Depp
| image = Gay for Johnny Depp SB.JPG
| caption = Gay for Johnny Depp live in Saarbrücken (2011)
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| background = group_or_band
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| origin = New York City, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Hardcore punk|queercore|heavy metal|mathcore}}
| years_active = 2004–2011
| label = Captains of Industry
| associated_acts = God Fires Man
| website =
| past_members = Sid Jagger
Marty Leopard
Chelsea Piers
JJ Samanen
Arab Diesel
}}
Gay for Johnny Depp was an American hardcore band formed in New York City. Members were Sid Jagger (guitar), Marty Leopard (vocals), Chelsea Piers (bass), JJ Samanen (drums). They were known for the lyrical content of their songs, which is often concerned with the band's homoerotic obsession over the actor Johnny Depp.{{cite journal |title=Rear End: Gay for Johnny Depp |journal=Front |date=February 2011 |issue=152 |page=134 |url=https://archive.org/details/frontmagazine152/page/n133/mode/2up |access-date=9 July 2020}}
History
Formed from ex-members of post-hardcore bands Garrison and Instruction in 2004, Gay for Johnny Depp released their first recording effort, Erotically Charged Dance Songs for the Desperate, on 12 July 2004.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
The band recorded their second EP, Blood: The Natural Lubricant (An Apocalyptic Adventure Beyond Sodom and Gomorrah), in the summer of 2005, and released it on 19 September 2005 on the UK label Captains of Industry.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Gay for Johnny Depp played their first ever UK show on September 14, 2005, in Exeter, supporting Million Dead. During the show, frontman Marty Leopard was punched by an angry crowd member and had to go to the hospital to receive 5 stitches in his face.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020015210/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=8561 GIGWISE | Gay For Johnny Depp Attacked By Fan]
The band's first full-length album, The Politics of Cruelty, was released on 5 November 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} The band's second studio album What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You was released on February 14, 2011.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Their second EP, Blood: The Natural Lubricant (An Apocalyptic Adventure Beyond Sodom and Gomorrah) was re-released in September 2012, this time on vinyl limited to 300 copies through independent UK label Moshtache Records.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
Discography
=Albums=
- The Politics of Cruelty (2007)
- Manthology: A Tireless Exercise in Narcissism Featuring Gay for Johnny Depp's Excellent Cadavers (2010)
- What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You (2011)
=EPs=
- Erotically Charged Dance Songs for the Desperate (2004)
- Blood: The Natural Lubricant (An Apocalyptic Adventure Beyond Sodom and Gomorrah) (2005)
- The Ski Mask Orgy (2009)
References
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External links
- [http://gayforjohnnydepp.com/ Official website]
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Category:Hardcore punk groups from New York (state)
Category:Musical groups established in 2004
Category:2004 establishments in New York City