Pansy Division profiled in Newsweek.

Contributed by RedScare. Posted by aubin on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM (EDT)

Newsweek has posted a full page profile of influential queercore act, Pansy Division, on the eve of the release of their new album, That's So Gay last month.

The article notes:

Pansy Division emerged as the best known of the gay punk bands that made up the queercore movement of the early '90s. A cadre of groups, Team Dresch and God Is My Co-Pilot among them, built a passionate cult of gay kids who needed to hear lyrics that empowered them. But unlike their predecessors, Pansy Division was introduced to mainstream audiences when, in 1994, Green Day selected them as the opening act for a national tour.

Check out the article here.

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ijustfarted (April 13, 2009)

I was on Castro street the other day and thinking about this band.

I also got a lot of looks from the queer community because of the saftey pin in my right ear. i guess they liked it.

larrybob (April 21, 2009)

I think of them whenever I'm flyering in San Francisco... "Don't put up posters on Castro Street / He'll rip them down so he can shop in peace." (Pansy Divsion's "Negative Queen.")

It seems like a lot of people who complain about Pansy Division haven't actually heard them, or have only hear earlier stuff and not the later albums with more musical complexity and lyrical depth.

Cos (April 13, 2009)

"Gay- and lesbian-rights activists have been waiting for a soundtrack with sufficient snarl. But no more."

That's the most idiotic subhead I've read in a long time. Fuck, MTV News scooped Newsweek by like 15 YEARS.

Cos (April 13, 2009)

And HOLY SHIT, Joel Reader is in the band now? When the hell did this happen?

Girls who had crushes on Joel when he was in MTX 9 years ago are stoked.

the_other_scott (April 13, 2009)

i always preferred dr. frank.

baldsteve (April 14, 2009)

I always preferred Jon Von

LushJ (April 14, 2009)

It's been a while- 5 years? 4 years?

LushJ (April 14, 2009)

Also, he wrote the song "Some of my best friends" on the new record... as in, some of my best friends are teh gey. Great stuff!

wonton (April 13, 2009)

Thats Sooo Gay

Cyanotic (April 13, 2009)

I like this band but if I'm being completely honest, I enjoy their songs that aren't about anal sex a lot more.

Bipedcasserole (April 13, 2009)

Kinda shticky most of the time.

FaceOnTheBarroomFloor (April 13, 2009)

Shiny Toy Guns is a god-awful band, but that cover of Major Tom Coming Home from the Lincoln Car Commercial is totally tits.

baldsteve (April 13, 2009)

Fagetarian and Dyke by Team Dresch is one of my favorite songs of all time. Her fucking growl is amazing.

TrueBeliever (April 13, 2009)

Double-Double
Animal Style Fries
Medium Coke

baldsteve (April 13, 2009)

Minus animal-style, that was my lunch today too. Fishermans Wharf in-n-out

rubberbland (April 14, 2009)

God Damn I miss In and Out! I used to live right across the street from one....

punk_sk (April 14, 2009)

what's animal style? I've never heard of that.

SumWon (April 13, 2009)

the best known of the gay punk bands that made up the queercore movement

This is the funniest thing I have read in awhile. Redundancy at its finest!

dlangl4 (April 13, 2009)

Where?

Bipedcasserole (April 13, 2009)

I'll take Limpwrist any day.
But PD are alright.

lookbackandlaugh (April 14, 2009)

This is my sentiment exactly.

sugarfull (April 13, 2009)

God is My Co-Pilot>>>>the rest of these gay bands.

name (April 13, 2009)

I was about to say that. So fucking good.

MeeSTa3k (April 13, 2009)

Gay kids deserve better music than Pansy Division. Just saying.