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by Autolycos » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:15 pm
[b:m5s0mjdt]And even Weasel is getting all fancy for the holidays.
He gets all dressed up for a night on the town![/b:m5s0mjdt]
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He gets all dressed up for a night on the town![/b:m5s0mjdt]
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Like Cherry Vanilla and The Heartbreakers Wayne County straddled the US/UK punk scenes. A player at legendary haunts Maxes and CBGB's and peer of bands like Patti Smith, Blondie, New York Dolls and The Dictators and Ramones this exhibitionist transvestite with a penchant for large Dusty Springfield wig was already a veteran of the US scene this had already done the rounds for some 10 years to little success with his controversial graphic scatological act with an array of props and costumes.
Born in Alice, Georgia in the deep south his name was a state in Michigan - Wayne County as a tribute to the MC5. From women's impersonations he went into Dj'ing, then acting in some very alternative plays like Birth Of A Nation and Pork. While playing at The Roundhouse in London he met Bowie and like Cherry was signed to Bowie's company Mainman. Allegedly an album was to be made that never happened and $240k they spent filming Wayne Wayne At The Trucks which was a parody of New York's S&M clubs.
"My early sets were more or less a freak show with rock music behind it."
Wayne County - Ripped & Torn 6 1977
His first band Queen Elizabeth (with Jerry Nolan on drums) recorded an album in 1971 that was shelved. With Queen Elisabeth he faked crapping into a dog bowl and used a dildo that squirted milk. At the same time he became involved with staging and appearing in leftfield theatrical productions like the scatological centred Pork (with Cherry Vanilla) about Warhol superstar Bridget Polk and Femme Fatale with Patti Smith.
Being DJ at Max's and having his manager run the club obviously helped Wayne and his backing band The Backstreet Boys get 3 tracks on the compilation with again Cherry Vanilla among others. Tired of attracting just a cult following Wayne checked out the UK Punk scene in 1976. Like Cherry Vanilla a group was cobbled together for a debut at The Roxy. When favourable reviews followed The Electric Chairs became permanent.
Having played to rednecks as a cross dresser, worked smaller clubs for years and hospitalised ex wrestler Dick Manitoba from the Dictators with a mike stand after being heckled, the London punk scene held no qualms for Wayne. But then again he needn't have worried. His outrageous, stage act and lyrics coincided perfectly with the nascent punk scene and swapping Max's and CBGB's for The Roxy Club and Vortex was no big deal. Along with the Heartbreakers and to a lesser extent Cherry Vanilla Wayne County & The Electric Chairs were the Americans in residence bringing fun, energetic stage shows and history with them.
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/jayne_county.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/jayne01.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
Signing with Safari, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs released 3 albums and a slew of singles with little mainstream success. Another problem for Wayne was that yes the more obscene songs got the publicity but when he tried to turn more serious no one would touch him with a bargepole. Couple with that the world was not really ready for a transvestite singer then hit singles weren't really on the cards! In fact in July 1979 not long after the release of their third LP it was reported in the music press that he was fired as he had spent more time on beginning a sex change operation than being with the band.
"I see myself as a seductive older woman, like an expensive uptown whore rather than a downtown low-class slut." Sounds 2.6.79
In an open letter to Sounds July 1979 Wayne complained "Safari records told me that they would pay for the my entire sex change operation. Then only half way held up to the promise. They would not give me rest of the money to finish my operation until I got commercial enough to sell more records...I have been stabbed in the back with no regards to my feelings or artistic opinions."
Wayne throughout his career has been a mixture of confusing possibilities. Man or woman but never wanting to be completely one or the other. Taking hormones but pulling out from the final chop as it were Wayne slowly became more of a woman so much so that in the gossip column of Sounds (16.9.78) Jock McDonald (Vortex club DJ) was reported as trying to pull her at Dingwalls as he described her a the prettiest girl in the place.
Wayne throughout his life has made many claims - from Bowie ripping him off to being an originator of glam before The New York Dolls and being a punk before punk existed. All these things may well be true to varying degrees but Wayne lacked that extra bit of oomph that these turns these traits into legendary possibilities which of course is what artists like Bowie, the Dolls and Pistols incorporated and did.
Singer or vaudeville act? Its a testament to Wayne and The Electric Chairs that a lot of the music he made still stands up to day as quality punk rock.
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/band4.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/waynelady.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
Born in Alice, Georgia in the deep south his name was a state in Michigan - Wayne County as a tribute to the MC5. From women's impersonations he went into Dj'ing, then acting in some very alternative plays like Birth Of A Nation and Pork. While playing at The Roundhouse in London he met Bowie and like Cherry was signed to Bowie's company Mainman. Allegedly an album was to be made that never happened and $240k they spent filming Wayne Wayne At The Trucks which was a parody of New York's S&M clubs.
"My early sets were more or less a freak show with rock music behind it."
Wayne County - Ripped & Torn 6 1977
His first band Queen Elizabeth (with Jerry Nolan on drums) recorded an album in 1971 that was shelved. With Queen Elisabeth he faked crapping into a dog bowl and used a dildo that squirted milk. At the same time he became involved with staging and appearing in leftfield theatrical productions like the scatological centred Pork (with Cherry Vanilla) about Warhol superstar Bridget Polk and Femme Fatale with Patti Smith.
Being DJ at Max's and having his manager run the club obviously helped Wayne and his backing band The Backstreet Boys get 3 tracks on the compilation with again Cherry Vanilla among others. Tired of attracting just a cult following Wayne checked out the UK Punk scene in 1976. Like Cherry Vanilla a group was cobbled together for a debut at The Roxy. When favourable reviews followed The Electric Chairs became permanent.
Having played to rednecks as a cross dresser, worked smaller clubs for years and hospitalised ex wrestler Dick Manitoba from the Dictators with a mike stand after being heckled, the London punk scene held no qualms for Wayne. But then again he needn't have worried. His outrageous, stage act and lyrics coincided perfectly with the nascent punk scene and swapping Max's and CBGB's for The Roxy Club and Vortex was no big deal. Along with the Heartbreakers and to a lesser extent Cherry Vanilla Wayne County & The Electric Chairs were the Americans in residence bringing fun, energetic stage shows and history with them.
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/jayne_county.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/jayne01.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
Signing with Safari, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs released 3 albums and a slew of singles with little mainstream success. Another problem for Wayne was that yes the more obscene songs got the publicity but when he tried to turn more serious no one would touch him with a bargepole. Couple with that the world was not really ready for a transvestite singer then hit singles weren't really on the cards! In fact in July 1979 not long after the release of their third LP it was reported in the music press that he was fired as he had spent more time on beginning a sex change operation than being with the band.
"I see myself as a seductive older woman, like an expensive uptown whore rather than a downtown low-class slut." Sounds 2.6.79
In an open letter to Sounds July 1979 Wayne complained "Safari records told me that they would pay for the my entire sex change operation. Then only half way held up to the promise. They would not give me rest of the money to finish my operation until I got commercial enough to sell more records...I have been stabbed in the back with no regards to my feelings or artistic opinions."
Wayne throughout his career has been a mixture of confusing possibilities. Man or woman but never wanting to be completely one or the other. Taking hormones but pulling out from the final chop as it were Wayne slowly became more of a woman so much so that in the gossip column of Sounds (16.9.78) Jock McDonald (Vortex club DJ) was reported as trying to pull her at Dingwalls as he described her a the prettiest girl in the place.
Wayne throughout his life has made many claims - from Bowie ripping him off to being an originator of glam before The New York Dolls and being a punk before punk existed. All these things may well be true to varying degrees but Wayne lacked that extra bit of oomph that these turns these traits into legendary possibilities which of course is what artists like Bowie, the Dolls and Pistols incorporated and did.
Singer or vaudeville act? Its a testament to Wayne and The Electric Chairs that a lot of the music he made still stands up to day as quality punk rock.
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/band4.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
[img:kted93d6]http://punk77.co.uk/graphics/waynecounty/waynelady.jpg[/img:kted93d6]
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