Wayne County & the Electric Chairs

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punk rock band

Wayne County & the Electric Chairs was a late-1970s punk rock band fronted by pioneering transgender singer Jayne County, known for its provocative lyrics and theatrical, gender-bending performances.

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Wayne County & the Electric Chairs canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf punk rock band ⓘ
activePeriod late 1970s ⓘ
associatedWithMovement punk subculture ⓘ
associatedWithScene London punk scene ⓘ
New York punk scene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1970s rock music ⓘ
formerNameOfVocalist Wayne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontedBy Jayne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontPersonGenderIdentity transgender woman ⓘ
frontPersonLaterName Jayne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
frontPersonNameAtFormation Wayne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre proto-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasMember Greg Van Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry Padovani NERFINISHED ⓘ
J.J. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jayne County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Val Haller NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotability pioneering transgender-fronted punk band ⓘ
influenced LGBTQ+ representation in punk ⓘ
later queer punk acts ⓘ
influencedBy New York Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Stooges NERFINISHED ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ
label Illegal Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safari Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
lyricalThemes gender identity ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
social transgression ⓘ
notableFor gender-bending performances ⓘ
provocative lyrics ⓘ
theatrical performances ⓘ
notableWork “Eddie & Sheena” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Fuck Off” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Storm the Gates of Heaven” NERFINISHED ⓘ
“Toilet Love” NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceReputation boundary-pushing ⓘ
controversial ⓘ
performanceStyle camp ⓘ
theatrical ⓘ
releasedAlbum Storm the Gates of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Electric Chairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Things Your Mother Never Told You NERFINISHED ⓘ

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