Pansy Division Life in a Gay Rock Band

Undeniably one of the most important and influential gay music acts in the last twenty years Pansy Division pioneered the queercore genre long before other gay musicians had the confidence to come out of the closet and without major record label support or mainstream radio airplay Using original and archive footage and covering over fifteen years as a group Pansy Division Life in a Gay Rock Band is a fastpaced intimate and humorous account of one of rocks most fearless acts From their first days in San Franciscos underground music scene to a fullfledged stadium tour with Green Day and beyond founding members Jon Ginoli and Chris Freeman overcome increasingly difficult lineup changes prejudice and nearpoverty to keep the band together and create music that has truly made a difference