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SUMMARY:The Queers
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes they are mistaken for a queercore band like labelmate
 s Pansy Division\, but one listen to the Queers' adolescent-boy-who-never-
 grew-up lyrics ("she got no tit\," "I'm really goo-goo over you/I'm mental
 ly retarded too\," "she's my Burger King Queen\," etc.) will dispel that m
 isconception. While some of their songs border on sexism and homophobia\, 
 they are simply too goofy and good-natured to mean any harm with their lef
 t-back-four-grades\, dumbass schtick. Formed in 1982\, this Portsmouth\, N
 ew Hampshire group ambled its way through the 1980s\, recording a few sing
 les and compilation tracks along the way\, most of which were collected on
  Lookout's A Day Late and a Dollar Short. Before recording their first ful
 l-length studio album\, Grow Up\, the Queers finally settled on a permanen
 t lineup consisting of singer/guitarist Joe King/Queer\, drummer Hugh O'Ne
 ill\, and bassist B-Face. Grow Up was released on a small English label ca
 lled Shakin' Street\, which promptly went belly up after only 1\,000 copie
 s were pressed. Screeching Weasel frontman Ben Weasel got Lookout label ow
 ner Larry Livermore to sign the Queers\, and in 1993 Lookout released the 
 Weasel-produced Love Songs for the Retarded. Love Songs was followed by a 
 yearly salvo of bubblegum punk\, from 1994's Beat Off to 1996's magnum opu
 s Don't Back Down\, the best late-'70s-era Ramones album the Ramones never
  recorded.\nAfter a long bout with brain cancer\, O'Neill died on January 
 21\, 1999\; Later Days and Better Lays\, issued that spring\, assembled un
 released Queers material recorded during his tenure with the band. B-Face 
 next left the band\, and after signing with Hopeless Records\, the Queers 
 went through various lineups as King remained the only constant. Released 
 in 2000\, Beyond the Valley... marked the first studio album since O'Neill
 's death and\, somewhat fittingly\, was a relatively darker album than the
  rest of the band's prior catalog. A string of releases followed in the ea
 rly 2000s\, including the Today EP\, Live in West Hollywood\, and Pleasant
  Screams. A split with Manges appeared in 2003\, and the classics collecti
 on Summer Hits\, Vol. 1 was issued the next fall. Recorded live during a t
 wo-day stint at Bernie's Distillery in Columbus\, Ohio\, the Queers next r
 eleased the aptly titled album Weekend at Bernie's in May 2006. The record
  featured King joined by Teen Idols' Philip Hill on bass and Dave Trevino 
 on drums.\nThat same year\, Asian Man Records began reissuing several of t
 he band's classic albums (remixed and remastered)\, starting with 1993's L
 ove Songs for the Retarded. In February 2007\, and also via Asian Man\, th
 e Queers released Munki Brain\, their first album of new material since 20
 02\, while they commemorated their 25th year of immaturity with the DVD Th
 e Queers Are Here\, which was chock-full of live footage\, interviews\, an
 d music videos. The reissues continued into 2007. In 2010\, the Queers iss
 ued their 11th LP\, Back to the Basement. The next year they released a sp
 lit 7" with Killtime titled Alive (Gonna Puke Records)\, followed by 2013'
 s Ole Maestro\, a 38-song live set recorded in Madrid\, Spain\, in 2009. I
 n 2015\, the trio released a limited-edition re-recorded version of Beyond
  the Valley... entitled Beyond the Valley Revisited. Another split 7" -- T
 he Queers Regret Making a Record with Bassamp and Dano -- arrived in 2017.
  ~ Kembrew McLeod\, Rovi
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CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts
LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\,
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