Growing up in California, Antony felt himself to be the consummate outsider until he came face to face with the image of Boy George on the cover of the Culture Club’s 1982 debut album, Kissing to Be Clever. He relocated to New York City in 1990, where he found a world more accepting of his avant-garde sensibilities and sexually ambiguous nature. He created the cabaret ensemble Blacklips and modeled himself after Blue Velvet-era Isabella Rossellini and the drag queen that graced the cover of Soft Cell’s 1982 single “Torch.”
He formed Antony and the Johnsons and released their self-titled debut on David Tibet’s Durtro label in 2000, followed by an appearance on the Lou Reed albums The Raven and Animal Serenade – he toured with Reed as well throughout 2003.
He has also appeared in the Steve Buscemi film Animal Factory as an androgynous convict.
(American Music Guide by James Christopher Monger)
Antony and the Johnsons released a series of EPs and full-length recordings from 2004 all the way through 2009, with the release of The Crying Light.
Antony & The Johnsons is on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 8pm at The Moore Theatre.
This concert has Reserved Seating. Tickets are $27.50 trough Ticketmaster or service charge free at The Moore box office, or online at www.themoore.com.
For more information please visit www.stgpresents.org.
Update: The Stranger Suggests – Antony and the Johnsons.
Here’s the video:
