Chris Freeman (musician)

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Chris Freeman (born Christopher Mark Freeman, August 8, 1961 in Seattle, Washington[1]) is an American bassist. He is best known as a member of the band Pansy Division, which was founded by Freeman and Jon Ginoli in 1991. Pansy Division is known as one of the founding examples of the queercore genre of punk rock. He is openly gay.[2]

Freeman is also a writer for various magazines and publications including Frontiers Magazine. He has starred, with Pansy Division, in the 1997 film Queercore: A Punk-U-Mentary by Scott Treleaven; as an actor, he appeared in the 2002 film Luster, by Everett Lewis; and most recently in the 2008 documentary film Pansy Division: Life In a Gay Rock Band, directed by Michael Carmona.

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  1. ^ Ciminelli, David & Knox, Ken (2005), Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock, New York: Alyson Books, ISBN 1555838553 
  2. ^ Myers, Ben (2006), Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion, The Disinformation Company, ISBN 193285732X 

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