Jon Ginoli
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Jon Ginoli (born Jon Latimer Ginoli, December 4, 1959 in Peoria, Illinois[1]) is an American guitarist. He is best known as a member of the band Pansy Division, which was founded by Ginoli and Chris Freeman in 1991. Pansy Division is known as one of the founding examples of the queercore genre of punk rock. He is openly gay.[2]
Ginoli, with Pansy Division, was featured in the 1997 documentary film Queercore: A Punk-U-Mentary by Scott Treleaven; as an actor, in the 2002 comedy short Going West by Michael Mew; and in the 2008 film Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band by Michael Carmona.
[edit] References
- ^ Ciminelli, David & Knox, Ken (2005), Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock, New York: Alyson Books, ISBN 1555838553
- ^ Myers, Ben (2006), Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion, The Disinformation Company, ISBN 193285732X