GAYC/DC [USA] - Live in Brisbane

🌈⚡️ 𝗚𝗔𝗬𝗖/𝗗𝗖 [𝗨𝗦𝗔]

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗖/𝗗𝗖 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁.

🗓️ Thu 13 Aug • Brisbane • The Brightside

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⭐️Discounted Squad Group tickets available

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With tongue firmly in cheek - 𝗚𝗔𝗬𝗖/𝗗𝗖 have been giving the music of the most hetero band on the planet a fabulous makeover since 2013.

📰 "𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸." - 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸

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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸'𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:

𝗚𝗔𝗬𝗖/𝗗𝗖 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮

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GayC/DC have taken the songs of perhaps the globe’s most heterosexual band and turned them into something altogether more fabulous.”, Classic Rock Magazine

There are tribute bands, and then there are ideas so strong they reframe the music they’re built on. GAYC/DC fall squarely into the latter.

Taking the catalogue of AC/DC, arguably rock’s most overtly masculine institution, and filtering it through unapologetic queer celebration sounds, on paper, like something that shouldn’t work. Then you hear it, you see it, and it becomes immediately obvious that this is exactly what rock and roll needs right now.

Founded by Christopher Freeman, bassist for queercore pioneers Pansy Division, alongside drummer Brian Welch, GAYC/DC have earned something rare in tribute band territory: genuine respect from the wider rock community, including the artists whose songs they reinterpret.

Kerrang! describe the band succinctly as “Glam/Sassy/Porn/Punk/Metal/Dirty Rock ’n’ Roll… with class,” while Louder call their live show “spot on with the music, unforgettable in every way.” Beneath the glitter, boas and knowing wink is a band that takes the songs seriously, because the songs deserve it.

That respect is evident throughout their catalogue of lovingly subversive reworks. For example, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” becomes “Dirty Dudes (Done Dirt Cheap).” Their video for “Gay Boy Boogie,” a homoerotic reimagining of “Bad Boy Boogie,” doubles as a tribute to Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” complete with approval from Dee Snider himself, with Dee declaring: “I think this is great!”

As Welch explains, “Twisted Sister took rock and drag further than anybody at the time. As young gay kids, seeing fully grown men in drag on MTV meant a lot to us, decades before RuPaul’s Drag Race was a thing.”

Even their take on “Highway to Hell” underscores how seriously the rock world takes the project, featuring cameos from Johnny Martin (L.A. Guns), John Bush (Armored Saint, ex-Anthrax) and dUg Pinnick (King’s X).

While the presentation may read as camp at first glance, the musicianship never does. Broadway Rock put it best: “While the band and their presentation may be campy, their musicianship is pure, unadulterated rock.”

For their first-ever Australian tour, GAYC/DC, rounded out by new bassist Paul Arntz, rhythm guitarist Topher Ruby and lead guitarist Steve McKnight, known to ’80s and ’90s hard rock fans from Cry Wolf, will hit six cities across the country, playing intimate venues that suit their high-energy, sweat-soaked, up-close-and-personal approach.

Whether you’re a lifelong Acca Dacca purist, a rock fan open to reinterpretation, or simply curious about what happens when rock’s most masculine catalogue is flipped on its head, this is a live experience that makes its point the moment the first riff lands.

GAYC/DC don’t parody rock history, they reclaim it, reminding us that rock and roll has always belonged to those bold enough to step forward and claim it for themselves.