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Man Enough To Be Woman: The Autobiography of Jayne County
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Jayne County
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Rupert Smith
(Goodreads Author)
Life story of the queen of shock 'n roll--the world's first punk transsexual.
Paperback
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184 pages
Published
April 1st 1996
by Serpent's Tail
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Before Boy George, Phranc, Falling James, Marilyn Manson and various other gender-benders, there was Wayne/Jayne County (there were also the New York Dolls, but, as they were hetero boys in drag, they will be raved about elsewhere...).
Sadly, Wayne/Jayne spent many years out of the spotlight, since, despite three classic albums (and lesser ones on the dancey side that I have not located), s/he had no chart success, being 'ahead of her time'. Fortunately, s/he is making a comeback, what with the r ...more
Sadly, Wayne/Jayne spent many years out of the spotlight, since, despite three classic albums (and lesser ones on the dancey side that I have not located), s/he had no chart success, being 'ahead of her time'. Fortunately, s/he is making a comeback, what with the r ...more
An undisputed inspiration to iconic glam rockers like David Bowie, Adam Ant and Dead or Alive’s Pete Burns (all of whom regularly attended Jayne’s shows during their early careers), Wayne made the transition to Jayne in full view of her peers, and Man Enough to Be a Woman charts the highs and lows it involved with her trademark charismatic candour, including resorting to prostitution in London and Berlin and nervous breakdowns caused by a combination of hormone treatments, drug abuse and exhaust
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Sort of a catchy enough read, though not especially well-written. I started reading this on my pal Zoe's recommendation because she said it had some great details about what it was like growing up young and queer in the deep south during the early '60s, and somewhat reluctantly trudged through the rest of the book. I'm not a musical fan of Jayne County's, though I'm happy she existed and did what she did, and there are much better histories of the NYC and London punk scenes than this. As well, I
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The first time I ever read about Wayne/Jayne County, I must have been around 12 years old. I was reading an interview with Kiss' Gene Simmons and he mentioned that at one of Kiss' earliest gigs in NYC, one of the acts on the bill, Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys, featured a lead singer who dressed in drag and ate dog food out of a toilet bowl while performing a song called "Toilet Love." . At the time I thought, "Eeeewww!"
Fast forward many years, and as my fascination with the New York City ...more
Fast forward many years, and as my fascination with the New York City ...more
i think this book changed my life - miss county quickly became my heroine even only after a few pages. i could not put the book down until i'd finished it. besides, no one else has mentioned pat butcher, divine and john peel in any one book i'd ever read previously and jayne knowing them was for me impressive enough!
if i could go back in time i'd like to wreck atlanta town in (her best friend at the time) miss cocks' convertible with a teenage jayne.
"miss cocks called it wrecking. that's what s ...more
if i could go back in time i'd like to wreck atlanta town in (her best friend at the time) miss cocks' convertible with a teenage jayne.
"miss cocks called it wrecking. that's what s ...more
SPECIAL INTEREST/ MUSIC
Jayne County was originally Wayne County whose band performed often at Max's Kansas Cityin the 70's-80's. "Toilet Love" is still on my play list....
Here's the review:
The original rock 'n' roll drag queen, Jayne County has worked with Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Derek Jarman and others. This free-wheeling autobiography is a shameless account of Jayne's gender-bending career, from her early days in Georgia to her current 1990s renaissance.
Jayne County was originally Wayne County whose band performed often at Max's Kansas Cityin the 70's-80's. "Toilet Love" is still on my play list....
Here's the review:
The original rock 'n' roll drag queen, Jayne County has worked with Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Derek Jarman and others. This free-wheeling autobiography is a shameless account of Jayne's gender-bending career, from her early days in Georgia to her current 1990s renaissance.
Mar 12, 2008
Rebecca
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Wanna be hipsters, punk historians
Shelves:
rock-bios
I love strong people, I love misfits, nerds, freaks and the troubled.
A book about the life of a rock and roll drag queen was right up my alley. All the glitter and glamor of the early New York punk scene dished out by a sassy queen. No spoilers just read the book. The photos are entertaining.
A book about the life of a rock and roll drag queen was right up my alley. All the glitter and glamor of the early New York punk scene dished out by a sassy queen. No spoilers just read the book. The photos are entertaining.
An rare glimpse into the world of Wayne Rogers who at an early age is more comfortable being a woman and morphs into Wayne county and later Jayne County. Jaynes book chronicles her adventures of being a queen on the streets of Atlanta and her journey into the punk rock world of New York.
Jayne County started life as Wayne Rogers. This autobiography is a fascinating insight her life, and a very interesting read for a 'straight' into the mind and life of a transsexual.
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