În mod cert unul dintre cele mai ilustre grupuri muzicale ale momentului. Antony Hegarty o voce incomparabilă prin delicateţea şi în acelaşi timp amprenta bizară pe care le degajă. După cum s-a spus deja, “o experienţă muzicală inegalabilă prin originalitatea stilului”.
Antony Hegarty is the leader of Antony and the Johnsons. He was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England in 1971 and moved to Amsterdam in 1977 for a period before settling in San Jose, California in 1981. As a teenager he was enthused by the British synth pop of the time — in particular emotive torch singers such as Marc Almond and Boy George. In 1990 he moved to Manhattan to complete a degree in Experimental Theatre at New York University and founded the performance collective Blacklips Performance Cult with creative partner Johanna Constantine.
Current members include:
- Julia Kent (previously of Rasputina) – first chair cello
- Parker Kindred – drummer
- Jeff Langston – bassist
- Doug Wieselman – horns
- Maxim Moston – violin, arrangement
- Rob Moose – guitar, violin
Their early live shows were often opened by Dr. Julia Yasuda, an intersex person, who performed the welcome in Morse code.
One theme explored in the band’s music is aspects of transgender life. This is expressed in songs such as “For Today I Am A Boy“, in which a young boy dreams of growing up to be a woman.
British experimental musician David Tibet of Current 93 heard a demo and offered to release Antony’s music through his Durtro label. The debut album, Antony and the Johnsons, was released in 2000. In 2001, Antony released a short follow-up EP, I Fell in Love with a Dead Boy, which, in addition to the title track, included a cover of “Mysteries of Love”, a David Lynch/Angelo Badalamenti song and “Soft Black Stars”, a cover of a Current 93 song…
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