{"id":50812,"date":"2022-02-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=50812"},"modified":"2022-03-10T23:19:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T04:19:03","slug":"qwerrrkout-tuesday-queer-collective-commando-drop-hotel-essex-vid-feat-honey-mahogany-krylon-superstar-juba-kalamka-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=50812","title":{"rendered":"#QWERRRKOUT Tuesday: Queer Collective Commando Drop \u201cHotel Essex\u201d Vid feat. Honey Mahogany, Krylon Superstar, Juba Kalamka & More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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COMMANDO<\/strong> <\/a>was created as an act of revisionist history: how would the world have been different if that specific cultural moment in the late 1990s that birthed n\u00fc metal and its then-ubiquitous musical toolbox had been used to dismantle homophobia, misogyny, racism\/white supremacy, and heteropatriarchy rather than reinforce them? The self-titled debut album (Mar.4th) uses tools from the last three decades of rock, metal, punk, hardcore, hip hop, and popular music, delivered in five suites with each quarterbacked by a different vocalist. The Hotel Essex single is available now on all digital platforms<\/a>.<\/em>..check out the vid below, feat. vocals by activist\/artist Juba Kalamka<\/strong><\/a>! (all images by Devlin Shand<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andy Meyerson<\/strong> (Drums, Percussion):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was an intentionality that we set about with this project. There are obvious optics, dynamics and complications attendant to three white cismen\u2013two of them straight\u2013collaborating and supporting a Black and Brown and queer and Trans led project. The question for the three of us as a rhythm section who met at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and have devoted ourselves to the lifelong quasi-academic study of musical performance was: can we be of use to the folks whose voices, stories, perspectives, and creativity deserve the biggest spotlights and the most amplification?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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