G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ...

From the early eighties to the late nineties, she performed with the all-women experimental post punk band Fifth Column, playing drums and guitar and was one of the founders of the group. As a result of the song "The Fairview Mall Story" from the band's first album To Sir With Hate, released in 1985, Fifth Column paved the way for the queercore movement, along with the fanzine J.D.s, which G.B. founded and co-published with Bruce LaBruce. Fifth Column went on to release three singles and two more albums: All-Time Queen Of The World and their last, 36-C, containing their best-known and most controversial song "All Women Are Bitches". Experimental Related to experiment it is refered to ideas or techniques not yet stablished or finalized involving innovation. ... Post-punk was a musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion. For the more recent post-punk movement in rock music, see post-punk revival. ... Fifth Column, from left to right: Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones, Beverly Breckenridge. ... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon... Queercore is a cultural and social movement which arose during the early-to-mid 1980s. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... J.D.s is a queer punk zine founded in Toronto by G.B. Jones and co-published with Bruce LaBruce, that ran for eight issues from 1985 to 1991. ... Bruce LaBruce (born 3 January 1964) is a Canadian writer, film-maker, and photographer based in Toronto. ...

She is well known for her appropriation and re-interpretation of the fetish art of Tom of Finland, through her series of 'Tom Girl' drawings. These drawings first came to public attention through the zine J.D.s, which was published from 1985 till 1991. In 1996 a gallery in New York released a book of the drawings, and other artwork, entitled G.B. Jones, with commentaries by Kevin Killian, Dodie Bellamy, Dennis Cooper and others. Although widely available in the U.S. and Europe, copies were seized at the Canadian border and it was officially pronounced Banned In Canada. This article concerns the concept of fetishism in anthropology. ... A typical Tom of Finland hunk Image:Tom100. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... G.B. Jones, edited by Steve LaFreniere, is a book of drawings and artwork by G.B. Jones, published by a gallery in New York in 1996 with commentaries by Dennis Cooper, Kevin Killian, Dodie Bellamy, Vaginal Davis, Jena von Brücker and several others. ... Dodie Bellamy A native of Calumet, Indiana and educated at the San Francisco Art Institute, Bellamy has taught creative writing at many educational institutions, including the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, UC Santa Cruz, University of San Francisco, Antioch Los Angeles, San Francisco State, and Cal Arts. ... Dennis Cooper (1953 – ) is a poet, writer and performance artist, most noted for transforming the visual/verbal aesthetic of punk into its written counterpart. ... A ban is, generally, any decree that prohibits something. ...

In 1991, G.B. and a rotating roster of editors, including Jena von Brücker, Rex Boy, Caroline Azar and several others released the contentious zine Double Bill, often referred to as an 'anti-zine' or 'hatezine' (as opposed to 'fan'-zine), a new category in the self-publishing world. Five issues were produced, the last one in 2001. Caroline Azar is an actor, playwright and the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist of the band Fifth Column. ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word fanzine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ...

Her work has been printed in a wide variety of media including fanzines, magazines, books, posters, t-shirts, and on record covers. As well, her drawings have been shown in art galleries and museums throughout Europe, Canada and the United States.

She has also directed, and appears, in a number of underground films. She starred in No Skin Off My Ass; her own movies have all been made on Super 8. The Troublemakers premiered in 1990, and proved influential despite being rarely shown. Her best known work is The Yo-Yo Gang, released in 1992, a 30 minute 'exploitation' movie about girl gangs that has gained 'cult film' status. The first use of the term underground film occurs in a 1957 essay by American film critic Manny Farber, Underground Films. ... No Skin Off My Ass is a film made in 1991 by Bruce LaBruce. ... Super 8mm film is a motion picture film format that was developed in the 1960s and released on the market in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm home movie format. ... This article is about the year. ... The Yo-Yo Gang is a thirty minute movie released in 1992 that has become a cult film. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The term exploitation may carry two distinct meanings: The act of utilizing something for any purpose. ... Cult film is a colloquial term for a film that has accrued a small but devoted group of fans, having failed to achieve any fame outside that group. ...

Films

• Fifth Column at the Funnel, directed by John Porter (1985)
• The Troublemakers, directed by G.B. Jones (1990)
• No Skin Off My Ass, directed by Bruce LaBruce (1991)
• The Yo-Yo Gang, directed by G.B. Jones (1992)
• Cross Your Heart, directed by Suzy Richter (1993)
• She's Real, Worse Than Queer, directed by Lucy Thane (1997)

No Skin Off My Ass is a film made in 1991 by Bruce LaBruce. ... Bruce LaBruce (born 3 January 1964) is a Canadian writer, film-maker, and photographer based in Toronto. ... The Yo-Yo Gang is a thirty minute movie released in 1992 that has become a cult film. ... Shes Real, Worse Than Queer is a seminal documentary film of the mid 1990s period of the queerpunk movement. ...

Printed Works

• Juicy Mother, edited by Jennifer Camper, Soft Skull Press, 2005, ISBN 1-93236070-0

• Boy Trouble, Robert Kirby and David Kelly, editors, Boy Trouble Books, 2004, ISBN 0-9748855-050895

• What's Wrong? Explicit Graphic Interpretations Against Censorship, edited by Robin Fisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002, ISBN 1551521369

• Dangerous Drawings, edited by Andrea Juno, Juno Books, 1997, ISBN 0965104281

• G.B. Jones, edited by Steve LaFreniere, Feature Publications, 1996

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External links

• Profile of G.B. Jones 2005
• "Taking Responsibility: Artists Shouldn't Be Delinquent": an article about G.B. Jones
• New work by G.B. Jones
• Review of the art exhibition Crush
• "The Origin Of Love": G.B. Jones' fanzines J.D.s and Double Bill
• Article about What's Wrong?
• The Yo-Yo Gang at IMDb
• Article about The Troublemakers
• Detail from the drawing Subversive Literature
• "Pink Steam" art exhibition in SF, CA, USA
• Review of "Pink Steam"