Jobriath, 1974 Album Creatures of the Street

Jobriath was the stage name of Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania - August 3, 1983) a glam rock singer of 1973 and 1974. Signed to Elektra Records, he was advanced by his manager Jerry Brandt as the great American glam singer. A huge marketing campaign ensued, with Jobriath's naked torso on buses, in music magazines, and on a billboard in Times Square. Jobriath is credited as the first mass-marketed pop star, and the first to be openly gay. On both counts, it was thought to be too much. Jobriath's first LP (self-titled) was well-reviewed, but commercially was not a huge success. The public seemed, not frightened, but puzzled by the performer who sang of hard sexual themes, posed as an alien (not unlike David Bowie), sang in a range of styles and voices, and name-checked everyone from Jesus to Marlene Dietrich. Image File history File links JobriathCreatures. ... Image File history File links JobriathCreatures. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... King of Prussia is an unincorporated community located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Glam is also the name of the lead singer of Wig Wam. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... Times Square, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... The existence of extraterrestrial life remains hypothetical though human beings continue to search Extraterrestrial life is life that may exist and originate outside the planet Earth. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is a British rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, mixer, and actor. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1920s Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) also known as Maria Magdalena Dietrich was a German actress, entertainer and singer. ...

Losing interest in the act, Brandt cancelled their much-talked-of stage show. Jobriath himself drifted off into a strange, private hell of gender contortions. A second LP, Creatures of the Street (songs from the same extensive sessions) was released, but to little interest. Glam itself was fading, and by mid-1974, had all but died. Jobriath and his band embarked on a brief American concert tour, and the act folded. Over the next decade, he became known as one of the industry's most expensive blunders. But he retained a cult of admirers, particularly among British popstars like Morrissey, Mark Stewart of The Pop Group, Siouxsie Sioux, Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, and Gary Numan. Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place or a state of pain and suffering. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Morrissey (born Steven Patrick Morrissey, on May 22, 1959), is a singer and songwriter from Stretford, Manchester, England, who rose to prominence as the vocalist of the highly influential British rock group The Smiths. ... The Pop Group were a post-punk band from Bristol, United Kingdom whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz and dub reggae. ... Cover of Siouxsie & the Banshees single Shadowtime. Susan Janet Ballion (born May 27, 1957) is better known by her stage name, Siouxsie Sioux. ... Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic/pop music act, formed by Neil Tennant (b. ... Gary Numan Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, composer and electropop pioneer. ...

Jobriath himself sought to distance himself from his solo career, taking a new name, Cole Berlin, and adopting a new style - cabaret. He played the rest of his life in local diners and at parties. Under contract to Brandt for 10 years, he could not record music, but worked privately on a series of musicals, including the fabled "Popstar." When the contract was up, Jobriath was dying of AIDS. He died in July 1983, by then indifferent to the fate of his music. In November 2004, Morrissey oversaw Jobriath's first CD re-issue. Morrissey had previously tried to hire Jobriath as his supporting act for the Your Arsenal tour, not realising that the singer had died. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... A diner in Freehold Borough, New Jersey This article is about a type of restaurant. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... The Red Ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Morrissey (born Steven Patrick Morrissey, on May 22, 1959), is a singer and songwriter from Stretford, Manchester, England, who rose to prominence as the vocalist of the highly influential British rock group The Smiths. ... Following up on the poorly-received album Kill Uncle, singer Morrissey released the album Your Arsenal in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ...

Discography

Studio albums

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Compilations

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External links

• Jobriath fan-site
• The Jobriath Fan Collective
• Bruce Campbell remembered
• Jobriath's Allmusic biography
• Jobriath at Find-A-Grave