Band: Totally Fucking Gay
Album: Totally Fucking Gay
Year: 2016
Genre: Homocore
Country: USA
Track List:
- marathon gay sex for manly men
- come out of the closet (and cum in my ass)
- just another day in the life of a gay
- husband and husband
- we don't need society's approval
- it's time to gargle with salty semen
- let's buy a man purse at the mall
- ambassador of ass
- you can evolve or become a dinosaur
- there's nothing wrong with some atm
"Totally Fucking Gay was formed in 2003 by vocalist Kneepad Nikki. Nikki
explains, ‘I needed an outlet to express my admiration for the extreme
side of gay culture. I wanted to create an old school John Waters movie
in sonic form.’ Nikki mixed his love of underground music, pop music and
taking dicks in his ass to create an electro-grind Village People for
the 21st century. Nikki recorded multiple albums with his ex-lover, P.
Nizlicka. The albums were never officially released. Nikki states, ‘P.
Nizlicka was a great creative collaborator; and his abs were fantastic. I
still get erect thinking about them/him. However, he made a lot of
money and started voting Republican. That ended our relationship-both
personal and professional.’
Luckily for Nikki, he rebounded with producer and multi-instrumentalist,
Doc Octocock. Doc explains their first meeting, ‘Nikki visited my
studio when I was producing a gangster rap project which shall remain
nameless. Let’s just say that some very well known gangbangers are also
assbangers. Anyway, Nikki had a lot of song ideas and I offered to let
him record at Octocock Audio.’ These new TFG albums were musically and
sonically more advanced than their primitive predecessors. The albums
were never officially released. Nikki states, ‘I had a ton of material
but I had no idea what to do with it. Doc suggested that we start a
record label together. I knew nothing of the homocore scene-and I didn’t
think there was an audience for weird music with funny, offensive
pro-gay lyrics. Ultimately, I balked at the label idea due to lack of
money and health problems.’ Nikki, whose birth name is Mike Hymson,
suffers from chronic lyme disease. When he’s not creating music, he’s
bouncing from doctor to doctor in hopes that some day he will regain his
health.
The missing piece of the puzzle showed up in the form of Joe TestÃculo.
‘Joe walked into a laundromat near my house one night,’ says Nikki; ‘He
was wearing a tank top and daisy dukes. He walked right up to the first
washing machine and got undressed. It was about 9 p.m. and this place
was far from empty. He put his clothes in the machine and sat down butt
naked while they were washed and dried. He was very quiet and completely
focused on his phone. I could tell he was on Grindr so I didn’t bother
him. When his clothes were ready he quickly dressed and left. I chased
him out into the parking lot and asked him to play lead guitar on my new
album.’
Kneepad Nikki, Doc Octocock and Joe TestÃculo created TFG’s self titled
album during the summer of 2015. Dicks were sucked, bagels were eaten
and hits were created. The lead single, ‘Marathon Gay Sex For Manly Men’
was recorded first; followed by 9 other homoerotic hymns. Once the
album was completed, the three formed Third Input Records as a way to
release TFG’s self titled album; as well as the entire TFG back catalog.
Joe explains, ‘I saw potential audiences for TFG that Nikki was unable
to see; queercore, grindcore, electronic music, even Howard Stern fans. I
also pointed out the similarities between TFG and the movie Bruno,
which made millions of dollars for its studio and star. We’re not aiming
that high; but the money coming in from downloads and streaming should
cover our lube and condom bills for the year.’
Joe is also a friend of the controversial artist, Mike Diana, who
created 3 different original pieces of art for the physical release of
the album. Nikki admits that for him TFG is more than a musical project;
it’s a philosophy of life; ‘TFG is a pop grindcore comedy project first
and foremost. I want people to laugh out loud when they hear this shit.
However, TFG’s secondary purpose is to be a homophobes worst nightmare.
We’re like the NWA of homosexuality. We take all the things that
conservatives fear about gay culture-and instead of downplaying them for
societal approval; we amplify them beyond caricature. Then we shove
them right up their ass.’"
