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Like Cherry Vanilla and The Heartbreakers Wayne County straddled the
US/UK punk scenes. A player at legendary haunts Maxes and CBGB's and
peer of bands like Patti Smith, Blondie, New York Dolls and The
Dictators and Ramones this exhibitionist transvestite
with a penchant for large Dusty Springfield wig was already a
veteran of the US scene this had already done the rounds for
some 10 years to little
success with his controversial graphic scatological act with an array of
props and costumes.
Born in Alice,
Georgia in the deep south his name was a state in Michigan - Wayne
County as a tribute to the MC5. From women's impersonations he went
into Dj'ing, then acting in some very alternative plays like Birth
Of A Nation and Pork. While playing at The Roundhouse in London he
met Bowie and like Cherry was signed to Bowie's company Mainman.
Allegedly an album was to be made that never happened and $240k they
spent filming Wayne Wayne At The Trucks which was a parody of New
York's S&M clubs. |
"My early sets
were more or less a freak show with rock music behind it."
Wayne County
- Ripped & Torn 6 1977
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