Miss Guy and the Toilet Boys are the darlings of punk-glam scene centered around the Friday-night party Squeezebox, where they got their start three years ago. Guy has the platinum coif and alpine cheekbones of his Idol Deborah Harry, but this rock and rollin drag queen sounds like Kiss, not Ru Pual. Miss Guy recently said in Interview magazine (May 99) that "Our image is right on for the year 2000. If anything, it needs to be more intense, not less." We got Miss Giy to answer a few questions and here is how it went... FRAIL: Who were your rock star idols when you were growing up, and why? MISS GUY: My rock idols as a child were pretty different, but they were also similar. By the way, They're still my rock heros! My first idol was CHER. Before KISS or (David) Bowie I was worshipping, Cher! I loved everything about her! Her voice, the way she looked, everything! She was + is the most glamorous creature ever! Than I discovered KISS, David Bowie + Elton John all around the same time + my world was changed forever! I wanted to be glamorous like Cher. But I was a boy + she was a girl + at that time I didn't realize that it was ok for a boy to be glamorous + BEAUTIFUL the way girls are. But KISS + Bowie + Elton were guys + extremely glamorous! What could be better than boys in make up + high heels + flashy clothes. I definetly realized right then that I wanted to be like that. I also loved their music a lot! I still do. I listen to Bowie and Elton almost everyday + KISS has been my all tme favorite band since I first laid eyes on them! I also loved (+ still love) Debbie Harry. No one looked like her. By far the most outrageously BEAUTIFUL girl in rock! + that voice! I love Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac + Boy George for obvious reasons! FRAIL: There seems to be a trend in music videos at the moment to use the Rock and Roll High Shcool movie idea (Jesse Camp and the 8th Street Kid's new video and Marvelous 3 has one with their Freak of the Week song). The movie about a group of high shcool students that take over their high shcool and blow it up... If you could go back to high school and rock the roof off of it, what would you be wearing and what song would you use as your explosives? MISS GUY: I don't know who Marvelous 3 is + I haven't seen Jesse Camp's video + as far as going back to high shcool I'D RATHER DIE!! I hated high school, but if I had to , I'd probably wear what I wear on stare now! + I guess I'd sing a toilet boys song. Maybe "Living Like A Millionaire" or "Ride". FRAIL: Speaking of High Shcool , what was high school like for you and what group of people did you hang around? MISS GUY: I had a group of friends that were all girls in my grade. When I was in 9th or 10th I hung out with some of the 12th graders that were into punk (which were VERY few!) FRAIL: How did the bands name come about? MISS GUY: I love the bathroom so much I thought it suited us! FRAIL: Are you Miss Guy 24/ 7 or is your off stage personality complete opposite of your on stage personality? MISS GUY: I'm different on + off! I'm gemini, so I'm like 2 people (or more) anyway!
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