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Music: Rock/Pop The Queers w/ Lemuria, Bomb the Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Kepi

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A long-running, Felix the Cat-obsessed pop-punk act from New Hampshire, the Queers add bubblegum harmonies and proto-emo lovesickness to Beach Boys-worshipping rock. As if to compensate for the band's name and decidedly unchallenging style, backwards-baseball-cap-sporting frontman Joe King (aka Joe Queer) often espouses somewhat meat-headed mantras. Still, Clinton-era punks have a soft spot for the Queers' defiantly sophomoric attitude — their more backwards elements are, after all, too goofy to do any real damage. Try not ooh-ing and aah-ing along to anthems such as "Punk Rock Girls," "If You Only Had a Brain," and (wait for it) "I Can't Stop Farting," and you'll see what we mean.

– Gerry Mak