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Eleganza: David Bowie & Dee Snider: The Bizarre Passions They Can't Control!

John Mendelsohn, Creem, March 1985

A LOT OF you younger readers who think that Boy George didn't invent rock 'n' roll androgyny believe that Prince did, or Michael Jackson, or even Dee Snider. The fact of the matter, though, is that we've had effeminate male rock 'n' roll stars as long as we've had rock 'n' roll.

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