[kj] your first "punk" gig..... The Pack

[iPat]

yes! check out the pack. You can get it through the website Kirk Brandon i 
believe.
Whether hes gay isnt an issue although i never knew hed come out of the 
closet. Boy George outed him in his book although KB denied it and it went 
to court?
 << 

Harper Collins<http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=6g8arnc33k14c?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=HarperCollins&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b>published
the
autobiography<http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=6g8arnc33k14c?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Autobiography&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b>of
Boy George,
*Take It Like A Man*, in
1995<http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=6g8arnc33k14c?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1995&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b>.
In it, George spoke of his relationship with Kirk Brandon, singer with Spear 
of Destiny<http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=6g8arnc33k14c?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Spear+of+Destiny&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b>,
who began a High
Court<http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=6g8arnc33k14c?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=High+Court&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc01b>action
against George. Friends and family who knew both men during that
time, admit that Brandon was being ridiculous. It was well known around the 
late '70s punk scene just how 'close' the pair really were, although Brandon 
was never comfortable with that side of his sexuality.

George, taking the witness stand, faced a "malicious falsehood" charge 
brought against him by Brandon, now married and a father, who denied that he 
once had a sexual relationship with George. The irate accuser insisted that 
although the two young men had shared a bed for a time, there had been no 
erotic activity between them as is said in the book. Justice Douglas Brown 
found Brandon's testimony unconvincing.

George's witnesses testified that Brandon and he had conducted what was 
called "a brief, passionate and turbulent physical homosexual affair" in the 
months between 1980-81. In this period, Boy George was 19-20 years old. The 
witnesses said they'd seen the two behaving happily like "a couple", and the 
trial judge found such testimony to be "overwhelming evidence" that there 
had been, in fact, such a relationship.

Brandon, currently without funds, now owes 200,000 pounds for representing 
himself in court against Boy George and three publishers: Virgin Records, 
EMI Virgin Music and Sidgwick and Jackson. Even so, he says, he's not 
through suing. He'll try again rather than accepting the judge's decision. 
He is not prepared, as observers have noted, to "Take It Like a Man."

The judge told Brandon that although he felt him to be a decent and talented 
man, that he felt Brandon had lied about his relationship with George. In 
court, tears filled Boy George's eyes when Justice Brown said, "Mr. O'Dowd 
was clearly not malicious in stating that which he knew to be true...the 
allegations of malice are quite hopeless and should never have been 
brought."

During the trial, Boy George had claimed that Kirk Brandon had been the love 
of his life and that he still loved him. After the verdict, however, he said 
that he now feels nothing for Brandon, whose "lies" had hurt a number of 
people.>>
On 6/30/05, Robert Martin <robmartin at bluebottle.com> wrote: 
> 
> Pat
> I love "King Of Kings"/ "Number 12"
> and "Heathen / "Brave New Soldiers"
> 
> Number 12 and Heathen are 2 of my favourite tracks ever.
> 
> If anyone out there has any interest in this subject and wants to know
> more, have a look here:
> http://www.trakmarx.com/2003_05/170_pack.htm
> 
> You've got to say more about this Boy George link, although I am aware
> that Kirk is gay - as it seems most of the best artists are!
> 
> Regards
> Rob
> -- 
> iPat
> There is the urge that makes for conformity, and the urge to be free. 
> However dissimilar these two urges may seem to be, are they not 
> fundamentally similar? And if they are fundamentally similar, then your 
> pursuit of freedom is vain, for you will only move from one pattern to 
> another, endlessly. There is no noble or better conditioning, and it is this 
> desire that has to be understood.
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