Athens Boys Choir



The Athens Boys Choir is a queer, political, poetry spittin' duo that
jointly and individually creates spoken spokenword. Two jeans wearin', sailor swearin', bend and tuckin', gender fuckin' dudes, we write spoken-word pieces covering subjects from sex with cowboys to our dear President Bush - a certain cowboy we do not like. The pieces are personal,
societal, and political, designed to make you rattle your cage, pound your chest and stand up and roar "We're not gonna take it, no we ain't gonna take it." Thank you Twisted Sister.

We want change. We're fighting for change each time we are furious or content enough to find a pen and a piece of paper. We treat our performances as a forum for activism. We raise awareness about transgender issues, our nation's current and historical racial prejudice, and our "bummer" of a government, among other things. We push our audience to realize their responsibility to their community and selves. As our favorite bumper sticker says, "Vote if you love your country, any asshole can honk." As the amount of people attending our shows has grown in number and diversity, we have become more enthusiastic about each performance and its ability to open dialogue in the South.

The Athens Boys Choir is comprised of the gender queer Rocket and Katz. We
became friends while attending the University of Georgia. Through rugby
party mishaps and quite a few spectacularly fun road-trips, we found a common interest in writing and activism. Prior to an incredibly bonding
road trip through the American heartland, we overcame our nervousness,
jumped on stage, and individually performed at an art show closing reception. Two months later, after Katz's return from what we'll call the Minnesotan wilderness, the Athens Boys Choir was formed.

Katz, a Miami native, finds writing inspiration from a Jewish upbringing, gender abmiguity, and a love/hate relationship with politics. A line from one piece reads "Uncle Sam picks my pockets to send rockets to foreign lands, throws promises down like rain, bringin' hopes of upward growth 'till it goes down the drain."

Rocket's southern upbringing, current political views, and his ways of processing tragedy are all catalysts for his writing. With some of his work he attempts to draw light on his personal understanding of overcoming racism, as well as the political and social implications of being queer in today's culture. He notes, "not with rebel flags shotguns and overalls but with subtle undertones. I was raised as the white man's clone to condone racism and disown certain people I came across."


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