Jobriath Arrives!
Marketed as the first openly gay rock superstar, Jobriath’s hype proved too much to live up to. Signed to a lucrative deal with Elektra, Jobriath’s sexually ambiguous image was plastered on billboards in Times Square and full-page ads in Vogue, Penthouse and Rolling Stone ahead of the 1973 release of his eponymous debut album. Sadly, Jobriath flopped and the singer retired from the music industry two years later. Though he passed away due to complications from AIDS in 1983, Jobriath is being introduced to a new generation thanks to a documentary on the late rock god, Jobriath A.D.
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