Polarizing NYC hardcore punk band GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP (also GFJD) will release its new EP Sex Vid Singles Club on October 12 via Shinebox Recordings.
Birthed in Brooklyn, “with no regard for potential audiences” and the intent of “doing everything on its own terms,” GAY FOR JOHNNY DEPP has met to every response but indifference since the release of its debut EP Erotically Charged Dance Songs for the Desperate (2004). The debut showcased the band’s machine gun rat-a-tat fire of short, sharp songs delivered in a frantic, relentless style featuring “a very well hidden yet deeply intellectual core” and lead singer Marty Leopard’s vocals that “straddled the line between Johnny Rotten and a hyena.” The 5-track EP met with extremely positive reviews which often compared GFJD to fellow hardcore bands Refused, The Blood Brothers and The Locust. The band quickly sold through the EP’s 2000 copy pressing.
