Brontez Purnell is a multi-disciplinary artist based with a wide and diverse fanbase, drawing from his work in music (bands like Gravy Train!!! and The Younger Lovers); zines (Fag School); dance (the Brontez Purnell Dance Company); literature (The Cruising Diaries and Johnny Would You Love Me); and film («I Want Your Love»). He is a media-savvy, well-connected cultural figure that regularly receives attention for his projects: recently, he has been featured in Bookforum, SF Weekly, KQED Arts, SF...
“Brontez is a raw tongue of flame blazing through all the blatant fakery and insincere bullshit of today’s gay/music/human scene. This audacious non-memoir burnt the hair off the back of my neck and had me rolling with glee.” —S.F. Bay GuardianA dirty cult-classic put out in a small batch by an underground publisher (Rudos and Rubes) in 2015, Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger recounts the life of an artist and “old school...
