“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...
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...
