80's Flashback

Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish, Male Stripper, 1986. Brothers Miki and Paul Zone, formerly of the '70s queercore innovators The Fast (who were known as "the male Plasmatics"), teamed up with NYC's electro pioneer Man Parrish to create this homage to gay strippers, taking it all the way to #4 on the British singles chart and even performing it on Top Of The Pops. While not a radio hit stateside, the deliciously silly Male Stripper was quite popular here in gay clubs and video bars and many now consider it an Italo/Hi-NRG classic. Built like a truck, I pump for a buck, in hot cop drag, or leatherman stag. Sadly, Miki Zone died in NYC on New Year's Eve, 1986, just before the re-release of Male Stripper exploded in Europe.