Review: The Sunday Age July 24
People have been deriding Melbourne's The Sailors as vulgar, offensive, sexist, racist, homophobic one-trick ponies for years. But they're not. Well they are pretty vulgar, and the lyrics are distasteful, but if you listen to the snarling Cracker in the Niggertonk, the sing-speak of I Wanna be Black, and the almost-sweet refrains of Back in the Closet, it's obvious that The Sailors are challenging prejudices by subverting stereotypes.
Event Details
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Headline Artist: The Sailors
Venue: Red Rattler
6 Faversham St, Marrickville
2204
Sydney
AU
Artists Performing at this Event
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