Lance Loud

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Lance Loud

Alanson Russell "Lance" Loud (born June 26, 1951 in La Jolla , San Diego , California , † December 22, 2001 in Los Angeles ) was an American musician , journalist and television personality. He achieved national fame in the United States through the documentary An American Family .

Life

Loud was born in La Jolla, California in 1951. He spent his early childhood in Eugene , Oregon with his parents and four siblings . The family later moved to Santa Barbara , California.

An American Family

The Loud family 1973 (top right: Lance Loud)

Loud became famous for the 1973 PBS documentary An American Family in which the life of his family was shown. The show was filmed in Santa Barbara. The documentary, broadcast in twelve parts, reached around ten million viewers and sparked considerable controversy. a. because Loud made his homosexuality public. Shortly after the series ended, Loud appeared on The Dick Cavett Show . With his siblings Delilah, Michelle and Kevin he appeared as a band ( Loud ). As the series progressed, Loud became the first person on television to make his homosexuality public. Loud's homosexuality has been the subject of national controversy and has been the subject of repeated media coverage. His open approach to the topic made him a gay idol.

PBS showed two more episodes about the family in later years. In the last episode Lance Loud! A Death in An American Family , Loud's decline in health was evident after twenty years of crystal meth addiction and HIV infection .

Music career

Following his idols The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol , Loud moved to New York . There he formed the band The Mumps with school friends Kristiann Hoffmann, Rob Duprey, Jay Jee Daugherty and Aaron Kiley in the late 1970s . Loud took over the vocals. Daugherty and Kiley were later replaced by Kevin Kiely and Paul Rutner. The Mumps played regularly at Max's Kansas City and the CBGB and other clubs. Despite their popularity, the band never got a major label contract. During their active time, the band released only two singles.

Discography

  • The Mumps - Crocodile Tears (Single)
  • The Mumps - Fatal Charm (Eggbert Records, 1994)
  • The Mumps - How I Saved the World (Sympathy for the Record Industry, 2005)

journalism

Loud wrote a monthly column for the influential Rock Scene magazine . After retiring from music, he also wrote columns for The Advocate , Details , Interview and Creem . He wrote his last article ( "Musings on Mortality" ) in the hospice .

death

Loud died on December 22, 2001 at the age of 50 from complications from HIV and hepatitis C infections.

In 2010, HBO Films produced the film Cinema Verite, which themed the filming of An America Family . Loud was played by Thomas Dekker . In 2012, Loud's mother published the book Lance Out Loud .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ PBS - A Death in an American Family
  2. ↑ The Mumps - biography on allmusic.com
  3. ↑ The Mumps - Crocodile Tears - allmusic.com
  4. ↑ The Mumps - Discography - allmusic.com
  5. ^ Lance Loud: Musings on Mortality
  6. ^ Lance Loud, 50, Part of Family Documentary - The New York Times
  7. ↑ HBO's Cinema Verite looks at American Family - The New York Times
  8. ^ Lance Loud: The Gay Icon that Rocked PBS and CBGBs
personal data
SURNAME Loud, Lance
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loud, Alanson Russell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2001
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States