Jobriath was one of rock 'n’ roll’s most tragic casualties. Initially hyped as the “American David Bowie” via a massive marketing campaign spearheaded by Elektra Records and infamous Svengali Jerry ...

Those are terms used by friends and musical colleagues to describe aspiring rock star Jobriath Salisbury when he was on the way up. Then later came this: “borderline schizophrenic.” And this: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jobriath, aka Bruce Wayne Campbell, was the first openly gay rock star and the self-declared “true fairy of rock ‘n’ roll.” He was ...

There’s a moment in director Kieran Turner‘s riveting new documentary “Jobriath A.D.” when, if you can look past the spaceman suit, the crazy elf ears and the fact that “Midnight Special” guest host ...

First, they mocked him. Then, they forgot him. Yet, history will record that, nearly four decades ago, a man named Jobriath became the first openly gay rocker ever signed to a major label. Let’s just ...

Known as the first openly gay rock star, Jobriath‘s reign was brief, lasting less than two years and two albums. Done in by a over-hyped publicity machine, shunned by the gay community, and dismissed ...

Jobriath should have been one of the biggest starts of ’70s glam rock: He landed a stunning $500,000 record deal. He shared a manager with Carly Simon. David Geffen had big plans to make him the ...

Even before the critically adored, commercially popular Searching for Sugar Man and 20 Feet from Stardom gave way to countless copycats, the documentary field was deluged with attempts to excavate, ...

And although the promised grandeur never materialized, Jobriath did record two vastly underrated albums for Elektra Records -- Jobriath and Creatures of the Street -- both of which will be re-released ...

This week's episode honed in on another of the most colorful 1970s rock stories while promising, again, to pull it slightly astray. At a diner, the doghouse'd and disillusioned Ameican Century Records ...

Jobriath, aka Bruce Wayne Campbell, was the first openly gay rock star and the self-declared “true fairy of rock ‘n’ roll.” He was also one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest tragedies. Initially touted as ...