Lance Loud: The Mumps, Crocodile Tears

by Dick Mac

This is the last post of Lance Loud week at Dick Mac (alive!).

Lance Loud was an unexpected star, he jumped at his chance for fame, became a darling of New York City's fashion/glamor/music glitterati, and formed The Mumps with his friend Kristian Hoffman.

Like may gay men of my generation, he contracted HIV and died young.

Here, Lance and The Mumps appear in 1990 at Club Lingerie, in Hollywood, and he sings my favorite of all their songs, "Crocodile Tears."

Lance never had a great voice, but at this point in his life, one might actually call it a bad voice.

The original is still a great song and I recommend downloading it:





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Lance Loud: David Street Interviews Lance Loud and Kristian Hoffman

by Dick Mac

I've been thinking about Lance Loud a lot lately, so this is Lance Loud week at Dick Mac (alive!).

This twenty-two minute video is Lance Loud and Kristian Hoffman, the Mumps, interviewed by David Street. The interview was shot in New York City in 1978.

Lance may not have been the world's best punk singer, he may not have been the world's biggest star, but he gave good interview.

The Mumps: Suitable For All Occasions!

"Have a good time with a conscience."

"We're like bubblegum punk."

"We're not angry, we're interested."



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Lance Loud: "Photogenia" by The Mumps - Music Video

by Dick Mac

I've been thinking about Lance Loud a lot lately, so this is Lance Loud week at Dick Mac (alive!).

Here is a live video shot in New York City sometime in the mid-1970s.

The Mumps were: Lance Loud, Kristian Hoffman, Rob DuPrey, Paul Rutner, and Kevin Keily.

Here they sing Photogenia:





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Lance Loud: Loud - Music Video

by Dick Mac

I've been thinking about Lance Loud a lot lately, so this is Lance Loud week at Dick Mac (alive!).

With the massive success of An American Family, Lance was the first openly gay television star of all time. Not just a gay character, but an actual post-Stonewall gay man, who'd made it into ten million American homes.

He was outrageous and wonderful. Lance landed in New York City, where he pursued and was eagerly welcomed by Andy Warhol's crowd. He was an avid fan of the Velvet Underground (of course he was), and became a fixture in the burgeoning punk-rock scene.

Lance and three of his siblings formed Loud, with Jay Dee Dougherty (who went on to join The Patti Smith Group) and others.

Lance went on to work with Rob Duprey (who went on to join Iggy Pop) and formed formed The Mumps. But . . . that is for a later post.

Here are Lance, some siblings, and some rock musicians, bringing some punk to Santa Barbara television:



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Lance Loud: Dick Cavett Interview, 1973

by Dick Mac

I've been thinking about Lance Loud a lot lately, so this is Lance Loud week at Dick Mac (alive!).

Here, the 21-year-old Lance appears on the Dick Cavett Show, discussing "An American Family," the show about his family. The show, for better or worse, put Lance and the Loud family on the map in the living rooms of America.

Lance discusses the show, his family, his ambitions, his homosexuality, New York City, his stupidity, and he is, as always, a big flirt.




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