New (old) shirt and purple vinyl Undressed 6 Mar 2025, 11:23 pm

We have brought back one of the earliest Pansy Division T-shirt designs, our pink triangle logo shirt on black. We made some for our shows last year and they sold out, but now they are available here on our website.

And in case you missed it, we brought out a purple vinyl edition last fall of our debut album Undressed on Sounds Rad Records. It’s also available at our store.

Coming in late spring: a red vinyl edition of Deflowered! More details soon.

Pansy Division to play our 1000th show! 30 Jan 2025, 6:55 am

On April 19, 2025, Pansy Division will play in San Francisco, and it will be our 1000th show! A goal we have been working towards for years is finally coming to pass. We will play a very long set, playing many songs unheard for years.

The show is at Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th Street in San Francisco, at the foot of Potrero Hill. Opening will be our pals Bev Rage & the Drinks, a drag queen led punk band from Chicago. Tickets are available now HERE. DON’T MISS IT!!

We had said that we hoped to tour Europe this year, but plans fell through, so we hope to give it a shot again in 2026.

Pansy Division fall shows 2024! 10 May 2024, 6:19 am

  East Coast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada, here we come!

  9/19/2024 Malden (Boston) MA – Faces Brew Company (ALL AGES!) TICKETS

  9/20/2024 Montreal QC, CANADA – Foufounes Electriques (18+) TICKETS

  9/21/2024 Toronto ON, CANADA – Monarch Tavern (19+) TICKETS

  9/26/2024 Pittsburgh PA – Club Cafe* (21+) TICKETS

  9/27/2024 Cleveland OH – Grog Shop* (ALL AGES!) TICKETS

  9/28/2024 Ferndale (Detroit) MI – Magic Bag* (ALL AGES!) TICKETS

  * Bev Rage & Drinks open for us on these dates

 

PD celebrate 30th Anniversary of Deflowered 10 Apr 2024, 4:06 am

Our second album, Deflowered, was released on Lookout Records in June of 1994. We commemorate this milestone by having Jon and Chris discuss the album on video!

Pansy Division live in 2024! 26 Feb 2024, 6:50 am

We’ve got 5 shows set for this spring and summer and more we are planning for the fall. We are also planning a European tour in 2025!

Here are the shows in the South and California, with tickets links where available.

April 4 – BIRMINGHAM, AL Saturn (18+)

April 5 – ATLANTA, GA The Earl w/Catfight (21+)

April 6 – NEW ORLEANS, LA Santos Bar w/Dog Park Dissidents (21+)

July 5 – LOS ANGELES, CA The Lodge Room

July 6 – OAKLAND, CA Mosswood Meltdown Festival, hosted by John Waters (2-day festival July 6-7, we play on the 6th). (All ages) 

Pansy Division’s “Denny” in Taylor Mac documentary 16 Jul 2023, 12:35 am

We would highly recommend you check out the musical documentary Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music on (HBO) Max. This documentary takes Taylor’s 24-hour long performance and distills it into a 2-hour film, and near the end of the film he performs an intense version of our song “Denny,” originally released on our album Deflowered in 1994. It’s music, art, drag, politics, theater, and history, and is at various points intense, hilarious, angry, and joyful. It’s one of the most amazing and inspiring queer films we’ve seen in years–don’t miss it.

Below is a synopsis, and a link to the trailer.

“In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes by Mac’s longtime collaborator Machine Dazzle. The documentary captures Mac’s marathon performance in New York, alongside footage from other shows on the tour, which played throughout the world. In the show, Mac and 24 musicians interpret 24 songs, from “Yankee Doodle” to “Gimme Shelter,” “Born to Run,” and “Gloria,” with one performer leaving the stage each hour, until Mac is on stage alone in the final 24th hour.

Rich with stunning musical performances, surprising and revelatory historical interpretation, comedic banter, and audience interaction, the performance is intercut with intimate off-stage interviews with Mac and his closest collaborators. In the interview, Mac, who uses the gender pronoun “judy,” outlines judy’s personal story and artistic aim “to dream the culture forward.” The film also offers a behind-the-scenes window into the work of costume designer Machine Dazzle, who incorporates elaborate, humorous references to American life in each of the 24 decades depicted in Mac’s wildly extravagant outfits.”

TICKET LINKS TO ALL 2023 PD SHOWS POSTED NOW! 16 Apr 2023, 7:42 pm

We are playing 9 shows this year, including our first Canadian show in almost a decade. Check out the list and click the links for tickets now!

Thursday, June 15 – MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 7th Street Entry (18+)

Friday, June 16 – MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN X-Ray Arcade (all ages)

Saturday, June 17 – CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Beat Kitchen (17+)

All June shows feature Chicago queer punks BEV RAGE & THE DRINKS as our openers!

Shows coming up this fall:

September 28 – PORTLAND, OREGON Mississippi Studios (21+)

September 29 – VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA Biltmore Cabaret (19+)

September 30 – SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Clock-Out Lounge (21+)

November 16 – PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Johnny Brenda’s (21+)

November 17 – BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Metro Gallery & Cafe (All ages)

November 18 – NEW YORK CITY (RIDGEWOOD, QUEENS), TV Eye (21+)

TWO NEW PODCASTS FEATURING JON 16 Apr 2023, 5:42 pm

Jon was recently featured on two podcasts, both covering his first band The Outnumbered as well as Pansy Division. Blast into the past!

First up is the interview with John “Jughead” Pierson (ex-Screeching Weasel) from his Jughead’s Basement podcast.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/jugheadsbasementtnh/episodes/2023-01-16T08_00_00-08_00

Jon goes in depth about The Outnumbered and life in a 1980s Midwestern college town and the later formation of Pansy Division in the Champaign Is Also A Band podcast:

https://champaignisalsoaband.podbean.com/e/ep103-jon-ginoli-of-the-outnumbered-tell-me-what-s-wrong/

PANSY-RELATED: GAYC/DC ON TOUR! 16 Apr 2023, 5:36 pm

Many of you know about Chris Freeman’s hilarious and rockin’ gay AC/DC cover band GAYC/DC, based in Los Angeles. They are doing their first tour of the Eastern part of the country, starting April 21. Check them out if they are playing near you!

UNDRESSED 30TH ANNIVERSARY! INTERVIEW WITH LARRY LIVERMORE OF LOOKOUT RECORDS 16 Apr 2023, 5:16 pm

Here’s our interview with Lookout Records’ Larry Livermore to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of Undressed, a wide-ranging interview about Larry’s signing us, the travails of the music biz, and even a little bit about the album. Enjoy!