Yellow Brit Road, 20 June 2021: Anthems and Icons: the 1980s

<p>This week on the Yellow Brit Road, anthems, icons, history and great music!</p> <p>We're continuing our exploration into queer music history, and this week, we're talking about the 1980s! Lots of chat about pop, rock, New Romantic bands, and of course, great new music as always. We had music from</p> <ul> <li>Diana Ross (Nile Rodgers interview <a href="https://youtu.be/ZY3w3XJLWzo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>)</li> <li>Culture Club</li> <li><a href="https://www.therealvisage.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visage</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.queenonline.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Queen</a></li> <li>The Smiths</li> <li>Australian feminist queer punk band Stray Dags (find the only other song of theirs I could find <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1mDDyJom4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.petshopboysshop.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pet Shop Boys</a></li> <li>London queer alt rock band <a href="https://bitchhunt.bandcamp.com/album/shapeshifter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bitch Hunt</a></li> <li>Punk with an incredibly catchy edge from <a href="http://idestroyband.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IDestroy</a></li> <li>Nottingham industrial punks <a href="https://self-love.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-illustrated-book-of-failure" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Self-Love</a></li> <li>London based soul musician George Riley</li> <li>Oakland punk band <a href="https://middleagedqueers.bandcamp.com/album/size-queen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Middle-Aged Queers</a></li> </ul> <p>Find this week's playlist&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7M771rgvlsNtb2UeniontY?si=3217ab588a0c4b22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;(try and support artists directly if you can!)</p> <p>For more on Welsh queer history, see the <a href="https://linktr.ee/queerwelshstories" rel="