Top 50 gay musicians in the world (+Photos)

31. Bob Mould

Former front man for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar, Bob Mould is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from New York. While living in Minneapolis in the late 1970’s Mould formed the punk rock group Hüsker Dü, a band that went on to become a key influencer of the 90’s punk rock wave. In the late 1980’s Hüsker Dü broke up and Mould went on to write his first solo album. Surprisingly Mould took a detour from the loud punk-rock guitar sound he was known for and created a sound more similar to that of the Counting Crowsor Gin Blossoms. In the mid-1990’s Mould formed the college/alternative radio favorite band Sugar that released two EPs before breaking up. Mould presently tours as a solo artist and much of his writing material stems from his experience spending years as a closeted gay man in the rock music scene and the turbulent relationships of his past. In 2006 he contributed the song “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” to the album Wed-Rock, an album to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage.

30. Jonsi (Sigur Rós)

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Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós. Known for his falsetto voice and made up language “Hopelandic,” Jonsi has created some of the most beautiful experimental indie-rock music sinceRadiohead. In 1995 Jonsi started the band Bee Spiders, which was likened to The Smashing Pumpkins. By 1997 Jónsi had formed Sigur Rós and released their debut album Von. Sigur Rós has since released four additional studio albums, their most successful English crossover album beingMeð suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (meaning “With a Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly”). In 2010 the group announced an “indefinite hiatus” and Jónsi went on to release his first solo album Go. His boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for Sigur Rós over the years. The two also perform together in the group Jónsi & Alex and released an album: Riceboy Sleeps.