Quite Contrary Explained

Quite Contrary
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pansy Division
Cover:	PDQuiteContrary.jpg
Released:	September 9, 2016
Genre:	Queercore, pop punk, power pop
Label:	Alternative Tentacles
Producer:	Pansy Division
Prev Title:	That's So Gay
Prev Year:	2009

Quite Contrary is the seventh studio album, ninth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, it was released on September 9, 2016 by Alternative Tentacles.^{[1] [2]}

The cover features cover models Marcus Ewert and Moon Trent, who were the cover models for Pansy Division's 1996 album Wish I'd Taken Pictures.The band has playfully called Quite Contrary their “grandpa record” -- intended to describe growing older for a generation of gay men whose role models were decimated by AIDS.^[3]

Personnel

Pansy Division

• Jon Ginoli – guitar, vocals
• Chris Freeman – bass, vocals
• Luis Illades – drums, percussion
• Joel Reader – lead guitar, vocals

References

1. Web site: Interview: Pansy Division: a quarter-century of queercore . Locker . Melissa . 2016-09-15 . The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20230423124731/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/15/pansy-division-queercore-gay-rock-band . en . 2023-04-23. 2023-04-23 .
2. Web site: Pansy Division's Jon Ginoli on Gay Punk Band's 25th Anniversary, New LP . Jerry . Portwood . Rolling Stone . 2016-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321105111/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pansy-divisions-jon-ginoli-on-gay-punk-bands-25th-anniversary-new-lp-115903/ . 2023-03-21 . 2023-03-21 . en.
3. Web site: Pansy Division’s Luis Illades on Making a Record for a Generation Without Gay Punk Icons  . JHONI JACKSON . 2016-08-24 . 2024-02-09 . Remezcla . en.