![]() While subsequent artists such as Morrissey and Antony & the Johnsons have noted as an influence Nomi’s unique brand of gender ambiguous, cyber-vaudeville, his work has hardly experienced anything that can be compared to the resurgence of interest that has characterized other cult icons of the period in recent years. ![]() More interestingly, it seems equally common that the artists most connected with dramatic character-reinvention eventually tend to become trapped in their assumed roles as they move beyond the initial period of rapture that always seems to accompany novelty.Īs one of the most bizarre and attention-grabbing figures to emerge from the new wave scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s, Klaus Nomi and his music seem to have suffered this exact fate. Going back as far as the days of early blues pioneers like Robert Johnson (who allegedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his extraordinary guitar playing abilities), artistic brilliance has always sought a connection with the magnificent and the unreal. ![]() The creation of artistic personas and active mythmaking is nothing new in the realm of rock ‘n’ roll.
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