Lady Bunny- New York's First Queen Of Soulful Disco

"When electro came along with its really stripped down arrangements and bored European girls talking it really left me cold. I think it's interesting to listen to and it did sound fresh, but it would never get me on the dance floor. Plus it really seemed to lose the soulful quality of the eighties music that I like, it really didn't incorporate much soul. I pretty much require soulful vocals."

Coming up to New York in the 80s with Atlanta friends Ru Paul and Larry Tee, New York drag diva Lady Bunny set herself up at East Village legendary hotspot the Pyramid, rapidly transforming herself into one of the leading lights of New York's alternative club scene. 20 years on, she remains firmly at the top, running New York's annual drag festival Wigstock, and DJing and performing throughout the city, though not on the scene propagated by Larry Tee.

"I didn't like the club music back in the 80s and I'm not a fan of electroclash at all," she explains, "Instead I was in heaven during the disco filter years of five years ago, because that's the music that I love the most; I love lush orchestral strings and gospel and selected vocals."

As well as making music (her new single's called "I Get High') she's also recently embraced the internet, launching a website ladybunny.net.

"The thing is, I do a lot of different thing that some people aren't necessarily aware of; I have a political bent, I write music and I have other projects which are not even up on the site yet and the site just enables me to get everything together in one spot and present it to people." she explains.

"It's also a matter of convenience, because instead of having to send a press kit through snail mail, or send someone a DVD of my performance to try and get booked somewhere, I can just send them a link. So it's very convenient, they can download press photos if I am going to be appearing at their venue," she adds.

Skrufff (Jonty Skrufff): Why have you waited until now to launch the site-

Lady Bunny: "I was kind of a late comer to the computer world, but I finally got sick of my 11 year old nephew running circles around me. Now I have to say I love it, and the blog in particular is something that I think is a lot of fun, just because I am a bit of a frustrated writer. I'm not frustrated if I get to write."

Skrufff: Have you seen (LA drug queen) Vaginal Davis's blog, is that one you follow-

Lady Bunny: "I don't really follow anybody's blog regularly, but I've checked it several times, she's outrageous. She mixes quite a few lies in it to keep people guessing and that's always been her trademark. She and I are really good friends. Actually Ru Paul has a fun blog too."

Skrufff: Are you all generally friendly or is there a competition factor-

Lady Bunny: "Ru and I were roommates in Atlanta and roommates in New York and when Ru moved out and had his initial success there was a little bit of animosity. I wouldn't even call it animosity between us, but we just didn't really call it quits on the best of terms, and I'm sure that part of it had to do with the fact that Ru sobered up, and none of the rest of us did. It was almost as if he was judging us by leaving, and saying that, if you are to remain drunks, and/or drug addicts, your own aspirations aren't going to amount to much. That was a little bit stinging at the time."

Skrufff: I know Larry Tee has gone through the whole Narcotics Anonymous experience for a number of years now, I guess you've cleaned up nowadays-

Lady Bunny: "Let's just say I'm not the mess that I used to be."

Skrufff: Tell me about the track "I Get High', it seems appropriately named single.

Lady Bunny: "Write about what you know."

Skrufff: What kind of stuff are you DJing when you perform-

Lady Bunny: "As far as DJing is concerned, I would occasionally take over from Sister Dimension at the Pyramid in the 80s but it was Michael Alig who gave me my first proper pa Tags

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