Will Rassel For Food by Kris Landherr

Often times his boyfriend Troy will join him on stage for some heartfelt duets. Kris has appeared with the likes of Joey Arias, Bedlam, Butthole Surfers, C&C Music Factory, Petula Clark, Deborah Gibson, Flock of Seagulls, Paul Lekakis, Tiffany, When In Rome, and Terry White to name a few. Celebs spotted while watching him perform are Lea Delaria, Angelo Moore (Fishbone), Austin Pendleton (Catch 22, Whats Up Doc), Stanard Ridgeway (Wall of Voodoo), Tom Smothers, Jimmy Somerville, Ron Stringer (Fibonaccis), and Tequila Mockingbird.

Producer/Activist:

In addition to being a performer Kris supports the queer music community by producing and promoting the Fagapalooza music series. Fagapalooza provides a space for musicians to showcase Out material in a safe, nurturing environment without an audition process or worry about audience quotas. Fagapalooza grew last year to include shows in N.J. and Palm Springs furthering access for queer artists. The series also serves as a fundraising vehicle for a wide variety of community, health, political, AIDS services and social organizations (way too many to list here). Groups and charities benefiting from fundraising efforts through Fagapalooza directly as well as in association with other promoters this last year received over $65,000 in funds.

Aside from fundraising, 2005 marked Kris 8th year of involvement with NYU School of Medicine's search for an HIV vaccine as both study and recruitment volunteer. During this year he did battle with the American Family Association as they called for a boycott of Walgreen's for their support of the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago. The AFA used Kris photo along with several other gay athletes from the Sydney Gay Games on their website as part of their propaganda. Troops were rallied for a letter writing campaign in support of Walgreens as well as against the AFA and within 48 hours managed to have the photos removed from the AFAs site. Kris received notes from church groups around the country expressing their stating solidarity with the LGBT community's fight for equal rights and asking not to be lumped in with the Religious Righteous.

Kris is no longer an agnostic due to a renewed faith in actual organized religions. He recently completed his long awaited CD titled “Will Rassel For Food”.

Accolades/Accomplishments:

2002 Sydney Gay Games - Bronze Medalist / Freestyle Wrestling

2004 Outmusic Awards Nominee

Outsong of the Year “Waiting For My Man”

Outmusician of the Year

2005 Outmusic Awards Nominee

Outsong of the Year “I’m A Fag”

Outmusician of the Year

2006 Outmusic Awards Nominee

Outmusician of the Year

Press Quotes:

"With unapologetically queer music this naughty boy of the New York City scene is becoming an influence in his own right. Is the rest of the world far behind? The results are FAG-alicious!" - Jed Ryan, PM Entertainment

"Kris Landherr represents quintessential queer sensibility. His tuneful politically offbeat songs are relevant to today’s issues, mischieviously playful, and have great heart." - Will Clark, NY Blade

” One of the up and coming queer artists to look out for.” - Gregg Shapiro, Windy City Times

“The Outmusic Award nominated I’m A Fag is destined to knock you off your seat!” - Justen Ocean, Next Magazine

“Kris is the future of Queer Music.” - Randy Jones, The Village People

Performance Venues / Appearances:

9th Avenue Bistro, NYC

9th Avenue Saloon, NYC

Across The Street Bar, Dallas, TX

Bad Boys Pool Party, Palm Springs, CA

Bar B, NYC :: Barracuda, NYC

Bitter End, NYC

Black Out Café, Asbury Park, NJ

Blu, NYC

Café Ole, Trenton, NJ

Café Puss Puss, Seattle, WA

Cartwheel, New Hope, PA

CBGBs, NYC

CBGBs Gallery, NYC

Cherrys, Fire Island, NY

Corner Room, Rahway, NJ

C-Note, NYC

Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ

Duplex, NYC

Finally Freds, NYC

Gaslight, NYC

Hannahs Lava Lounge, NYC

Helen’s, NYC

Jacob Javitz Center, NYC

Jersey City Pride, NJ

The Jetty, Bloomfield, NJ

Juice Music Series - Various Venues, NYC

Kean College McCarter Theatre, Union, NJ

Kettnors, London, England

La Fleurs, NYC

Le Parking, Montreal, Canada

Lesbian & Gay Community Center, NYC

Liffy II, NYC :: Lizard Lounge, NYC

Madam Wongs, Los Angeles, CA

Maplewood, NJ Same Sex Marriage Celebration 2004

Marquee, NYC

Marriage Equality March 2005, Brooklyn, NY

Melody, New Brunswick, NJ

Modern Art, Rahway, NJ

Moochies, Jersey City, NJ

Motor Bar, Rochester, NY

Newark Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ

New Jersey Pride Center, New Brunswick, NJ

New Jersey Pride Festival, Asbury Park, NJ

Nut & Bolts, NYC

Olympic Park Stadium, Sydney Australia

O.W. Bar, NYC

Pegasus, NYC

Philadelphia Pride Festival, PA

Phoenix & Firkin, London, England

Pipeline, Newark, NJ

Plough & Stars, Cambridge, MA

Posh, NYC

Ramada Inn, Shreveport, LA

Rebar, Seattle, WA

Rockwood Music Hall, NYC

Roses Turn, NYC

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newark, NJ

San Diego Pride, CA

Scoundrels, Linden, NJ

Smalls, NYC

St. Johns Lutheran Church, Newark, NJ

Sun Music, NYC

Triad, NYC

Uncle Joes, Jersey City, NJ

Valley Road Covenant Church, Montclair, NJ

View Bar, NYC

XL, NYC

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