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Jayne County (born Wayne Rogers in 1947) is an American performer, musician and actress whose career has spanned several decades. Formerly known as Wayne County, she went on to be rock's first transsexual singer. Though she has never been a commercial success, she has been an influence on musicians such as David Bowie, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and Lou Reed. Pianist Jools Holland's first studio…
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- The Fuzztones vs the World2025
- Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC — Self2023
- Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia2023
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
- Jayne County and the Electrick Queers: Imma Gonna Go to Hell When I Die2021
- Wig — Self2019
- Punk — Self2019
- Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution — Self2017
- Jobriath A.D. — Herself2012
- Punk Revolution NYC — Herself2012
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Jayne County was originally known as the singer of Wayne County & the Electric Chairs one of the original first wave of punk bands from the 1970s NYC scene. The band was headed by a Georgia-born transsexual who named herself Wayne County after the Michigan county that the proto-punk act MC5 hailed from, only to later change her name to Jayne County. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jayne+County">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- human
- Gender
- trans woman
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
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- autobiographer
- Genre
- queercore
- Official website
- www.jaynecounty.com
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- Jayne County by David Shankbone.JPG
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- 1947-01-01
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