"This book presents the life and career of rock ‘n’ roll and punk music’s first-ever trans artist, the pioneering Jayne County. Growing up in a small and rigidly conservative town in Georgia, Wayne Rogers found herself welcomed into the drag scene of Atlanta before heading for New York after the trauma of being shot at by a local redneck. The underground creative scene of New York accepted Wayne, and she soon appeared onstage as part of Jackie Curtis’ play ‘Femme Fatale: The Three Faces Of Gloria’ as Wayne County. Impressing Andy Warhol with her own play ‘World - Birth Of A Nation: The Castration Of Man’, the next stop for Wayne was a part in Warhol’s stage play ‘Pork’, which enjoyed a successful run of performances in London."
By the time the band broke up Wayne had become Jayne. Over the course of the 1980’s and 1990’s Jayne focussed on her solo career, while expanding her acting CV. With the 2000s underway, Jayne’s energies became concentrated on her artwork, attracting a growing fan base including Debbie Harry, John Waters and Dave Davies. With a six-decade career encompassing acting, music, writing and art, Jayne’s life has been a spectacularly colourful story."
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