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John Sex (John McLoughlin) was born on 8 April, 1956 in Long Island, New York, U.S., is an American cabaret singer, performance artist. Discover John Sex's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 34 years old?

Popular As John McLoughlin
Occupation singer, performance artist, cabaret performer
Age 34 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 8 April 1956
Birthday 8 April
Birthplace Long Island, New York, U.S.
Date of death 24 October, 1990
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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1956

John McLoughlin (April 8, 1956 – October 24, 1990), better known by the stage name John Sex, was an American cabaret singer and performance artist in New York City from the late 1970s until his death in late 1990.

Sex was born on Long Island as John McLaughlin.

He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he knew Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

He often used the print studio there to create punk-style posters for downtown bands and later for himself.

1984

In 1984, John made a cameo appearance in The Cars' music video Hello Again, directed by Warhol.

1986

For the 1986 gay pride march in New York City, he organized and helped build a float called the Go-Go Stars, which had go-go dancers from various night clubs dancing on it.

1988

He performed "Hustle with My Muscle" in the 1988 film Mondo New York.

1989

His last public performance was at the Club Mars in New York in 1989.

He recorded a four-song EP for Sire Records, produced by Mark Kamins and Ivan Ivan, as well as 12" singles and music videos for his songs "Rock Your Body" and "Hustle with My Muscle" and "Bump and Grind It", the latter produced by video artist Tom Rubnitz. "Hustle with My Muscle" and "Bump and Grind It" were released as an A and B side single and this was one of only two releases on Varla Records, a label specializing in alternative New York artists.

Sex's trademark was his long, blond hair which stood straight up, and which he claimed was kept erect by a combination of Dippity-do, Aqua Net, egg whites, beer, and semen.

He also dressed in flamboyant costumes.

He owned a python named Delilah that was often included in his cabaret act.

Sometimes, he would leave the python on stage and come down into the audience and wrestle with patrons of the club.

1990

On October 24, 1990, Sex died from AIDS-related complications at the age of 34.

Sex's longtime partner, Wilfredo Vela, succumbed to similar complications four years later.

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2000

He exhibited some of his word-based art at the "Beyond Words" show at the Mudd Club – alongside artists such as Haring, Kenny Scharf, and Futura 2000 and performers Iggy Pop, Fab Five Freddy and Alan Vega – and at the "New York / New Wave" exhibition at P.S. 1, both in 1981.

He soon met Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias in the downtown New York scene and gave up painting, finding he could better express himself in performance.

Early in his career, McLaughlin adopted the stage name John Sex.

He claimed the surname Sex was an Americanization of his family's original name Sexton, but in fact it was created for him by Arias and Nomi "during a period of rampant promiscuity".

After early work as a gay stripper, Sex became an alternative performance artist, creating a character based on an exaggerated, cheesy Las Vegas lounge singer and master of ceremonies.

First, along with other SVA graduates and students and Club 57 "Sex developed a persona that simultaneously masked and amplified his polymorphous self, elaborating a mythic yet parodic rock-star figure of mercurial presence".

His "Acts of Live Art" series brought performance art into the club context.

He was able to refine the combination of performance art, drag act, gay go-go dancer, cabaret singer, lounge MC, etc. as a performance art dancer who performed at New York clubs such as Club 57, the Pyramid Club, Danceteria, The Palladium, Paradise Garage and Andy Warhol's Underground.

His backup singers, named The Bodacious TaTa's, were often mistaken for drag queens but always consisted of female singers and dancers, including Micki French, Wendy Wild, April Palmieri, and Myra Schiller.

His costumes were designed by Katy K., who occasionally sat in with the TaTa's.