The Homosexuals - Hearts In Exile (7", Lorelei No. 1 PF 151, 1978 ).........Perfect condition.....unplayed since purchased in the seventies.Punk.Double A side with Soft south Africans.
The Rejects (1976-1977)[]

The Rejects were formed in the bar of Goldsmith's College in South London in 1976, when ex-Sunderland art school students John Hazzard (real name: John Wilkins) and Glenn Hutchinson recruited  (real name: Bruno McQuillan) to drum for their nascent band. He in turn introduced them to Howard H, a well known drummer, and as rehearsals got under way Bruno took on the role of frontman and Glenn H was sidelined. Bruno then recruited Ian Kane, who added more songs to John Hazzard's original set of compositions, and to express his disquiet with the modern world and disappointment with his heroes of the 1960s "revolution maaan!" The Rejects did their first gig at  in January 1977, without a bass player, and supporting The Damned and The Vibrators. In the following five months, The Rejects played with ,  (with a very young ), , , 999, and  on multiple occasions, with Wizard becoming increasingly confrontational (though no more tuneful) to their audiences. Performances routinely descended into violence, with dates at the Albany Deptford and Barbarella's Birmingham confirming the band as a bad risk for PA hire companies.

In the summer of 1977, Hazzard was dropped from the band going on to form the proto thrash band Auto da Fe. Wizard recruited Jim Welton on bass for a new lineup of The Rejects. Included in this new lineup were David Dus on drums and occasional itinerant guitarists. David Dus was the drummer for Wayne County (later to become ) during their 1977 tour of the UK. Bruno set up auditions to find a permanent guitarist, and after a series of metaphysical mishaps, Anton Hayman was recruited. Bruno Wizard needed a new name for this next stage of his creative outpourings.

The Homosexuals (1978-1985)[]

The name "The Rejects" was too deeply embedded in what Wizard regarded as "the new conformity of Punk". For the new name, "Homo" equals men of the same sex; "rock" equals sexual; men of the same idea in ancient Greece discussing art, music, literature, astronomy, science equals The Homosexuals. David Dus, sensational drummer that he was, could not hack being in a band called The Homosexuals and duly left. Jim Welton, later to be immortalized as L. Voag, Amos, and Xentos, thought it better to call the band "The Non-Homosexuals" and stayed, and Anton Hayman agreed on the genius of the name. The band then lived in a series of squats, all the while making music and recording.

Their angular guitars, complex melodies, and experimental leanings distanced them somewhat from the punk rock being created by their contemporaries and has cemented their reputation as a precursor to post-punk. The band's work during this period would lead to their later recognition as a pioneer of , along with such bands as , ,, et al. They released few recordings during their lifetime, and most of what did appear was in small vinyl runs on self funded labels. The bulk of the band's studio material was recorded at Surrey Sound with Chris Gray producing, the 16-track studio was run by Chris and his brother  who produced LP's by  and . Bruno Wizard refused to perform on "the circuit" and thus, The Homosexuals only ever did a handful of gigs, and refused to do interviews. Despite this lack of visibility, their debut 7" Hearts In Exile, pressed in an edition of 2000 copies, still managed to sell out in a few days.

The Homosexuals officially disbanded in 1985. The only full length LP by the band, 1984's The Homosexuals' Record was compiled and released by Recommended Records, later reissued as remastered on CD, with additional tracks, in 2004 as The Homosexuals' CD. Also released that year was Astral Glamour - a 3-CD set including the band's entire catalogue, unreleased songs, and work by several of the band's pseudonymous projects.

Side Projects[]

The band members recorded in various combinations under several different pseudonyms. These side projects included Ici la Bas, Sir Alick & The Phraser, George Harrasment, all released on Bruno's Black Noise label. Contrary to often cited information  about side projects, the L.Voag LP The Way Out was a solo work of Jim Welton recorded in downtime between recording sessions at Surrey Sound, and all releases on the label It's War Boys, including Amos & Sara, Sara Goes Pop, Nancy Sesay & The Melodaires, Milk From Cheltenham, The Just Measurers, were projects of Jim Welton (many involving Homosexuals producer Chris Gray) after leaving the band in 1980.

Reformation (2003 to present)[]

Jim Welton went on to play with , while Bruno Wizard resurfaced in his role as spirit guide to The Homosexuals in late 2003, playing with an assortment of young musicians from around the world, notably three young Russians who shall remain anonymous for the moment due to their parents' murky KGB background[]. In 2004 this version of The Homosexuals, along with former member Susan Vida, launched Astral Glamour on Hyped2Death at Cobden's Art Club in Notting Hill Gate. This coincided with a major art exhibition of Susan Vida's work at the same venue. It was around this time that Wizard met Ben Harris, who was playing with one of his bands, The Affectionate Punch, at Nambucca, Holloway Road. After discussing their musical backgrounds and approaches, Harris was enlisted to play bass at their next gig five days later. Harris became a permanent feature in the European lineup ever since. In the true tradition of The Homosexuals, Bruno Wizard metamorphosed various lineups, and after 3 shows with Hayman back on guitar, headed west again to his spiritual homeland of New York (which he had been visiting since 1986 in preparation for the new coming), and worked with Imaginary Icons as his backing band.

Wizard put together another lineup of The Homosexuals in late 2007, with Mike Dos Santos of  on bass. Mike, who also played with  and The Realistics, introduced Wizard to a couple of hired guns to play drums and guitar. The drummer Travis Harrison is the owner of label . The group's fierce live performances, a combination of classic and new material, paired with experimental explorations and free improvisational pieces, seemed to herald a new era for The Homosexuals.

In 2008, a fresh body of work was recorded at Serious Business' Soho studio, some of which has been documented on the limited edition Love Guns? EP. A new 2009 release titled Important If True was suspended whilst negotiations took place between Wizard and Harrison, but later released online. During the recording of this material, Harrison was being courted by, a digital distribution and licensing company for his label's catalogue. At the time, The Orchard already handled the digital distribution for The Homosexuals' CD and Astral Glamour, an agreement which ended 30 June 2009, and were keen to secure the rights to the material being worked on with Wizard and Serious Business. To this effect, Wizard performed some of the new material at The Orchard's office in Manhattan, and Harrison and Serious Business signed their current catalogue to The Orchard, but unfortunately there was never any legal agreement between Bruno Wizard and Travis Harrison for any of this material to be assigned anywhere. This matter is still to be resolved.

Given Bruno Wizard's inherent distrust and loathing of "the traditional music industry", the situation between him and Harrison meant that Harrison's drumming position in the band was untenable. His exit from the band was swiftly followed by that of the guitarist, Dave Siegel, a childhood friend of Harrison. Within three days, their replacements, Julian Bennett Holmes and Jonathan Edelstein of Brooklyn band , were on the road to Boston as The Homosexuals to play alongside . This lineup also played at Club Europa New York with  before Wizard's return to London to meet his UK and European playing and recording commitments. While in London, Wizard worked on new songs, some of them in collaboration with Anton Hayman, his original co-writer with The Homosexuals of such classics as "Hearts in Exile", "Neutron Lover", "Astral Glamour", and "Walk before Imitate".

Films About Members Of The Homosexuals[]

First screened in 2003, The Way Out, A Portrait Of Xentos Jones  by Scottish artists  & Kosten Koper is an experimental film portrait of ex-bass player Jim Welton (AKA Amos / L.Voag).

2013 saw the release of a feature-length documentary on lead singer/songwriter and sole remaining original Homosexual, The Heart Of Bruno Wizard, directed by Elisabeth Rasmussen.