Is peter frampton gay
Peter Frampton: 'I was kept high. If I needed cocaine, he made sure I had it'
Peter Frampton recalls with stinging clarity the moment in 1976 when he realized his career was about to take a perilous spin. “I realized that instead of the front row being a mixture of 50-50, male and female, in the audience, it was all females at the front and the guys are pissed off at the back,” he said. “The guys would jeer at me.”
In that moment, Frampton was downgraded from a respected artist to a disposable teen idol. His credibility was being questioned at a time when the standards for such things in music were set in stone, with particular scorn directed at any rock star who was swooned over by teenage girls. Worse, his sales of over 14m copies of the double album Frampton Comes Alive, a nature record at the age, set expectations impossibly elevated for his future. “The success was just so enormous,” he said. “I’m sure it affected me mentally.”
In fact, it arrange in motion a flawless storm of factors that turned the commercial summit of Frampton’s career into a case-study in rock stardom gone wrong. Now, the musician, aided by writer Alan Light, has detailed all of those issues in a
Peter Frampton Defends His Conclusion to Play in States With ‘Absurd’ Anti-LGBT Laws
Peter Frampton by no means supports the controversial anti-LGBT laws that have been passed in Mississippi and North Carolina. However, the British rocker has chosen to move forward with his scheduled concerts in the two states, citing a need to honor his commitment to fans who have already purchased tickets.
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
“Performing live has been one of the most important opportunities I’ve been given and I am lucky to share my music with so many of my amazing, faithful and diverse fans,” Frampton told Rolling Stone. “My band and I will uphold our commitment to engage our scheduled shows there this summer and honor fans who have already purchased tickets and/or made travel plans.”
Bruce Springsteen, Mumford & Sons & More: Stars Who Have Taken a Stance Against Anti-LGBT Laws
Frampton joins several other artists, including Cyndi Lauper, Gregg Allman and Jimmy Buffett, who have also chosen not to cancel their concerts, but are speaking out about the controversial laws.&
Peter Kenneth Frampton, an English rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist, was born April 22, 1950. Previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd, Frampton’s international breakthrough album was his inhabit release, Frampton Comes Alive! The album sold more than 8 million copies in 1976 in the U.S. alone and spawned several hits.
Flip through the gallery for 10 Things You Might Not Recognize About Peter Frampton!
This gallery uses material from the Wikipedia article Peter Frampton, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Peter Frampton made rock and roll history in the 1970s when his two-disc “Frampton Comes Alive” sold 11 million copies, more than any other reside album up to that point.
Now, the veteran guitarist and singer-songwriter is making medical history as he bravely battles inclusion body myositis (IBM). It’s an autoimmune disease marked by chronic, progressive muscle inflammation, muscle weakness and degeneration, fatigue, disability, and — in early stages — dizziness and a propensity for falling.
“To speak that Peter has made history in music and in medicine is exact in every way. He has now two legacies,” said Frampton’s rheumatologist, Dr. Lisa Christopher-Stine, who is the director of the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center in Baltimore.
These two legacies are inextricably intertwined for this 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee — on stage and off — with or without a guitar in his hand.
“Every record I play now is so much more essential to me because I know one of the notes I play will be the last I play within my lifetime,” said Frampton, who now uses a cane and performs seated rather than standing. He co
.