We’ve combed through our files for B.A. live listings, promos and press, interviews, reviews, and more in this interactive timeline. (Looking for the Press Room?)
| Date | Click to Enlarge | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1984 |  | Rob meets David at St. Philip’s Church choir, Pasadena, which needs tenors for two performances of Handel’s Messiah May 4 & 6, Mount St. Mary’s College, Brentwood |
| May 1984 |  | Rob and David compose “Inscription” using a text by David’s paternal great great great grandfather Daniel Vogel who was pleased to “sit in the lap of Jesus”; it will be adapted as “Ritual Life” |
| 28 Jul 1984 |  | Rob and David perform (as individuals; again they needed tenors!) with a thousand-voice choir assembled for the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics featuring “The Olympian – Lighting of the Torch” composed by Philip Glass; only later would we learn that our live voices were superimposed by prerecorded tracks |
| 31 Oct 1984 |  | The future Bachelors collaborate with John Fleck, Lance Loud, and Charlotte McGuinness on In a Viennese Vein for the first annual Zombie Jamboree at Lhasa Club, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Bruce Schwartz, Weba Garretson and Jerry Frankel, Tom Siegel, Tomata DuPlenty and Fayette Hauser, Donald Krieger, and The Swinging Madisons |
| Late 1984 |  | Rob and David take on the name Bachelors Anonymous from gay groundbreaker Harry Hay’s 1948 prospectus for the International Bachelors’ Fraternal Order for Peace & Social Dignity, Sometimes Referred to as Bachelors Anonymous… Whew! |
| 24 Jan 1985 |  | B.A.’s first club performance, at AntiClub, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Scott Carter, Fred Wolf, and Marsha Mann & Radames Pera |
| 07 Mar 1985 |  | B.A. performs at AntiClub, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Linda Albertano, John Fleck, and Vampira |
| Spring 1985 | B.A. organizes the variety troupe La Brea Circus | |
| 27 Apr 1985 |  | B.A. performs via a subset of La Brea Circus, featuring Apache Dancers, Philip Littell, and John Fleck, at AntiClub, Los Angeles |
| 03 May 1985 |  | B.A. performs via La Brea Circus, featuring Apache Dancers, Philip Littell, and Perpetua, at Olio, Silver Lake |
| 26–27 May 1985 |  | B.A. performs via La Brea Circus in San Francisco at Graffiti (Sun) and The 16th Note (Mon); added to the lineup is deejay Jim Churnick and the Dipsomania Dancers |
| 15 Jun 1985 |  | B.A. performs at Lhasa Club, Los Angeles; also on the bill: The Dispossessed (music/multimedia performance) and Incubus (darkly poetic funk duo) |
| Aug 1985 |  | B.A. performs at Sunset Junction Street Fair ’85 in Silver Lake, accompanied by Bonnie Cirino and Carrah Macy (now Wright) |
| 08 Sep 1985 |  | B.A. performs at a Feminist Women’s Health Clinic benefit at AntiClub, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Nervous Gender, Fat and Fucked Up, Phranc, Perpetua, poets Michele T. Clinton and Julia Stein, Plastic Glass, and John Fleck and Co.; the benefit was organized by David’s now-wife Andrea Carney |
| 1985 |  | B.A. releases a six-song cassette, Bachelors Anonymous, available in 2021 as a remastered digital version with two bonus tracks |
| 29 Nov–05 Dec 1985 |  | L.A. Weekly includes B.A. in its “L.A. Ears” column, “a random sampling of what some Angelenos” (in this case our friend Larry Slaughter) “are putting on their turntables these days”: B.A.’s six-song cassette, Bachelors Anonymous |
| 18 Jan 1986 |  | John Callahan interviews B.A. and The Dispossessed (see 6/15/85 above) for an edition of Ed Pearl’s Up From the Ashgrove on KPFK-FM; played are “Zigfreed,” “Invocation,” “Ritual Life,” and “The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)” |
| 06 Sep 1986 |  | B.A. performs at the first annual West Hollywood Street Festival accompanied by Bonnie Cirino and Carrah Macy (now Wright) |
| 10 Oct 1986 |  | B.A. performs at Lhasa Club, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Groucho & The Marxists, Sound Garden, and Chris Brenner |
| 24 Oct 1986 |  | B.A. contributes the score to John Fleck’s I Got the He-Be-She-Be’s, directed by David Schweizer, at the Wallenboyd Theatre, Los Angeles, which debuts today (see flyer); it will enjoy an extended run through November and receive a 1986 L.A. Weekly Theater Award for Performance in a One-Character Show |
| 26 Oct 1986 |  | B.A. performs at Sexual Evolution ’86, a benefit for organizations in opposition to Proposition 64, at Lhasa Club, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Firehose, Carmaig de Forest, Fat & Fucked Up with special guest Vinny Golia, Perpetua, Morality Play, Robin, video by John Goss, and reading by Julia Stein and Michelle T. Clinton; flyer by our friend Paul Sbrizzi |
| 19 Nov 1986 |  | B.A. performs at Limbo Lounge, Lhasa Club, Los Angeles, hosted by Nova China; also on the bill: Glen Meadmore and Parking Lot |
| Early 1987 | B.A. performs at UCLA, sponsored by the UCLA Gay and Lesbian Association | |
| Early 1987 | B.A. performs at a benefit for LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) | |
| Feb 1987 |  | B.A. contributes the score to Zack’s production of Home or Future Soap by Megan Terry (pictured), during his first year in UCLA’s MFA directing program; Zack and Friends (from the cast) will perform an adaptation from the score, “Exercise in Revolution,” at our May Day ’87 show |
| 14 Mar 1987 |  | B.A. performs via Philip Littell’s Eight Dreamy Guys at Bebop Records, Reseda; co-proprietor Richard Bruland colorizes B.A.’s promotional leaflet (left) |
| 05 Apr 1987 |  | B.A., accompanied by Nancy Taylor and Zack, performs “The Flesh Failures” at High Performance wrap party for the journal’s “Art & Crisis” edition, at Studio One’s Backlot cabaret; notice of the event in the L.A. Weekly includes the Bachelors photographed by Rocky Schenck (left) |
| 28 Apr 1987 |  | The Advocate publishes B.A. profile by Stuart Timmons |
| 01 May 1987 |  | B.A. organizes May Day extravaganza featuring Love Machine, Zack and Friends, Philip Littell, Leslie Belt, and emcee Su Knill at Club Lingerie, Hollywood; flyer by Victor Bowman from an original idea by the Bachelorburo |
| 21 May 1987 |  | B.A. performs at Limbo Lounge, now at Four Star Saloon, West Hollywood; also on the bill: Tyrants in Therapy and Desperation Squad |
| 21 May 1987 25 May 1987 |  | B.A. offers Marital Counseling Sessions in May at: • Limbo Lounge, West Hollywood • Sunset Junction Street Fair, Silver Lake |
| 25 May 1987 |  | B.A. performs at the Sunset Junction Street Fair, Silver Lake |
| 31 May 1987 |  | B.A. performs at Rock Against AIDS, a benefit for AIDS Project LA organized by Craig Lee, at Variety Arts Center, Los Angeles |
| 27 Jun 1987 09 Jul 1987 |  | B.A. performs at B.A. performs at the 18th Christopher Street West/LA Gay & Lesbian Pride Celebration (left), X=Art Gallery (below), and Bebop Records & Fine Art (below) |
| 27 Jun 1987 |  | B.A. performs at a benefit for X=Art Gallery, West Hollywood; also on the bill: Celebrity Skin (with “special guest celebrity” Craig Lee), Fourwaycross, and Schnell, Dumbkopf; art by Matt Clements and Mirakel |
| 09 Jul 1987 |  | B.A. performs in “an evening of Cabarock” at Bebop Records & Fine Art, Reseda, with T. C. Murov, Timmy Bennett (who will cowrite the script for our “Looking for You” promo), and Phillip Littell and The Society Boys; co-proprietor Richard Bruland created a poster for the event (left); see review below (05-18 Oct 1987) |
| 27 Aug 1987 |  | B.A. performs at Limbo Lounge, Four Star Saloon, West Hollywood, in their Holiday in Honduras: Christmas with the Contras stage show; also on the bill: Celebrity Skin and Backbone; B.A. performs the songs “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” and “Mr. Wenceslas,” which will be released as a holiday single |
| 05–18 Oct 1987 |  | Music Connection publishes review by Tom Kidd of B.A. at Bebop Records, Reseda, 09 Jul 1987 (see above) |
| Dec 1987 |  | B.A. announce the release of the holiday single “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” b/w “Mr. Wenceslas” |
| 1988 |  | Drummer Del Mar Richardson joins B.A.’s live act; he’s pictured here in a still from the “Looking For You” music video (see June 1990) |
| 1988 |  | B.A. contributes (credited) sound design to the lab scene early on in Under the Gun, a feature starring Vanessa Williams and Sam Jones, edited by associate producer (and our friend) George Copanas, released by Marquis Pictures |
| 06 Jan 1988 |  | Edge publishes notice of B.A. Christmas single |
| 26 Mar 1988 |  | B.A. performs at benefit for ACT UP/LA at the Athletic Club, West Hollywood |
| 18 Apr–01 May 1988 |  | Music Connection publishes interview by Tom Kidd of B.A.; the article receives a critical reaction by Music Connection contributor Steve Kozak as well as replies from Kidd, us, and reader Rick Terkel |
| 25–26 Jun 1988 |  | B.A. performs at the 19th Christopher Street West/LA Gay & Lesbian Pride Celebration backed up by Bachelor Del Mar Richardson (center) on drums and guest Bachelor Tom Kidd (right) on keyboard and vocals; the poster, borrowed from ACT UP/LA, reads “Quarantine Is a Nice Way to Say Concentration Camp” |
| 16 Dec 1988 |  | B.A.’s David deejays at ACT UP/LA’s first anniversary party, Trooper’s Hall, Hollywood; also on hand are John Fleck, Tim Miller, and Josie Roth |
| Spring 1989 |  | Bachelor David produces audio version of Fabulous Fascist Fashion Show, with voiceover by Josie Roth, for broadcast on KPFK-FM’s annual LGBT+ pride programming; the live event took place on 26 Jan 1989 as part of ACT UP/LA’s weeklong 24/7 vigil at the County USC Medical Center to shine light on the facility’s inadequate response to HIV/AIDS |
| 17 May 1989 |  | Frontiers publishes B.A. interview by Tom Kidd |
| Nov 1989 |  | L.A. Style publishes B.A. interview by Sharon McDonald |
| 10 Dec 1989 |  | Bachelors Rob and David join fellow “Altered Boys” to sing messaged send-ups of yuletide carols as part of ACT UP/LA’s revolt at Archbishop Roger Mahoney’s stance against condom use to prevent the spread of HIV; Rob recalls working on the lyrics (about which more later) |
| Early 1990 |  | Drummer Lee Demko and vocalist Anne Atwell-Zoll join B.A.’s live act |
| 1990 or 1991 | B.A. performs at Rough Cuts, a performance art variety show at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) | |
| 19 Apr 1990 |  | Bachelors Rob and David join the “Village PWAs [People With AIDS]” in the first anniversary benefit for Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica; also on the bill: George Carlin, John Goss, Douglas Sadownik, Ayofemi Folayan, Nathan Birnbaum, Karen Goodman, Ruben Guevara, Tim Miller, Linda and Jill Burnham, with Wendell Jones and Adriene Jenick emcees |
| 11 May 1990 |  | Bachelors Rob and David join “The Media Whores of ACT UP/LA” at a benefit for High Performance magazine at Vertigo; also on the bill: Diamanda Galas (pictured), Beth Lapides, and emcee Les Stevens |
| 24 May 1990 |  | Bachelors Rob and David participate in AIDS Crisis Anthology, a theater piece written and performed by IRRUMO, an ACT UP/LA adjunct, at the Gallery Theatre, Barnsdall Park |
| 17 June 1990 |  | B.A. premieres a music video for the song “Looking For You” with screenplay co-written by performance artist Tim Bennett and Bachelors Anonymous, directed and edited by Adam Soch; the video will be shown on local cable television; premiere at the Bachelor Pad |
| Election season 1990 |  | B.A. performs at a fundraiser for Harvey Gantt, U.S. Senatorial candidate opposing Jesse Helms who in 1987 had worked to allow the president to exclude HIV-positive persons from entry into the U.S., etc. |
| 28 Sep 1990 |  | B.A. performs at Café Largo, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Lypsinka (The History of Drag in 30 Minutes) and Gothic Hut |
| Dec 1990 |  | Vocalist Ann Russell joins B.A.’s live act; Ann is Rob and David’s fellow chorister at St. Philip’s Church |
| 01 Dec 1990 |  | Terri Lewis Dance Ensemble performs Bachelors to songs by B.A., choreographed by Anne Atwell-Zoll, at Occidental College; it’s reviewed by L.A. Times dance critic Lewis Segal |
| 20 Dec 1990 |  | B.A. performs at Café Largo, Los Angeles, following opener “grand dragmaster” Lypsinka; Madonna and Sandra Bernhard are in the audience but leave before our set; David’s parents, in L.A. for the holidays, attend |
| 10–20 Jan 1991 |  | B.A. contributes the score to ZP Productions’ staging of Suitcase by Kobo Abe at The LAB, San Francisco |
| 08–10 Feb 1991 |  | B.A. contributes the score to dancer-choreographer Rudy Perez’s Made in L.A., at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, with B.A.’s David at the sound board due to technician’s illness); Rudy’s rare solo, Remain in Light, wins the 1991 Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Performance/Solo from the Dance Resource Center |
| 16 Apr 1991 |  | B.A. performs at the Scud Club (brainchild of Jack Marquette following fallout with the proprietor of AntiClub’s host venue), at the Gaslight, Hollywood; also on the bill: Alarma (with Craig Lee) and Ms. Vaginal Creme Davis |
| 08 Jun 1991 |  | B.A. performs two sets at System M, Long Beach—our only jazz club listing |
| 23 Jun 1991 |  | B.A. performs at Café Largo, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Miss Amy Malcolm, Chris Brenner; “Parade” refers to the 22nd Christopher Street West/LA Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade held earlier in the day |
| 01 Aug 1991 |  | B.A.’s Rob Berg contributes the music to AIDS! The Musical! with book and lyrics by Wendell Jones and David Stanley, direction by Alan Pulner, and choreography by Anthony Balcena (B.A.’s David at the light board), at Highways, Santa Monica, with a preview tonight and a six-night run, as part of Highways’ third annual Ecce Lesbo/Ecce Homo performance festival |
| 24 Aug 1991 |  | B.A. performs at the 50th birthday bash of David’s now-wife Andrea Carney for whom the Bachelors dedicate and debut the song “In Another Time” |
| 26 Aug 1991 |  | B.A. performs at FM Station, North Hollywood; also on the bill: Lynxx, Cloud of Witnesses, and EZ Axis |
| Fall 1991 |  | Drummer John Lacques joins B.A.’s live act |
| 23 Oct 1991 |  | B.A. performs at Café Largo, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Funny Gay Males (NYC standup comics) |
| 18 Feb 1992 |  | B.A. performs at Club Lingerie, Hollywood; also on the bill: Tongue Dance, Marcus Gunn Phenomenon, and Planet 10 |
| 11 Mar 1992 |  | B.A. performs at Café Largo, Los Angeles; also on the bill: Christoph Bull, French Tabu; incongruously, the Largo ad reads “Bachelors Anonymous white soul” and the L.A. Weekly listing reads, “soul from Bachelors Anonymous,” in contrast to the “stark soulful rock” from the Largo ad nine months before (see 6/23/91 above) |
| 20 May 1994 |  | Rudy Perez reprises his solo Remain in Light, with score by B.A., at the three-night Dance Without Borders, Japan America Theatre, Los Angeles |
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Rocky Schenck
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