T.S.O.L. Share Fan Made “Sweet Transvestite” Video

Legendary SoCal punks T.S.O.L. have revealed a brand new video for their cover of the camp classic, Sweet Transvestite, that feature guest vocals by Keith Morris (Circle Jerks / Off). The track appears on the band’s recently released ninth studio album, A-Side Graffiti, that is available via Kitten Robot Records. Resembling a mashup of Tim Burton‘s unique stop motion animated films and the visual flair of Jim Sharman‘s cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the video for Sweet Transvestite is a hyper-realistic visualisation of the song’s campy source material. Replying to an open call for creative fan-made videos for A-Side Graffiti‘s twelve tracks, Gavin Holmes sent Jack Grisham a message, hoping he could submit a video.

“Gavin said he’d heard about the video contest–which was really not a contest at all but just a way to let our friends get involved in the song release process, and he wondered if he still had time to whip something up. I offered him ‘Sweet Transvestite’ and he ran with it. When we were starting out, punk bands didn’t sling merch like they do today. So if you wanted a t-shirt, you had to make your own. You’d get a plain white tee, cut a stencil, steal a can of spray paint (Krylon was my favorite) from the local hardware, and off you’d go. Nowadays, with the technology at hand, if you want to make a video for your favorite song, it’s as easy as making that old punk shirt. And just like back then, some of those handmades looked like they rode to the show on the slow bus while others looked like they’d been crafted by a master, albeit one who preferred his palette stocked by the scarlet hues of anarchy.” (Jack Grisham)