The QUEENMOTHER.TV, JACKIE FACTORY and MOTHERNYC extended families mourn the passing of legendary Rock and Roll Fag DEAN JOHNSON during the last week of September, 2007. Dean was a singular being, born star and true friend. Please visit the DEAN JOHNSON - DEATH OF A LEGEND topic on THE MOTHERBOARDS NYC to read updated information as it becomes available and leave your thoughts.

by Walter Cessna

Dean Johnson has been so many things in his life, it's hard to keep track of them all. Besides fronting the band THE WEENIES, he was the first doorman at SAVE THE ROBOTS and also ran the legendary ROCK 'N' ROLL FAG BAR before his heroin addiction landed him in jail.

Staging a comeback, Dean started a new band called THE VELVET MAFIA. Johnson looks at this band, as the first focused thing he's ever done. "I named the band after my idols Barry Diller and David Geffen because of how successful they are. Like them, THE VELVET MAFIA is definitely a commercial venture!" Geffen actually caught the band's gig at the nightclub JACKIE 60, but he didn't exactly rush backstage. "I heard he freaked when I sang a song dedicated to him called 'Hello, Good-bye!'" As New York's reigning 6-foot 6-inch bald drag queen (and that's without heels), Johnson gives the band's sarcastically bittersweet songs an added punch.

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