page_title: Kevin Barnes
section_title: On stage
hierarchical_section_title: Kevin Barnes / On stage
caption_attribution_description: English: Kevin Barnes playing at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic Lodge
context_page_description: Kevin L. Barnes is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the indie rock group of Montreal, part of the Elephant 6 Collective. Barnes started the band on their own and, although providing several stories as to the origin of the name, is said to have named it after a failed romance with a woman of Montreal, Quebec. The group has recorded fifteen full-length albums, and numerous EPs and 7" singles. Their brother, David Barnes, is an artist and has designed most of the band's artwork for albums since the release of The Gay Parade.
context_section_description: With of Montreal, Barnes has always tried to cross the bridge between their love of theater, comedy, and music, often resulting in interludes between songs—skits, slow-motion sword fights and surreal interaction between band members. However, since the release of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, Barnes has been performing as their on-stage glam rock alter ego, Georgie Fruit, first mentioned in "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal." Kevin has said that the album shows their transformation to Georgie Fruit, as is evident in the variation in musical style from in album leading up to "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" and the two songs after. They have described Georgie Fruit as a black man in his forties who has undergone multiple sex changes. Georgie, Kevin told Pitchfork Media, was in a funk-rock band called Arousal back in the seventies.
  Barnes has performed in unusual circumstances such as on a white horse and while completely nude.
caption: Barnes playing a solo set at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic lodge in 2014
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