Justin Vivian Bond

Quick Facts

Full Name	Justin Vivian Bond
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	May 9, 1963(1963-05-09)
Age	61
Birthplace	Hagerstown
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Taurus

Justin Vivian Bond Biography

Justin Vivian Bond is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on May 9, 1963 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.

Bond studied theater at Adelphi University on Long Island from 1981 to 1985. The newly minted freshman saw Simon and Garfunkel in concert in Central Park, but it was visiting Carnegie Hall for the first time to see Judy Collins that invoked the realization that “I had escaped my hometown and was finally beginning to live the life I’d dreamed of.” Bond went to London to study theater in the summer of 1984, befriending fellow student Victoria Leacock, daughter of the filmmaker, Richard Leacock. Leacock knew Jenny Lumet, a granddaughter of Lena Horne, and managed to get Bond backstage to meet Horne, who appeared “icy, intimidating, beautiful and talented – everything I hoped to be one day.” Bond later sported a pair of Horne earrings as a souvenir. Meanwhile, Adelphi advised Bond to become more “butch” to earn a living in soap operas.

Bond remembers this as a period of significant personal growth, both creative and political. It was here that Bond turned androgyny into a professional asset, developing an identity as a queer performer and activist. The first steps on this journey led through the Castro District, the vibrant, queer neighborhood mostly concentrated on Castro Street between Market and 19th in San Francisco. Bond started out broke, clerking in a gay bookstore to buy the coffee at Cafe Flore on Market and Noe, a bohemian salon that became a “spiritual home.” Seated at the “Queen’s Table” in the corner, Bond absorbed a variety of perspectives from all corners of the LGBT community, attending Gay Pride for the first time in 1989. Participation in Queer Nation and ACT UP, advocacy groups combatting HIV/AIDS, anti-gay violence, and media prejudice, gave Bond “a voice and a sort of grounding in politics” that were new. At some point, Bond adopted the stage name of Justin, later explaining that there were few fates worse than becoming an old, gay man named Chip.

Justin Vivian Bond Net Worth

Justin Vivian Bond is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Justin Vivian Bond 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Justin Vivian Bond (born May 9, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, author, painter, performance artist, and actor. Described as “the best cabaret artist of their generation” and a “tornado of art and activism,” Bond first achieved prominence under the pseudonym of Kiki DuRane in the stage duo Kiki and Herb, an act born out of a collaboration with long-time co-star Kenny Mellman. With a musical voice self-described as “kind of woody and full with a lot of vibration,” Bond is a Tony-nominated (2007) performer who has received GLAAD (2000), Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), Ethyl (2007), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2012) awards. Bond is transgender and prefers the gender-inclusive honorific Mx. (in place of Ms./Mr.) and pronoun v (with vself instead of her/himself), a reference to Bond’s middle name.

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Kiki and Herb met with more critical acclaim with each successive appearance and developed a cult following. They received their first New York Times review for Have Another, (1999), a show that earned a GLAAD media award the following year. They performed extensively, namely in London’s Soho Theatre and Queen Elizabeth Hall and New York’s The Knitting Factory and Carnegie Hall, as well as a host of other venues worldwide. Their numerous collaborators included Debbie Harry of Blondie, comedian Sandra Bernhard, and Antony of Antony and the Johnsons. Their recordings included the Christmas album, Do You Hear What We Hear? (2000), and Kiki and Herb Will Die for You: Live at Carnegie Hall (2005). In 2004, Bond and Mellman did a cameo in the Sony Pictures release Imaginary Heroes, with script by Dan Harris. Appearing alongside Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, and Emile Hirsch, the duo reprised the Melanie Safka composition Tonight’s the Kind of Night from Do You Hear What We Hear? Their stage act was captured on video in Kiki and Herb Live at the Knitting Factory (2007). They toured twice in the U.S., including the 2007 ‘Year of Magical Drinking Tour.’

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The duo traveled repeatedly to London, where Bond continued to work on an MA in scenography at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design when not performing. London shows included Where Are We Now?, Kiki & Herb: There’s a Stranger in the Manger, and Kiki & Herb Mount The President, the latter performed aboard HMS President in the River Thames. Bond had a Top 20 Single on the UK alternative chart and was named one of England’s fifty funniest people by Time Out London. The mockumentaries entitled Kiki and Herb on the Rocks (2005) and Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) followed the pair to London and around the UK, respectively, featuring the composer Philip Glass, among others.