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May 2011 18

by Riley St. Clair

“It’s like a fairy tale story except that that wasn’t necessarily my dream.”
– Mickey Avalon

There are about a million reasons I should not like Mickey Avalon. He is perpetually shirtless, he wears more eyeliner than I do, and he has a single called ““My Dick.”” Oh yeah, and he used to have sex with dudes for money. In spite of the undeniable sleaze-factor, I can’t get his songs out of my head and, well, I rather like him. The embodiment of a rags-to-riches hip-hop fairytale, Avalon has managed to garner the attention of the music press, a bunch of young fans looking to get down and of course, a crapload of teenage girls. In between sound checks and after-parties, I got him on the phone shortly before his Lollapalooza gig.

Read our exclusive interview with Mickey Avalon on SuicideGirls.com.