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- 1 2 Dave White (1 October 2002). "Screamers: Meet the boys of Fagatron. They're out, they're proud and they're really loud". Advocate.
- ↑ Ciminelli, David; Knox, Ken (2005). Homocore: the loud and raucous rise of queer rock. Alyson Books. p. 169. ISBN 1-55583-855-3 . Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ↑ "fagatron the page". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
- ↑ Maximum rocknroll, Issue 252, Maximum Rock 'n' Roll, 2004