The Village People

The Village People is an american disco band . They are six disguised musicians : the cop, the worker, the motorcyclist, the GI, the cow-bo and the indian . The name of the band is directly inspired by the Greenwich Village, a homosexual district in New York .

They have become famous with a lot of hits like Y.M.C.A. (1978), In The Navy (1979) and Go West (1979) but they were started in 1977 with San Francisco . Since 1977, they have always been in activity and have been in world tour for more than 31 years !

The Village People are a symbol of homosexuality . Their costumes are tipical of sadomasochistic practices . They influenced their time with artists such as Prince, George Michael and Freddy Mercury .