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Jobriath remained an enigma for years, rarely cited in the rock press and not even mentioned in Jerry Brandt's autobiography. With the recent acceptance of gay-related themes in mainstream culture, a spate of Jobriath fan-sites have sprung up. Long-lost video footage was recently featured on the VH-1 special From Below the Waist: Men, Women and Music. His life provided partial inspiration for the film Velvet Goldmine, and Morrissey, a longtime fan, has recently released Lonely Planet Boy, a 15-song compilation of Jobriath's two LPs, on his own Attack imprint (a division of Sanctuary Records). Morrissey himself wrote a brief introduction to the record, for which Robert Cochrane penned the mini-bio. It’s been alleged that Morrissey wanted Jobriath to open his 1992 tour, only to discover he had passed away ten years earlier. Appropriately, a record release party for Lonely Planet Boy was held in the Chelsea Hotel's basement bar.
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