Alaska Thunderfuck 5000

Alaska Thunderfuck 5000

Alaska Thunderfuck in 2014
Born Justin Andrew Honard
(1985-03-06) March 6, 1985
Erie, Pennsylvania
Residence Los Angeles, California, US
Other names Alaska, Alaska Thunderfuck, Alaska 5000
Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
Occupation Drag queen
Family Cory Binney
Website alaskathunderfuck.com

Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, (also known mononymously as Alaska, or as Alaska Thunderfuck, Alaska Thunderfvck, or Alaska 5000)[1] is the stage name of Justin Honard, an American drag performer, recording artist, and drag idol. Alaska is best known for appearing on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, where he was a finalist with Roxxxy Andrews. He was crowned the winner of the second season of RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race. Alaska is known for her iconic voice, platinum blond hair and snatched waist. She is rated to be one of the most loved drag queens, and she has over 700,000 followers on Instagram.[2]

Early life

Justin Andrew Honard was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Fort LeBoeuf High School in 2003.[3][4] He studied theater at the University of Pittsburgh.[5] Honard has a half-brother named Cory Binney, with whom he stars in a World of Wonder web series, Bro'Laska. He also has an older sister Brooke, and a younger brother Ryan.[6]

Career

Honard originally moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Dissatisfied with the auditioning process, he turned to drag and got a job at the West Hollywood club, Fubar.[7] He frequently performed in the Trannyshack shows in Los Angeles.[8] In 2009, he performed in Palm Springs Gay Pride with Tammie Brown and Jer Ber Jones.[9]

Honard met future boyfriend Sharon Needles through Myspace in December 2009 and eventually moved back to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to live with him in 2010.[3] Along with Sharon Needles and Cherri Baum, he formed the band Haus of Haunt, which later evolved into a drag troupe based out of the bar the Blue Moon.[10] As part of the Haus of Haunt, he helped present the Pittsburgh debut of fellow drag queen and recording artist Christeene Vale in 2013.[11] Alaska later impersonated Christeene for the music video "RuPaulogize" by Willam Belli.[12]

Alaska Thunderfuck in 2013

It was announced in November 2012 that Alaska Thunderfuck was among 14 drag queens who would be competing on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, but would be known by the mononym Alaska.[3][13] He had previously auditioned every season for the show.[7] Alaska won the fragrance commercial-themed main challenge in the episode "Scent of a Drag Queen" and the main challenge for "Sugar Ball."[14][15] As part of the show, Alaska sang on the "We Are the World"-inspired song "Can I Get an Amen?". The song's proceeds helped benefit the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.[16] In May 2013, during the season finale, Jinkx Monsoon was declared the winner and Alaska was declared the runner-up of the season, along with fellow competitor Roxxxy Andrews.

In October 2013, Alaska performed as Dr. Frank N. Furter in the Woodlawn Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show. RuPaul's Drag Race judge Michelle Visage and season four contestant Willam Belli also starred in the musical.[17]

Since appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race, Honard has toured and performed consistently, appearing in RuPaul's Drag Race Battle of the Seasons shows, the Drag Stars at Sea cruises, custom one-woman shows such as a Stevie Nicks tribute called "Stevie Forever", a cabaret show called "Red for Filth", and a holiday show called "Blue Christmas".[18][19][20] During the summer of 2014, he starred in a stage production of "Sex and the City".[21] With brother Cory Binney, Honard has a web series sponsored by World of Wonder, called Bro’Laska.[22] Alaska recently became a spokesmodel for American Apparel alongside Willam Belli and Courtney Act.[23]

Honard has since pursued a music career, and released a string of singles, namely "Ru Girl", "Your Makeup Is Terrible", and "Nails". In June 2015, Alaska's debut album, Anus, was released to positive reviews. Singles from the album included "Hieeee" and "This is My Hair".[24][25][26][27][28]

In 2016, Alaska returned to Drag Race for the second season of Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars.[29] She received some backlash due to some of her choices of eliminations, and her behavior towards the end of the competition. In response to the backlash, Alaska donated $5,000 to the charity Trans Kids Purple Rainbow and posted an apology video online. In the season finale, she was crowned the second winner of All Stars.[30][31][32] After being crowned the winner of second season she gets called "The Queen of Snakes" by some, due to some of the choices she made on the show.

October 14, 2016 Alaska released her newest album called Poundcake.[33] The album includes singles such as "The T", "Come to Brazil", "Puppet" and many other. The album, Poundcake, is named after the puppet challenge on RuPaul's Drag Race where Alaska and fellow contestant Lineysha Sparx created a rebellious puppet called Lil' Poundcake. Alaska features other drag queens on her album such as Adore Delano, Jackie Beat, Miss Fame and Gia Gunn.[34]

In October, 2016 Alaska was a part of a fashion show held by the popular brand amongst drag queens, Marco Marco, which is known for it's runways filled with people from the LGBT community. Alaska walked the runway wearing a dress from Marco Marco, while she performed her new hit "Puppet" live with backup dancers.[35] She mentioned that being a part of the fashion show is a dream come true for any drag queen.[36]

Artistry

Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 is Jer Ber Jones' drag daughter.[37] Jones is noted for pioneering "tranimal" drag, which originated in Los Angeles and emphasized nontraditional drag influences such as Leigh Bowery and the Cockettes.[38] Honard's drag name is derived from Alaskan Thunderfuck, a strain of marijuana. Alaska counts Divine, Britney Spears, and Marilyn Monroe as her main influences. Her drag character's back story revolves around being an alien from the planet Glamtron who crash-landed on Earth.[1][39]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance
[40]		 US
Heat
[41]		 US
Indie
[42]		 BEL
(FL)
[43]
Anus 3 4 14 —
Poundcake
  • Released: October 14, 2016[45]
  • Label: Producer Entertainment Group
  • Format: Digital download
 4 3 28 200

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Comedy
Digital
[46]
"Ru Girl"[47] 2013 — Non-album single
"Your Makeup Is Terrible"[48] 2014 — Anus
"Nails"[49] —
"Hieeee"[50] 2015 5
"This Is My Hair"[51] —
"Gimme All Your Money"
(featuring Laganja Estranja)[52]		 2016 —
"Anus"[53] —
"Puppet"[54] — Poundcake
"The T"
(featuring Adore Delano)		 —
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Comedy
Digital
[46]
"Let's Get Something Started"[55]
(Candy Apple Blue featuring Alaska Thunderfuck)		 2013 — Night Tracks
"Can I Get an Amen?"[56]
(Rupaul featuring Drag Race Season 5 Cast)		 — Non-album single
"I Look Fuckin' Cool"[57]
(Adore Delano featuring Alaska Thunderfuck)		 2014 — Till Death Do Us Party
"American Apparel Ad Girls"[58]
(with Courtney Act & Willam)		 10 Shartistry in Motion
"Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man"[59]
(with Courtney Act & Willam)		 — Non-album single
"Ride for AIDS"
(Willam featuring Alaska Thunderfuck)		 2015 12 Shartistry in Motion
"Read U Wrote U"
(RuPaul featuring Alaska Thunderfuck, Detox, Katya & Roxxxy Andrews)		 2016 — Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Kai Kai"[60] 2013 Sharon Needles, Ana Matronic PG-13
"Miss Fame"[61] 2015 Miss Fame Beauty Marked
"Everyday Is Christmas", "Christmas Sweater" 2015 Various artists Christmas Queens

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 TupiniQueens Himself In production. Brazilian film. [62]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself Season 3 – Episode 1: Casting Extravaganza
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Himself Season 4 – Cameo in video message
2013 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself Season 5 – Runner-up
2013 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Himself Season 5
2015 The Art Of Himself Episode: "The Art of Drag"
2015 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself Season 7 – Episode 1: Born Naked
2016 RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race Himself Season 2 – Winner

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Pure Camp Himself Produced by World of Wonder [63]
2014–present Bro'Laska Himself Produced by World of Wonder [22]

Music videos

As lead artist

Title Year Director Ref.
"Hooker Shoes"
(featuring Amy Vodkahaus)		 2013 Michael David and Michael Quigley [64]
"Ru Girl" Carly Usdin [65]
"Your Makeup is Terrible" 2014 Saša Numić [66]
"Nails" Ben Simkins [67]
"American Apparel Ad Girls"
(with Courtney Act & Willam)		 Shawn Adeli [68]
"Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man"
(with Courtney Act & Willam)		 Mairin Hart [69]
"Hieeee" 2015 Ben Simkins [70]
"This Is My Hair" Jayson Whitmore [71]
"Everyday Is Christmas" Paul Alley [72]
"Gimme All Your Money"
(feat. Laganja Estranja)		 2016 Justin Andrew Honard and Nick Laughlin [73]
"Anus" Sasa Numic [74]
"Puppet" Santiago Felipe [54]
"The T"
(feat. Adore Delano)		 Ben Simkins

As featured artist

Title Year Director Ref.
"Let's Get Something Started"
(Candy Apple Blue featuring Alaska Thunderfuck 5000)		 2013 Fading Brunette [75]
"Can I Get an Amen?"
(Rupaul featuring Drag Race Season 5 Cast)		 2013 Lucian Piane [76]
"I Look Fuckin' Cool"
(Adore Delano featuring Alaska Thunderfuck)		 2014 Ben Simkins [77]
"Ride for AIDS"
(Willam featuring Alaska Thunderfuck)		 2015 Ryan Parma [78]
"Expensive"
Todrick Hall		 2016 Todrick Hall

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre Ref.
2013 The Rocky Horror Show Dr. Frank N. Furter Woodlawn Theatre [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "ALASKA THUNDERFUCK". AlaskaThunderfuck.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/theonlyalaska5000/
  3. 1 2 3 Nunn, Jerry (18 April 2013). "Alaska from RuPaul's Drag Race dishes with Jerry Nunn". ChicagoPride.com. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ↑ McCracken, Sean (13 March 2013). "High school friend on national reality competition". Erie Times-News. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Sciullo, Maria (28 January 2013). "Pittsburgh's 'Alaska' takes a turn on 'Drag Race'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Bro'Laska with Alaska Thunderfuck & Cory Binney - Golden Child - YouTube
  7. 1 2 Middleton, Josh (29 March 2013). "Interview: Alaska From RuPaul's Drag Race Talks About Life Post-Show and Her Love Affair with Sharon Needles". Philadelphia. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Lucid, Michael (23 July 2009). "DAILY FREAK SHOW: JAMES GOES TO TRANNYSHACK". World of Wonder. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Lucid, Michael (18 November 2009). "JAMES ST JAMES GOES TO THE ACE HOTEL". World of Wonder. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Tickets for CHRISTEENE @ 6119 in Pittsburg from ShowClix". ShowClix. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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  17. 1 2 Shorey, Eric (8 October 2013). "Willam, Alaska And Michelle Visage Get Ready To Rock "Rocky Horror Show": PHOTOS". New Now Next. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
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  34. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/poundcake/id1152725311
  35. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdafDSTaZ1w
  36. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbiWYtfRio
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  41. ↑ "Alaska Thunderfuck – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  42. ↑ "Alaska Thunderfuck – Chart history (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
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  46. 1 2 "Billboard Chart Archive" (To access, type "Alaska" in the artist bar, then select "Comedy Digital Tracks" in the chart name bar). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
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  48. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Your Makeup Is Terrible - Single by Alaska Thunderfuck". iTunes.
  49. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Nails - Single by Alaska Thunderfuck". iTunes.
  50. ↑ "Hieeee [Explicit]". Amazon.
  51. ↑ "Alaska Launches Music Video For "Hieeee," Announces New Album". NewNowNext. June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  52. ↑ Gimme All Your Money feat. Laganja Estranja [Official] - YouTube
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  54. 1 2 Alaska Thunderfuck - Puppet [Official] - YouTube
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  56. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Can I Get an Amen? (feat. The Cast of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5) - Single by RuPaul". iTunes.
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  58. ↑ "iTunes - Music - American Apparel Ad Girls - Single by Willam, Courtney & Alaska". iTunes.
  59. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man - Single by Willam, Alaska Thunderfuck & Courtney Act". iTunes.
  60. ↑ "iTunes - Music - PG-13 by Sharon Needles". iTunes.
  61. ↑ "Miss Fame - Beauty Marked". Amazon. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  62. ↑ TupiniQueens Official Trailer.
  63. ↑ Asea, Adam (22 August 2013). "The Premiere of Sharon Needles and Alaska: Pure Camp". World of Wonder. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  64. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 & Amy Vodkahaus - HOOKER SHOES [Official Music Video]. YouTube. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  65. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Ru Girl. YouTube. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  66. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Your Makeup Is Terrible [Official]. YouTube. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  67. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Nails [Official]. YouTube. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  68. ↑ American Apparel Ad Girls with Courtney Act, Alaska 5000 and Willam #AAAgirls. YouTube. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  69. ↑ Dear Santa, Bring Me A Man - Alaska, Courtney Act & Willam. YouTube. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  70. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Hieeee [Official]. YouTube. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  71. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - This Is My Hair [Official]. YouTube. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  72. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Everyday Is Christmas [Official] from Christmas Queens. YouTube. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  73. ↑ Gimme All Your Money feat. Laganja Estranja [Official]. YouTube. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  74. ↑ Alaska Thunderfuck - Anus [Official]. YouTube. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  75. ↑ Candy Apple Blue ft. Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 - Let's Get Something Started (Music Video). YouTube. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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  78. ↑ Ride for AIDS. YouTube. May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.

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