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Lance’s Life Outside Of The Family

Lance Loud’s band even appeared on the Dick Cavett show with his band which was ultimately called The Mumps. The band frequented the legendary punk venue CBGB and opened for super famous bands like Talking Heads, the Ramones, Blondie, Cheap Trick, and Van Halen. While they had some success, the band never secured any major record deals although albums have been released of their music.

Lance ultimately retired from music and started a career in journalism writing for a variety of publications like The Advocate and Details. At some point, Lance contracted HIV. In 2001, he entered hospice suffering from both HIV and hepatitis C. He had also suffered from a twenty-year addiction to crystal meth which he used intravenously.