[Sock Puppet]

I considered him to be on the better end of butt-rock. His songs could be catchy, but they were still butt-rock; basically a Sammy Hagar with a Robert Plantish voice. And like most butt-rock (I really like saying butt-rock), he never seemed to get above mid-grade celebrity status. So yeah, I doubt one video ruined him, considering he was just sort of bobbing along, popularity-wise. I don't remember a single peep out of the media questioning his sexuality, nor even a single dudebro saying "Billy Squier's a fag." The only thing worse than being talked about, etc.

BTW, I do remember him bitching about having his name spelled wrong (it's Squier, not the more conventional Squire). Seriously, I remember that, yet no discussion of his sexuality.