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	Scissor Sisters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scissor Sisters are a glam-rock band with influences drawn from disco, pop and the gay-club scene of New York City, and was named after a lesbian sex position (see tribadism).
		All the singles came from the self-titled debut album Scissor Sisters, which reached #1 on the UK albums chart and became the best selling album of 2004, beating their closest rival Keane by just 582 copies.
		Scissor Sisters' CDs, records, and DVDs feature artwork by an English illustrator named Spookytim, who has a studio in Brighton called Studiospooky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scissor_Sisters (1569 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Scissor Sisters
		Scissor Sisters is a five-piece American glam rock band strongly influenced by the gay-club scene of New York City and named after a lesbian sex position (see tribadism).
		The group was formed with the full name Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters in 2001 by lead vocalist Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards) and keyboardist/bass guitarist Babydaddy (born Scott Hoffman).
		Scissor Sisters actually made their debut live appearance at Ana’s club in late 2001, and now the stately lady is a fixture at their dates (where the trio are joined by charismatic friends Del Marquis on guitar and Patrick Seacor on drums), and lends her own crisp tones to record.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scissor-Sisters (593 words)

	All of a sudden, Scissor Sisters are on the cutting edge - The Boston Globe
		The Scissor Sisters are on the phone from Switzerland, where they've recently performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
		On the other hand, out of place feels strangely right to the Scissor Sisters, who sprouted from the fringes of the downtown performance and electroclash scenes and are enjoying a suddenly brilliant career moment built on a delicious mess of contradictions.
		Onstage, the Scissor Sisters, who open for the B-52's at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton on Thursday, wear things like pirate outfits and sequined eye patches, feather boas and impossible boots, extravagant headgear and items that magically combine fur and mesh.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/07/25/all_of_a_sudden_scissor_sisters_are_on_the_cutting_edge (903 words)

	Scissor Sisters: self-titled - PopMatters Music Review
		The fact that Scissor Sisters' debut recently topped the charts in England is not surprising in the least -- it appropriates the sounds of the endless string of homoerotic male pop icons who have been so enormously beloved by the British public for decades: Elton John, Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Robbie Williams.
		Scissor Sisters consistently delivers slightly naughty, sexy pop thrills with only a little dependency on high camp or the variety of drag queen feyness that afflicts most other gay acts who attempt wider appeal (the album's weakest track, the shrill dance song "Filthy/Gorgeous", proves to be the main exception).
		And, of course, the gestures made by Scissor Sisters' stylistic ancestors were always coy intimations, not direct revelations.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/scissorsisters-st2004.shtml (545 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Scissor Sisters
		It may suck when everyone and their producer is taking the same crappy cues, but it's another story when that same crappy music is employed as a touchstone when no one else wants to touch it.
		Ask New York's Scissor Sisters about that particular phenomenon, because these counselors of camp are not afraid to whip out their kitsch-blades and cut you.
		Scissor Sisters starts with "Laura" (Jamiroquai in disguise) and the UK hit single "Take Your Mama" (simply the best song Sir Elton never wrote), but it's the revisionist cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" that truly tweaks the auricles.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=scissor_sisters (341 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts features \| Interview: Gareth McLean meets Scissor Sisters
		Scissor Sisters are midway through their set and, having identified Paris Hilton as emblematic of everything that's wrong with America, firecracker frontwoman Ana Matronic is now cursing the twisted values of Wal-Mart.
		Scissor Sisters are good: amid manufactured pop, misanthropic rap and dull rock, they stand out as honest, different and, say it quietly, authentic.
		The songwriting partnership of Shears and Babydaddy is the fulcrum of Scissor Sisters.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1311369,00.html (3496 words)

	Pollstar -- HotStar Scissor Sisters
		Scissor Sisters earned the blessing of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters for its Bee-Gees-esque rendition of the classic paen to psychotherapy and, while conquering the U.K., made fans of Elton John and Duran Duran as well.
		The EJ influence caught the ear of Sir Elton himself, who invited Scissor Sisters to open four shows of a U.K. tour with him, marking the first time the Rocket Man had deigned to play with an opening act in almost a decade.
		While the members of Scissor Sisters are no doubt crossing their fingers for that call from U2, there's plans to record a second album later in the year and that will take priority even if Bono himself calls, manager Neil Harris told Pollstar.
	www.pollstar.com /news/viewhotstar.pl?Artist=SCISIS (776 words)

	Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters (2004): Reviews
		Although a New York band, Scissor Sisters (as evidenced by this debut disc) are definitely not part of the typical New York scene, eschewing garage and no wave to embrace campier, glammier 70s and 80s rock and dance music sounds.
		With one part arched eyebrows and droll wit, and one part melancholia and sharp social observation, the Sisters' debut is bursting with golden moments.
		Scissor Sisters' debut is a brilliant ode to a musical era defined by vapid decadence and disposable dance tracks.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/scissorsisters/scissorsisters (680 words)

	Excite - Search: Scissor Sisters
		Sisters are a glam-rock band with influences drawn from disco,...
		Sisters are five electro-glam reprobates from New York who have produced one of the coolest records of 2004...
		Scissor Sisters' debut recently topped the charts in England is not...
	srch.excite.com /info.xcite/search/web/Scissor%20Sisters (277 words)

	Scissor Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jake Shears is the mastermind behind the beautifully odd Scissor Sisters, who have created quite a stir this year with their Elton John-inspired music and Shears’ Barry Gibb falsetto vocals.
		Scissor Sisters contains an amalgam of genres ranging from the Elton John-esque piano tune “Mary” to the Robbie Williams and George Michael sounding “Lovers in the Backseat.”
		Despite the success, Scissor Sisters remain an indefinable band, with their eclectic styles and sounds.
	www.marqueemag.com /images/january/scissor_sisters.html (581 words)

	newtimesbpb.com \| News \| Camp Classic
		However, Scissor Sisters refuse to be seen as either overtly political or exploitative of the media-made, post-Queer Eye for the Straight Guy hype, Hoffman explains via cell phone from Manhattan's Union Square.
		Scissor Sisters are a five-piece band with a come-on, come-out policy.
		The equivalent of the Scissor Sisters' musical orgy, the video offers a peek under the covers one could easily ignore in favor of the group's gleaming pop precision.
	www.newtimesbpb.com /issues/2004-11-25/music.html (1050 words)

	Artist Profile - Scissor Sisters
		Two years after their spectacular rise, Scissors Sisters are about to re-enter planet pop’s atmosphere with a bang.
		Scissor Sisters began 2004 as a little-known support act, and ended it as a pop phenomenon.
		The mirror ball had stopped spinning but Scissor Sisters had a plan: to record a fun and optimistic dance song because a) the planet needed cheering up (“every time we turned on the TV it seemed the political situation in the world was getting worse and worse” says Babydaddy) and b) they needed cheering up.
	www.emimusicpub.com /worldwide/artist_profile/scissor-sisters_profile.html (1541 words)

	NME.COM - News - Scissor Sisters finish second album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Find out more about Scissor Sisters in the pages of NME Magazine, delivered straight to your door every week.
		Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears has compared recording the New York outfit's second album to giving birth to a baby.
		For the full lowdown on Scissor Sisters' new album get this week's NME, out on newsstands from today (June 6) in London and nationwide from Wednesday.
	www.nme.com /news/scissor-sisters/23246 (243 words)

	Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters : album review
		Return To Oz A first impression - derived from the opening track Laura - is that Scissor Sisters are typically sassy New Yorkers with a preciously high opinion of themselves, and to some extent this is true.
		Scissor Sisters show repeatedly that they can mimic almost any sound, but they never merely imitate; instead they use other referents as panels on which they paint their own sound pictures, producing in this album a magnificent polyptych.
		They may come from a gay, glam rock background and they may come across as outrageous, but Scissor Sisters demand to be taken seriously.
	www.musicomh.com /albums/scissor-sisters.htm (620 words)

	The Scissor Sisters \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		October 5, 2004 11:14 AM The Scissor Sisters (album art NSFW) seem to be getting the attention of the two primary community-owned radio stations I have bookmarked, to the point of becoming a guilty pleasure.
		With the recent revelation that the Scissor Sister are favored by U.K. Tory co-chair Liam Fox they might suffer what the Guardian calls, the Curse of the Thrashing Doves.
		Still, it is interesting to me how things have changed in that the Scissor Sisters are capitalizing on the gay card early in their careers.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/36046 (806 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire - Entertainment - Scissor Sisters are coming to Swindon!
		New York camp pop sensations Scissor Sisters are dropping into Swindon on their recently announced mammoth autumn UK tour.
		Scissor sisters are amazing shame I cant be there on what is sure to be an amazing night I hope you come to swindon again
		The fact that the scissor sisters are coming to Swindon just proves that it has the pulling power for some of the worlds best current music.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/content/articles/2004/07/29/scissorsisters_gig_feature.shtml (631 words)

	Scissor Sisters Interview - One on One
		Both fired up by a passion for solid songwriting and off-the-wall-humor, they joined forces to write hook-studded tunes, adopted NYC as their home - and agreed on a cheeky name that's caused confusion and provoked many blushes in turn.
		Just by virture of who we are the Scissor Sisters are political.
		I have to say I have a great deal of respect for Bono for being able to be someone who is able to leave the world better than he found it.
	www.concertlivewire.com /interviews/scissorint.htm (848 words)

	Scissor Sisters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first time Sir Elton John saw the Scissor Sisters perform live he proceeded to purchase a glut of their self-titled debut CDs and share them with all of his friends.
		Their working name was Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters, which they clipped to Scissor Sisters in time for their first public performance.
		The Sisters' centerpiece keyboard is the Access Virus Indigo, in the studio and on the road, and its sound is as important as the lead guitar in the Scissor Sisters' music - an emerging trend in pop music.
	www.musicplayer.com /lounge/setups/scissor.htm (793 words)

	Scissor Sisters... - @forums
		Ignoring the zeitgeist sounds of the Strokes and Stellastarr (there's no way that these guys own a Television album) the Scissor Sisters have missed out on becoming trendy scenesters to plough their own furrow in the plentiful fields of camp party music.
		Like fellow genre-splicing nutters Electric Six, Scissor Sisters are a band who won't be categorized.
		Influenced by vintage Bowie, Roxy Music and Elton John and with the audacity to cover Pink Floyd, the Scissor Sisters are one of the most unique and exciting bands around.
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?p=3448035&mode=threaded#post3448035 (271 words)

	umusic.ca :: Scissor Sisters
		Fired up by a passion for solid songwriting and off-the-wall humour, they joined forces to write hook-studded tunes, adopted NYC as their home and agreed on a cheeky name thats caused confusion and provoked many blushes in turn.
		The hostess of a decadent cabaret show in the Lower East Side whod learned her magic on the San Francisco scene, she first met Jake at a Halloween party, where shed dressed as a Warhol Factory reject, and he was in the guise of, erm, a back-alley abortion.
		Scissor Sisters actually made their debut live appearance at Anas club in late 2001, and now the stately lady is a fixture at their dates (where the trio are joined by charismatic friends Del Marquis on guitar and Paddy Boom on drums), and lends her own crisp tones to record.
	www.umusic.ca /scissorsisters/index.php (632 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| Paul Lester meets New York clubland's Scissor Sisters
		Five flamboyantly dressed Greenwich Village people, three gay, two straight, the Scissor Sisters have emerged from New York's underground clubland with the first post-electroclash masterpiece: an album that recalls the hits of Elton John, the Bee Gees and late-1970s disco queen Sylvester.
		They formed electro-duo the Scissor Sisters and appeared at a decadent cabaret night in New York's Lower East Side called Knock Off, run by Matronic (born Ana Lynch in 1974).
		The Scissor Sisters are keen to reveal aspects of their character that will help prove they are more than ciphers or stereotypes.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1118494,00.html (1289 words)

	The Observer \| OMM \| Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters
		In their hearts and in their songs they are a pop group with the commercial flair of an hour's worth of CD:UK, and a rock band with the downplayed flamboyance of early Suede, as well as the kings and queens of the Elton John drivetime revival.
		This album is the sound of a band at the centre of their own creative whirlwind, a superstylised melodrama in the tradition of the classic Hollywood musical.
		Like all the best musicals there are times when Scissor Sisters leaves you wondering whether to laugh or cry, but this album will never leave you bored.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /omm/reviews/story/0,13875,1132418,00.html (555 words)

	Scissor Sisters : Scissor Sisters - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Like their New York burlesque/performance art brethren Fischerspooner, Scissor Sisters' music is almost an afterthought, a campy soundtrack to their theatrical live shows.
		The most obvious example of this is their love-it-or-hate-it cover of "Comfortably Numb," which transforms the Pink Floyd classic into a Bee Gees homage, but most of the Scissor Sisters' best moments are cheeky riffs on familiar hits.
		If you like music that at least tries to sound original, you'll dismiss Scissor Sisters as the latest in a growing list of acts that coast along on nostalgia for a lack of talent.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2947618,00.html (370 words)

	Coda Agency - Sammy Jo (Scissor Sisters tour DJ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As neighbours and like-minded artists the two discovered a common passion for all types of music and as the Scissor Sisters demos began pouring out of the studio Sammy Jo regularly tested them out on his audiences around downtown New York.
		At the same time he began establishing residencies in numerous clubs and bars with his definitive style of mixing all types of music, raising his profile in Manhattan, Scissor Sisters were asserting their position in the pop music world of the UK with unapologetic appreciation of all genres of music, past and present.
		When he is not on tour with Scissor Sisters, dj Sammy Jo still maintains 4 weekly residencies in New York City’s edgiest nightlife sector.
	www.codaagency.com /sammyjo.html (455 words)

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