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Jason Sellards (born October 3, 1978), known professionally by the stage name Jake Shears, is an American musician. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist of New York City pop-rock band Scissor Sisters , who achieved considerable chart success in the 2000s before their indefinite hiatus in 2012.
Originally named Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters, the final two words being derived from the lesbian sexual act of tribadism, [1] [2] [6] the band was founded in 2000 after friends Jason "Jake Shears" Sellards and Scott "Babydaddy" Hoffman (who had met in 1999 in Lexington) both moved to New York City, enjoying its open and gay-friendly ethos.
Dave Hogan/Getty . Scissor Sisters at the BRIT Awards 2005 on Feb. 9, 2005
He had previously met Jake Shears—then still known as Jason Sellards—through a childhood friend, and Hoffman asked Shears to provide vocals for his tracks. When Hoffman moved to New York to study writing at Columbia, the duo officially joined forces in 2001 and took stage names to become the first two members of "Scissor Sisters", a lesbian euphemism, whose pop-rock music is deeply ...
Party-starting New York-reared band Scissor Sisters are reuniting next year for their first shows since going on hiatus in 2012. Core members Jake Shears, Scott “Babydaddy” Hoffman and Del ...
All in all, Jay said music writer John, lyric writer Jake Shears, book writer James Graham and the cast did well telling the story about his mom, who died in 2007 at age 65 after a long stint with ...
Born in New York City, he was introduced to the Scissor Sisters in 2001 at the insistence of a friend who, at the time, was dating Jake Shears.He originally dismissed the band when he first saw them perform at The Cock, a New York City gay bar.
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