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interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="سیزر سیسترز – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سیزر سیسترز" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EC%A0%80_%EC%8B%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="시저 시스터스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시저 시스터스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%96" title="סיזור סיסטרז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סיזור סיסטרז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA" title="シザー・シスターズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シザー・シスターズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters" title="Scissor Sisters – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Scissor Sisters" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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#b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Electroclash" title="Electroclash">electroclash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>2000–2012</li><li>2017</li><li>2024–present</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polydor" class="mw-redirect" title="Polydor">Polydor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Records">Universal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jive_Records" title="Jive Records">Jive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casablanca_Records" title="Casablanca Records">Casablanca</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Shears" title="Jake Shears">Jake Shears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babydaddy" title="Babydaddy">Babydaddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Marquis" title="Del Marquis">Del Marquis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Boom" title="Paddy Boom">Paddy Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Matronic" title="Ana Matronic">Ana Matronic</a></li> <li>Randy Real</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scissorsisters.com">scissorsisters<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Scissor Sisters</b> are an American <a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a> band formed in 2000. The band's current line-up consists of <a href="/wiki/Jake_Shears" title="Jake Shears">Jake Shears</a> (vocals), <a href="/wiki/Babydaddy" title="Babydaddy">Babydaddy</a> (various instruments) and <a href="/wiki/Del_Marquis" title="Del Marquis">Del Marquis</a> (guitar, bass). Former members include vocalist <a href="/wiki/Ana_Matronic" title="Ana Matronic">Ana Matronic</a> and drummers <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Boom" title="Paddy Boom">Paddy Boom</a> and Randy Real. </p><p>Scissor Sisters incorporate diverse styles in their music, but tend to sway towards <a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">glam rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nu-disco" title="Nu-disco">nu-disco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electroclash" title="Electroclash">electroclash</a>. Forged in the "<a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in New York City">gay nightlife scene of New York</a>", the band took its name from the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_practices_between_women" title="Sexual practices between women">female same-sex sexual activity</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tribadism" title="Tribadism">tribadism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200529_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200529-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Washpost_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washpost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band came to prominence following the release of their <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy</a>-nominated and chart-topping disco version of "<a href="/wiki/Comfortably_Numb#Scissor_Sisters_version" title="Comfortably Numb">Comfortably Numb</a>" and subsequent debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_(album)" title="Scissor Sisters (album)">Scissor Sisters</a></i> (2004). The album was a success, particularly in the UK where it reached number one, was the best-selling album of 2004, was later certified nine-times platinum by the BPI, and earned them three <a href="/wiki/BRIT_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BRIT Awards">BRIT Awards</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All five of its singles reached positions within the top 20 of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> while "<a href="/wiki/Filthy/Gorgeous" title="Filthy/Gorgeous">Filthy/Gorgeous</a>" scored the band their first number one on <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> <a href="/wiki/Hot_Dance_Club_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Dance Club Songs">Hot Dance Club Songs</a>, despite the album's meager success in their native US. </p><p>The album continued its success in countries around Europe, in Australia and in Canada before the release of the band's second studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Ta-Dah" title="Ta-Dah">Ta-Dah</a></i> (2006), their second consecutive UK number one album which produced their first UK number one single "<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Feel_Like_Dancin%27" title="I Don't Feel Like Dancin'">I Don't Feel Like Dancin'</a>". Their third studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Work_(album)" title="Night Work (album)">Night Work</a></i> (2010) displayed a shift towards a more club-oriented sound, charting at number two on the UK Albums Chart, number one on <a href="/wiki/Independent_Albums" title="Independent Albums"><i>Billboard</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Top Independent Albums</a> chart and in the top 10 of several international territories. The band released their fourth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Hour_(Scissor_Sisters_album)" title="Magic Hour (Scissor Sisters album)">Magic Hour</a></i> in May 2012. </p><p>Scissor Sisters has performed around the world and have become recognized for their controversial and transgressive live performances. They also collaborated with a number of other well-known pop musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kylie_Minogue" title="Kylie Minogue">Kylie Minogue</a>; these particular collaborations have been received positively by both critics and other notable figures. In 2004, <a href="/wiki/Bono" title="Bono">Bono</a>, lead vocalist of rock band <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a>, described Scissor Sisters as "the best pop group in the world".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Global_Cool" title="Global Cool">Global Cool</a> in 2007 on one of their green lifestyle campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2003:_Early_career"><span id="2000.E2.80.932003:_Early_career"></span>2000–2003: Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2000–2003: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally named <b>Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters</b>, the final two words being derived from the lesbian sexual act of <a href="/wiki/Tribadism" title="Tribadism">tribadism</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200529_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200529-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Washpost_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washpost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the band was founded in 2000 after friends <a href="/wiki/Jake_Shears" title="Jake Shears">Jason "Jake Shears" Sellards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babydaddy" title="Babydaddy">Scott "Babydaddy" Hoffman</a> (who had met in 1999 in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>) both moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, enjoying its open and gay-friendly ethos. They began producing music together, with Babydaddy composing music and Shears writing lyrics. The duo released a couple of singles to little success and began appearing at underground clubs on New York's <a href="/wiki/Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200513–16_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200513–16-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On a trip to <a href="/wiki/Disneyland" title="Disneyland">Disneyland</a>, the pair met <a href="/wiki/Ana_Matronic" title="Ana Matronic">Ana "Matronic" Lynch</a> at a screening of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Captain_EO" title="Captain EO">Captain EO</a></i>. During a subsequent teacup ride, they discovered that they had a lot in common. Shears later remarked, "I really thought she was a freak but when I started singing "<a href="/wiki/Another_Part_of_Me" title="Another Part of Me">Another Part of Me</a>" she showed me the best <a href="/wiki/Moonwalk_(dance)" title="Moonwalk (dance)">moonwalk</a> I've ever seen."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200519_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200519-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ana Matronic ran a weekly cabaret event known as Knock Off at a club called the <a href="/wiki/The_Slipper_Room" title="The Slipper Room">Slipper Room</a> in New York, where she liked to hire eccentric and alternative acts; one reporter described it as a place that "served up a racy, multigender revue of kitsch," and that a performer dressed as a giant <a href="/wiki/Vulva" title="Vulva">vulva</a> "enfolded me with her <a href="/wiki/Labia_(genitalia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labia (genitalia)">labia</a> while singing "Lick Me in My Wet Spot" to the tune of "<a href="/wiki/Hit_Me_With_Your_Best_Shot" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit Me With Your Best Shot">Hit Me With Your Best Shot</a>"."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200523_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200523-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matronic invited the pair to appear at Knock Off, which they did on September 21, 2001. Shears dressed as his character "Jason the Amazing Back-Alley Late Term Abortion" whilst Matronic, dressed as a reject from <a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Factory" title="The Factory">Factory</a>, joined the pair on stage and sang. Shears and Babydaddy felt she was very effective and asked her to join the band on a permanent basis, to which she agreed. </p><p>The trio then began appearing at other clubs, dropping the word "Fibrillating" from their name. They primarily played <a href="/wiki/Electroclash" title="Electroclash">electroclash</a>, which was popular at the time in the underground club scene of New York with bands like <a href="/wiki/Peaches_(musician)" title="Peaches (musician)">Peaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicks_on_Speed" title="Chicks on Speed">Chicks on Speed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200526–28_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200526–28-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were soon joined by <a href="/wiki/Del_Marquis" title="Del Marquis">Derek "Del Marquis" Gruen</a> on lead guitar, who had known Shears from when they both worked at the IC Guys club where Shears had been a stripper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200535_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200535-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were joined by a fifth member, <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Boom" title="Paddy Boom">Patrick "Paddy Boom" Seacor</a>, on drums who (being <a href="/wiki/Heterosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Heterosexual">heterosexual</a>) felt the need to explain to his mother that "it's not a gay band... there [are] gay members, but it doesn't matter. It's about the music and about performance."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200537_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200537-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, the band signed with a small New York record company called A Touch of Class for a two-single deal. Their first single "<a href="/wiki/Electrobix" title="Electrobix">Electrobix</a>" dealt with gay men's obsessions with working out but proved to be less popular than its B-side, a cover version of <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a> classic "<a href="/wiki/Comfortably_Numb" title="Comfortably Numb">Comfortably Numb</a>". Matronic commented, "It's one of those songs that people were either gonna love or hate, and that's really, really powerful, because it basically means you're evoking a reaction in everyone. The first time I heard it, I thought that if it doesn't make us famous, it'll make us infamous because somebody will shoot us!" Their version of "Comfortably Numb" became a hit in many dance clubs and, after sending Pink Floyd themselves a copy, the Scissor Sisters received positive remarks from the song's original writers <a href="/wiki/Roger_Waters" title="Roger Waters">Roger Waters</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Gilmour" title="David Gilmour">David Gilmour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200539–43_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200539–43-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Washpost_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washpost-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song proved to be particularly popular in the UK, where various record labels soon took an interest in the band. In 2003, they decided they would tour Europe where they believed audiences would be more receptive to them and their music than their native US.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200545_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200545-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003–2004:_Debut_album_and_breakthrough_success"><span id="2003.E2.80.932004:_Debut_album_and_breakthrough_success"></span>2003–2004: Debut album and breakthrough success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2003–2004: Debut album and breakthrough success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Comfortably Numb" came to the attention of British label <a href="/wiki/Polydor" class="mw-redirect" title="Polydor">Polydor</a>, who signed the group to a contract. Their first single for the label "<a href="/wiki/Laura_(Scissor_Sisters_song)" title="Laura (Scissor Sisters song)">Laura</a>" (with two different music videos) had a limited release in 2003 and reaching number 54 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, receiving little attention with the exceptions of British music paper <i><a href="/wiki/New_Musical_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="New Musical Express">New Musical Express</a></i>, Channel 4's entertainment programme <i><a href="/wiki/V_Graham_Norton" title="V Graham Norton">V Graham Norton</a></i>, and the same channel's music programme <i><a href="/wiki/Popworld" title="Popworld">Popworld</a></i> for which they were interviewed. The track also received much radio play in Australia. Their track "It Can't Come Quickly Enough" was also included on the soundtrack of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Party_Monster_(2003_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Party Monster (2003 film)">Party Monster</a></i> (2003), playing over its ending credits. </p><p>Their first hit was in 2004 with the official release of "Comfortably Numb". Reaching number 10 in the UK, this success was followed by "<a href="/wiki/Take_Your_Mama" title="Take Your Mama">Take Your Mama</a>" which went to number 17, a re-release of "Laura" (with two different music videos) which went to number 12, the ballad "Mary" which went to number 14, and the hedonist anthem "<a href="/wiki/Filthy/Gorgeous" title="Filthy/Gorgeous">Filthy/Gorgeous</a>" which peaked at number 5 in the UK. All the singles came from their debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_(album)" title="Scissor Sisters (album)">Scissor Sisters</a></i>, which reached number one in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> and became the best selling album of 2004, beating <a href="/wiki/Keane_(band)" title="Keane (band)">Keane</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Hopes_and_Fears" title="Hopes and Fears">Hopes and Fears</a></i> by 582 copies. As of 2018, it is the 20th biggest-selling album of the 21st century, and the 35th biggest-selling of all time in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several media outlets noted that Scissor Sisters "stick out like a sore thumb" on the list of artists who have sold over 2 million copies of an album in the UK in the 21st century, the others being <a href="/wiki/James_Blunt" title="James Blunt">James Blunt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keane_(band)" title="Keane (band)">Keane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dido_(singer)" title="Dido (singer)">Dido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a>—artists considered "mainstream" compared to the Scissor Sisters' brash and controversial image. The band had been particularly keen on producing an album that fitted together well rather than simply producing a string of singles. According to Babydaddy, their purpose was "to create a perfect pop rock album that would pick you up at the beginning, take you on a journey in the middle, and set you right back down again in the same place at the end."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200562_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200562-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About six months after its British release, <i>Scissor Sisters</i> was released in the US. To publicize it the band appeared on the popular morning television show <i><a href="/wiki/Live_with_Regis_and_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Live with Regis and Kelly">Live with Regis and Kelly</a></i>, an event that Shears later recalled: "<a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ripa" title="Kelly Ripa">Kelly Ripa</a> loved us, after the first time we played, she gave me a hug and whispered in my ear, 'I just want you to know that this is my favorite music performance we've ever had.' It was amazing."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005108_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005108-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, neither the band nor the album proved to be a big commercial success in the US: major chain store <a href="/wiki/Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> refused to stock it, claiming on its website that it contained "a snarling, swaggering attack on <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservatism</a>" in the form of the song "Tits on the Radio".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005112_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005112-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band refused to produce a "clean" version of the album, and Babydaddy remarked that, "We did have to slap a parental warning sticker on the disc, which is completely absurd. I think a kid listening to <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> is getting a much more negative message than what we've been putting forward. We've only got one 'shit' and a few 'tits!'"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200565_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200565-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Band members have shown their dissatisfaction with the decision on a number of occasions. However, they continued their success in Europe by performing at the <a href="/wiki/Brixton_Academy" title="Brixton Academy">Brixton Academy</a> in London for Halloween 2004, where they asked the audience to dress up as the characters from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Show">The Rocky Horror Show</a></i>; the band themselves did so too.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200556–57_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200556–57-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2007:_Ta-Dah"><span id="2005.E2.80.932007:_Ta-Dah"></span>2005–2007: <i>Ta-Dah</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2005–2007: Ta-Dah"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recording of the second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Ta-Dah" title="Ta-Dah">Ta-Dah</a></i>, commenced in mid-May 2005 at the Discoball; sneak previews of new songs were played at live performances, including "<a href="/wiki/Everybody_Wants_the_Same_Thing" class="mw-redirect" title="Everybody Wants the Same Thing">Everybody Wants the Same Thing</a>", performed at the <a href="/wiki/Live_8" title="Live 8">Live 8</a> concert, "Paul McCartney", "I Can't Decide", "Hybrid Man", "Forever Right Now" and "Hair Baby" (a title that refers to the phenomenon of tumors containing <a href="/wiki/Parasitic_twin" title="Parasitic twin">partially formed fetuses</a>). Among the assumed <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonyms</a> used to play a series of secret shows to test this new material were "Bridget Jones' Diarrhea", "Portion Control" and "Megapussi".<sup id="cite_ref-BTN_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BTN-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (February 2024)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Scissor Sisters were also one of the headlining acts at the British <a href="/wiki/V_Festival" title="V Festival">V Festival</a> in 2005, where they collaborated on stage with Scottish rock group <a href="/wiki/Franz_Ferdinand_(band)" title="Franz Ferdinand (band)">Franz Ferdinand</a> to perform a cover version of <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Suffragette_City" title="Suffragette City">Suffragette City</a>". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg/220px-Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg/330px-Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg/440px-Jake_Shears_in_St._Louis%2C_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="604" /></a><figcaption>Jake Shears on tour in St. Louis, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The band fulfilled one of its dreams: <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> collaborated with them on "<a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Feel_Like_Dancin%27" title="I Don't Feel Like Dancin'">I Don't Feel Like Dancin'</a>" (as <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">pianist</a> and co-writer). The song reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2006, and remained in the top spot for four consecutive weeks. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" also peaked at No. 1 on the <a href="/wiki/Australian_ARIA_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian ARIA Singles Chart">Australian ARIA Singles Chart</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Euro_Hot_100" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro Hot 100">Euro Hot 100</a>. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" became the group's biggest hit to date. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> also contributed to the song "Intermission" on <i>Ta-Dah</i> and played piano on a demo of the song <i>Bad Shit</i> (that can be found on the <i>Lights</i> CDsingle). </p><p>In 2006, they acted as an opening act for <a href="/wiki/Depeche_Mode" title="Depeche Mode">Depeche Mode</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Touring_the_Angel" title="Touring the Angel">Touring the Angel</a> Tour for a concert in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a>. Their first gig in the UK for promotion of the second album took place at the <a href="/wiki/KOKO_(venue)" class="mw-redirect" title="KOKO (venue)">KOKO Club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camden_Town" title="Camden Town">Camden</a>, London, on August 31, 2006, and was filmed for <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. 2006 performances at the <a href="/wiki/Bowery_Ballroom" title="Bowery Ballroom">Bowery Ballroom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siren_Music_Festival" title="Siren Music Festival">Siren Music Festival</a> in New York and the <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a> allowed the band to showcase an array of songs from the new album. A free concert was given in <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> to 10,000 ballot winners on September 16, 2006, to promote the Red charity. The band also headlined the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Bestival" title="Bestival">Bestival</a> festival on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, they were invited to <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Maida_Vale" title="Maida Vale">Maida Vale</a> studios to perform different songs on every show broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event, dubbed "Scissor Sisters Day", culminated in them actually standing in for presenter <a href="/wiki/Pete_Tong" title="Pete Tong">Pete Tong</a> and hosting his three-hour slot themselves. The show took an unexpected turn when a woman <a href="/wiki/Childbirth" title="Childbirth">in labour</a> telephoned the show to share her experience with the band and they played "<a href="/wiki/Push_It_(Salt-n-Pepa_song)" title="Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)">Push It</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Salt-n-Pepa" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt-n-Pepa">Salt-n-Pepa</a> for her. Several performances, interviews, and a humorous jingle that was written in an hour, were filmed and edited into a special seven-day, looped broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Red_Button" title="BBC Red Button">BBCi</a>. </p><p>The album was released on September 18, 2006 in the United Kingdom, and on September 26, 2006 in the United States. According to Shears, the album is a combination of 1960s <a href="/wiki/Psychedelia" title="Psychedelia">psychedelia</a>, glam rock and <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a>. It reached No. 1 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> in its first week of release, officially taking the top spot on September 24, 2006, marking a first for the Scissor Sisters, consisting of a single and album at the top of the UK charts simultaneously. The album <i>Ta-Dah</i> leaked onto the Internet on September 10, 2006, five days before its release in the United Kingdom. </p><p>The Scissor Sisters ended their first UK tour at the <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, from November 24 to 26, 2006, supported by new artist <a href="/wiki/Lily_Allen" title="Lily Allen">Lily Allen</a>, who performed during the three days there. The band has also been in the Latin America Top 40 Airplay. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is still charting and is so far their biggest hit to date in Latin America, reaching No. 23, charting mostly in South America, particularly <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>. "<a href="/wiki/Land_of_a_Thousand_Words" title="Land of a Thousand Words">Land of a Thousand Words</a>" was released as the second single from the album, peaking at No. 19 in the UK. "<a href="/wiki/She%27s_My_Man" title="She's My Man">She's My Man</a>" was the third single released in March 2007, peaking at No. 29. "<a href="/wiki/Kiss_You_Off" title="Kiss You Off">Kiss You Off</a>" was the fourth and final single released in May 2007 but failed to dent the Top 40, their first single since their debut <i>Laura</i> to do so. The "Kiss You Off" video centered around Ana Matronic in a futuristic beauty salon. The group was the main event during the New Year's Eve celebrations for 2007 in Berlin. On February 8 and 9, 2007, the group appeared on the American daytime soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/Passions" title="Passions">Passions</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They performed "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" and "Land of a Thousand Words" from the album <i>Ta-Dah</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–2011:_Night_Work_and_other_projects"><span id="2008.E2.80.932011:_Night_Work_and_other_projects"></span>2008–2011: <i>Night Work</i> and other projects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2008–2011: Night Work and other projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival,_Japan-31July2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg/220px-Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg/330px-Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg/440px-Scissor_Sisters_-Fuji_Rock_Festival%2C_Japan-31July2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="930" data-file-height="618" /></a><figcaption>Jake Shears and Ana Matronic performing in 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Fuji_Rock_Festival" title="Fuji Rock Festival">Fuji Rock Festival</a>, Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>After touring the world in 2007, the band had a short hiatus in order to work on their next studio album.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Premiering new material of this album at secret gigs in New York City's <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Lounge" title="Mercury Lounge">Mercury Lounge</a> in October 2008, they assumed the names Queef Latina and Debbie's Hairy. New songs included on the set list were "Television", "Who's Your Money",<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Other Girls", "Major for You", "None of My Business", "Singularity", "<a href="/wiki/Do_the_Strand" title="Do the Strand">Do the Strand</a>", "Who's There", "Not the Loving Kind", "Taking Shape" (with <a href="/wiki/Babydaddy" title="Babydaddy">Babydaddy</a> on lead vocals), and "<a href="/wiki/Uroboros" class="mw-redirect" title="Uroboros">Uroboros</a>". Shears stated on the band's website there was a possibility that none of these songs would appear on the album, as the band was less than satisfied with most of them. This was confirmed to be the case when the track list was revealed. Drummer <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Boom" title="Paddy Boom">Paddy Boom</a> was absent at these gigs and it was later announced that he had amicably parted from the band. The band had come into contact with drummer <a href="/wiki/Randy_Schrager" class="mw-redirect" title="Randy Schrager">Randy "Real" Schrager</a>, who was known from his work on the downtown New York scene, playing with bands such as Jessica Vale and The Act. He was initially brought on as a fill-in during Paddy Boom's leave of absence. Eventually, Randy was made part of the full-time line-up. </p><p>Scissor Sisters spent much of 2008 and early 2009 in the recording studio. However, after working on new material for approximately 18 months, the band decided to shelve their third album. Shears explained: "In my heart I knew it wasn't right. I didn't really know what it was trying to say. It left me a little bit cold."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reportedly, an entire record had been worked on but that the group had "shelved it about a year ago." Shears admits, "If it wasn't something we could fully get behind and believe in, I think the band was going to be over."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2009, the band returned to the studio and began to work on new tracks that made it onto <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Work_(album)" title="Night Work (album)">Night Work</a></i>, their replacement third album. Produced in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Price" title="Stuart Price">Stuart Price</a>, <i>Night Work</i> was released on June 28, 2010. The album was described as "supersexual and sleazy" with its first single, "<a href="/wiki/Fire_With_Fire_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire With Fire (song)">Fire with Fire</a>" as "a really epic song that makes you feel really good".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the album, the band have toured worldwide on The Night Work Tour. As an opening act, they joined <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> for select dates on her third leg of <a href="/wiki/The_Monster_Ball_Tour" title="The Monster Ball Tour">The Monster Ball Tour</a> in early 2011. </p><p>Shears and Scissor Sisters collaborator John "JJ" Garden provided the lyrics and score for a world-premiere musical adaptation of Armistead Maupin's <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_City" title="Tales of the City">Tales of the City</a></i>, a much-loved series of novels (and later a television miniseries) about life in San Francisco in the 1970s. The musical was first developed at the <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theater_Center" title="Eugene O'Neill Theater Center">Eugene O'Neill Theater Center</a>'s National Music Theater Conference in 2009, where Shears and Garden collaborated with a creative team that included playwright <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Whitty" title="Jeff Whitty">Jeff Whitty</a> and director <a href="/wiki/Jason_Moore_(director)" title="Jason Moore (director)">Jason Moore</a>, of the Tony-Award-winning musical <i><a href="/wiki/Avenue_Q" title="Avenue Q">Avenue Q</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show had a subsequent run in San Francisco on May 18, 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/American_Conservatory_Theater" title="American Conservatory Theater">American Conservatory Theater</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2024:_Magic_Hour_and_indefinite_hiatus"><span id="2012.E2.80.932024:_Magic_Hour_and_indefinite_hiatus"></span>2012–2024: <i>Magic Hour</i> and indefinite hiatus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2012–2024: Magic Hour and indefinite hiatus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters,_2012..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg/220px-Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg/330px-Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg/440px-Babydaddy_%26_Ana_Matronic_of_the_Scissor_Sisters%2C_2012..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Babydaddy and Ana Matronic performing in Kansas City on the 2012 "Magic Hour" tour.</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 31, 2011, Shears tweeted that the band's fourth album was in its final stages. A song from the new album titled "<a href="/wiki/Shady_Love" title="Shady Love">Shady Love</a>" debuted on <a href="/wiki/Annie_Mac" title="Annie Mac">Annie Mac</a>'s <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> show on January 2, 2012. "Shady Love" features guest vocals from <a href="/wiki/Azealia_Banks" title="Azealia Banks">Azealia Banks</a> while Jake Shears performs under his pseudonym Krystal Pepsy.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 13, 2012, Scissor Sisters announced the title of the album, <i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Hour_(Scissor_Sisters_album)" title="Magic Hour (Scissor Sisters album)">Magic Hour</a></i>, and revealed that the record would be released worldwide on May 28, 2012. The band also announced the release date of a new single, "<a href="/wiki/Only_the_Horses" title="Only the Horses">Only the Horses</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally scheduled to come out on May 20, the release of "Only the Horses" was brought forward to May 13. The video premiered on Thursday April 18, 2012. On May 7, the band released the track "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Have_a_Kiki" title="Let's Have a Kiki">Let's Have a Kiki</a>" exclusively via <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a> in some countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Upon release, <i>Magic Hour</i> peaked at #4 on the UK Albums Chart and #35 on the US Billboard 200.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The band embarked on a world tour in support of <i>Magic Hour</i>, starting with summer shows in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-official_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 10, 2012, they performed the American TV premiere of "Let's Have a Kiki" on <a href="/wiki/Bravo_(American_TV_network)" title="Bravo (American TV network)">Bravo-TV's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Watch_What_Happens_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Watch What Happens Live">Watch What Happens Live</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They toured Europe in September and October 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-official_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 23, 2012, while performing at the <a href="/wiki/Camden_Roundhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden Roundhouse">Camden Roundhouse</a>, Scissor Sisters announced an indefinite hiatus.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, Ana Matronic insisted that the band, while still on break, had not permanently split.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band collaborated on a <a href="/wiki/Charity_record" title="Charity record">charity record</a> with <a href="/wiki/MNDR" title="MNDR">MNDR</a> and released "<a href="/wiki/Swerlk" title="Swerlk">Swerlk</a>" on June 9, 2017, their first release in five years.<sup id="cite_ref-swerlk_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swerlk-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Proceeds for the single were donated to the Contigo Fund, a nonprofit organization for LGBTQ individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-swerlk_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swerlk-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, Shears stated the impetus for the band's hiatus was the success of "Let's Have a Kiki" in the US and wanting to end things on a high note: "I didn’t know what the fuck to say after that song, quite honestly. When that song came out and did what it did [hitting #1 on the Billboard dance charts], I was just like, 'Well, there it is, I guess we did it.' I truly had no idea what to follow that up with. So I thought, we’ve been recording and touring for 10 years, and I felt like it was time. This wasn’t what anybody in the band had planned to do. So I thought it would be fun to end on a high note. But you know what? That’s not to say we’re never going to do anything again. The Scissor Sisters will be back."<sup id="cite_ref-gaycities2019_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaycities2019-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later noted: "I think reaching that goal, and feeling like we were in a great moment, made it feel like a great time to hang up our hats."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentInterview2024_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentInterview2024-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024–present:_Reunion_and_2025_tour"><span id="2024.E2.80.93present:_Reunion_and_2025_tour"></span>2024–present: Reunion and 2025 tour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2024–present: Reunion and 2025 tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After over seven years of inactivity, on October 29th 2024, the band's logo appeared on Glasgow's <a href="/wiki/OVO_Hydro" title="OVO Hydro">OVO Hydro</a> and Manchester's <a href="/wiki/Co-op_Live" title="Co-op Live">Co-op Live</a> arenas. The following day, the band's social feeds were updated with the text "31.10.24". </p><p>On October 31st, the band confirmed that they were reuniting for a string of shows in 2025, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album. The band's reunited line-up will be a trio, featuring Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis, and will not feature the participation of Ana Matronic, Paddy Boom or Randy Real. </p><p>Regarding Ana Matronic's absence, Shears noted: "I think it just didn’t line up. It’s not something that she wanted to do at this moment in time. And I didn’t want that to keep us from coming out and playing these songs."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentInterview2024_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentInterview2024-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babydaddy elaborated: "It’s more her story to tell than ours. Except to say that, I think she’s such a part of the spirit of this band, especially at that moment in time. There were definitely conversations, and I think hopefully a good understanding of it just not being the right time. So it is a little funny [to be reuniting without her]. But also, there’s the people that want to hear this music again too. Maybe there is some future where Ana comes back and does stuff too. Who knows? She’ll be in the back of our minds, for sure. But in the meantime, for the 20th anniversary, it just felt like we wanted to see what these songs do out there."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentInterview2024_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentInterview2024-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry">Artistry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Artistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_style">Musical style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Musical style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scissor Sisters' music can be generally described as a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">glam rock</a>, disco and alternative music. They appear to have been heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> (who co-wrote and played piano on "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'") despite Shears commenting that he was not familiar with his work prior to the release of their record. Shears has since stated that he has become a big fan. The band also has been compared to <a href="/wiki/ABBA" title="ABBA">ABBA</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blondie_(band)" title="Blondie (band)">Blondie</a>, <a href="/wiki/KC_and_the_Sunshine_Band" title="KC and the Sunshine Band">KC and the Sunshine Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a> who were "the reason we got into music," Matronic stated, <a href="/wiki/Supertramp" title="Supertramp">Supertramp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees" title="Siouxsie and the Banshees">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a> who Matronic "wouldn't be here without," <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, 1970s-era <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chic_(band)" title="Chic (band)">Chic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_O%27Brien" title="Richard O'Brien">Richard O'Brien</a> and various other dance, disco, rock, and <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> acts. Shears also stated that <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> have been an influence for him and that he is a huge fan of <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wings_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings (band)">Wings</a>, hence their track entitled "Paul McCartney". However, the band admits that their music is hard to categorise. </p><p>The lyrics of their songs, largely written by Shears and Babydaddy, are known for their mixture of wit and tragedy. The songs on their debut album dealt with a number of subjects and issues in a variety of styles, from drug abuse within the gay community ("<a href="/wiki/Return_to_Oz_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Return to Oz (song)">Return to Oz</a>"), to Shears' deep platonic love for his best friend Mary ("Mary"). Mary died of a brain <a href="/wiki/Aneurysm" title="Aneurysm">aneurysm</a> in April 2006, news that devastated members of the band.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of Scissor Sisters' songs deal with themes in the <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, relating to the fact that three of the band members, including the two founders, are gay. "Filthy/Gorgeous" is about transgender prostitutes while "Take Your Mama" deals with coming <a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_closet" class="mw-redirect" title="Out of the closet">out of the closet</a> to family members. Despite this, Shears stated, "I don't believe sexuality really matters when it comes to music."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford200532_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford200532-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview featured on the <i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_Scissor_Sisters..._And_So_Are_You" title="We Are Scissor Sisters... And So Are You">We Are Scissor Sisters... And So Are You</a></i> DVD, Shears states, "The fact that some of us are gay affects our music the same amount as it does that some of the members of <a href="/wiki/Blondie_(band)" title="Blondie (band)">Blondie</a> are straight." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_style">Performance style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Performance style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The visuals for Scissor Sisters' self-titled first album and its singles featured artwork by an English <a href="/wiki/Illustrator" title="Illustrator">illustrator</a> named Spookytim, who had a studio in <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> called Studiospooky. The artwork was created by a wide variety of techniques and mixed traditional paper-based processes with <a href="/wiki/Digital_data" title="Digital data">digital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Photographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Photographic">photographic</a> elements in order to reflect the multi-referential nature of the band's music. </p><p>Scissor Sisters are known for their extravagant live performances. In some of their early shows, Shears was known to remove all of his clothes onstage, harking back to his former profession as a <a href="/wiki/Go-go_dancing" title="Go-go dancing">go-go stripper</a>; in others, he threw inflated <a href="/wiki/Condom" title="Condom">condoms</a> into the audience.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005107_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHannaford2005107-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scissor_Sisters.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Scissor_Sisters.JPG/220px-Scissor_Sisters.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Scissor_Sisters.JPG/330px-Scissor_Sisters.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Scissor_Sisters.JPG/440px-Scissor_Sisters.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Scissor Sisters on tour in St. Louis, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>"Isn't It Strange," a track created during the band's recording session for <i>"Night Work"</i>, featured in <i><a href="/wiki/Shrek_Forever_After" title="Shrek Forever After">Shrek Forever After</a></i> (2010).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/DJ_Earworm" title="DJ Earworm">DJ Earworm</a>'s 2005 song "No One Takes Your Freedom" combined Scissor Sisters' "Take Your Mama" with <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>' "For No One", <a href="/wiki/George_Michael" title="George Michael">George Michael</a>'s "Freedom '90" and <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a>'s "Think".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Scissor_Sisters" title="List of awards and nominations received by Scissor Sisters">List of awards and nominations received by Scissor Sisters</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Current members</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Shears" title="Jake Shears">Jake Shears</a> (born Jason Sellards) – vocals, piano, guitar <small>(2001–2012; 2017; 2024–present)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babydaddy" title="Babydaddy">Babydaddy</a> (born Scott Hoffman) – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar <small>(2001–2012; 2017; 2024–present)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Marquis" title="Del Marquis">Del Marquis</a> (born Derek Gruen) – lead guitar, bass guitar <small>(2001–2012; 2017; 2024–present)</small></li></ul> <p><b>Former members</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Boom" title="Paddy Boom">Paddy Boom</a> (born Patrick Seacor) – drums, electronic drums, percussion <small>(2001–2008)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Matronic" title="Ana Matronic">Ana Matronic</a> (born Ana Lynch) – vocals, '<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Ceremonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Ceremonies">Mistress of Ceremonies</a>', percussion, keyboards <small>(2001–2012; 2017)</small></li> <li>Randy Real (born Randy Schrager) – drums, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_drums" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic drums">electronic drums</a>, percussion <small>(2008–2012; 2017)</small></li></ul> <p><b>Former Live members</b> </p> <ul><li>John "JJ" Garden – keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass guitars.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_discography" title="Scissor Sisters discography">Scissor Sisters discography</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_(album)" title="Scissor Sisters (album)"><i>Scissor Sisters</i></a> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ta-Dah" title="Ta-Dah">Ta-Dah</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Work_(album)" title="Night Work (album)">Night Work</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Hour_(Scissor_Sisters_album)" title="Magic Hour (Scissor Sisters album)">Magic Hour</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_Scissor_Sisters..._And_So_Are_You" title="We Are Scissor Sisters... And So Are You">We Are Scissor Sisters... And So Are You</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hurrah!_A_Year_of_Ta-Dah" title="Hurrah! A Year of Ta-Dah">Hurrah! A Year of Ta-Dah</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours">Tours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scissor_Sisters&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output 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A Year of Ta-Dah</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scissor_Sisters_discography" title="Scissor Sisters discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Scissor_Sisters" title="List of songs recorded by Scissor Sisters">Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Scissor_Sisters" title="List of awards and nominations received by Scissor Sisters">Awards and nominations</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/K-Mart_Disco" title="K-Mart Disco">K-Mart Disco</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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