Name: Jake Shears
Brand: Jake Shears

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FJEA1.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-08-10

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Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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843563105573

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jake Shears

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Freida Jean Records

Jake Shears (born Jason F. Sellards; October 3, 1978) is an American singer, best known as the lead male singer for the pop band Scissor Sisters.

Born in Arizona, Shears grew up on San Juan Island and attended Friday Harbor High School. After facing bullying, he moved to Seattle to finish high school at The Northwest School. Later, he studied fiction writing at The New School's Eugene Lang College in New York City. Shears became a fixture on the city's gay and electroclash scene while working as a music reviewer for Paper magazine.

In 2001, Shears formed Scissor Sisters with Scott Hoffman as a performance art stunt. After struggling in New York for a couple of years, they found success in the UK and Ireland with their album becoming the biggest-selling of 2004. Known for his provocative dancing and flamboyant outfits onstage, Shears has also collaborated with artists like Andy Bell from Erasure and Tiga.

Jake Shears' self-titled album. Available here on LP and CD.

Jake Shears, lead vocalist and a primary songwriter for the New York band Scissor Sisters steps out on his own, for the first time. He is the talk of the town at the moment, playing the lead in the Broadway production of Kinky Boots, as well as just releasing a tell-all memoir about his life as a musician so far, Boys Keep Swinging. The album isn’t a big departure from the Sisters sound we’re familiar with, but adds a swampy, Southern feel - likely inspired by his move to New Orleans in 2015.

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