The Scissor Sisters are a quintet formed by lead vocalist Jake Shears, bassist/keyboardist Babydaddy, vocalist Ana Matronic, guitarist Del Marquis et srummer Paddy Boom. However the creative sparkles of the band are truly the output of Jake Shears and Babydaddy that are the initial core of the band. The two members meet in some New-York city clubs where Jake was working as go-go dancer. As he talked about his past career “I’m so grateful that I went through that phase of dancing on bars for dollars!… It made me totally unashamed to go crazy. Once you’ve taken your clothes off in front of hundreds of people, things get a lot easier.”

The full original name of the band was Dead Lesbian and the Fibrillating Scissor Sisters. But for some reasons, the decided to keep only the last bits of it and became the Scissor Sisters. Funny enough, the name of the band and their logo refer to a slang term to describe a sexual position where the sisters in this context are lesbians. If you make to scissors with your hands you might figure-out the rest of it by yourself.

As we can assume, sex is inevitably a strong part of the Sisters music. Three out of the 5 members are openly gay and not ashamed of the orientation. The lyrics and performance were loaded of sexual references and sleazy humor. But as Ana Matronic pointed-out during the play, no one seams to be offended perhaps thanks to the language barrier. With influences from people like the Bee Gees, Queen, Elton John and David Bowie, the show was highly colorful and it was a great moment of celebration.