The CD version of “From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer on Skeletons” was released by The Making of Americans label, run by the New York City queercore duo, God is My Co-Pilot. The album was finally released in late 1994 as an expanded 12” LP, 500 copies of which were released on marbled gray vinyl, and all of which included a fold-out map hand-drawn by Youssefi. When Quinnah finally did send the group’s master tapes to be pressed, the group discovered that the record pressing plant to which the masters had been sent had burned down, further delaying the album, but not affecting the master tapes, which were unharmed. The Scissor Girls first LP was delayed numerous times due to Quinnah’s tight budget at the time.
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In 1994 the Scissor Girls began recording their first 10” LP, “ From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer On Skeletons,” this time for Quinnah Records. At around the same time, the Scissor Girls contributed to the Mira Records-released split 7-inch single "Time Expired", accompanied by tracks from Slant 6, Drinking Woman, and Rasto. The album sleeve of each release included a real dried cricket smashed and taped to the cover. Also in 1992, the band began to record their first 7-inch, Phy, Diablo!, issuing the release on Chicago indie label Monkeytech. The first gig by The Scissor Girls was a local performance that took place on Halloween night 1992. Both Azita and Sue Anne signed it for her. While working at Copy Max, Kuvo offered to make The Scissor Girls fliers, demo tape inserts, and posters as a trade for a copy of their first demo cassette. Kuvo lived and worked in the Wicker Park district of Chicago. Azita was cast playing herself in Kuvo's SAIC final thesis Film and TV project, a Chicago Cable Access television production, Miss Artificial Spring. The Scissor Girls formed in the summer of 1991 with Azita on bass, Zollinger on guitar, and Melowic on drums.Īt the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Azita and Sue Anne became friends with Kelly Kuvo, formerly of Denver, Colorado, hence the KUVO nom de plume. scene, guitarist, Silver Springs, Maryland native, and also a student at SAIC, Sue Anne Zollinger to fill out their three-piece. scene, Heather Melowic, to join her in Chicago, Youssefi, along with Melowic, managed to persuade fellow teenage friend from the D.C. After convincing a teenage friend from the D.C. While still in her first year of school, Youssefi had begun to grow tired of producing only visual art, and a blossoming relationship with Elliot Dicks, who worked at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago store, prompted Youssefi to begin experimenting with sound and music. suburbia to attend the Art Institute of Chicago, intending to pursue a study in painting and drawing.
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In 1989, Azita Youssefi left Washington, D.C. In 1997, following the band's breakup, a singles compilation was released by Atavistic Records. 2." in February 1995, and the 10" EP "S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D" in March 1996 before disbanding, leaving a third full-length album unfinished in the studio. After Kuvo's induction into the band, the group released the 7" singles "New Tactical Outline Sec. In 1994, Zollinger's roommate, guitarist Kelly Kuvo, became her permanent replacement. The group recorded and released a demo-cassette, a 7” single, as well as two full-length albums with their original lineup before Zollinger chose to leave. After both Youssefi and Sue Anne Zollinger moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute of Chicago, they were joined in 1989 by Melowic, and the original lineup of the band was set: Azita Youssefi on bass and vocals, Sue Anne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on drums. The idea to form the group was conceived during the late 1980s by Azita Youssefi and Heather Melowic while they were living in the Washington, D.C. The Scissor Girls were an American, Chicago-based band formed by Azita Youssefi, Sue Anne Zollinger, and Heather Melowic in 1991.