The Scissor Girls
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The Scissor Girls were a Chicago
no wave
band formed by Washington D.C. natives Azita Youssefi, Sue Anne Zollinger, and Heather Melowic in 1991. The idea to form the group was conceived during the late eighties by Azita Youssefi
and Heather Melowic while they were living in their hometown of Washington, DC. In 1989, after moving to Chicago to attend the Art Institute of Chicago
, Youssefi met guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger who, following the addition of Heather Melowic on drums, agreed to join the trio. The original lineup of the band included of Azita Youssefi on bass and vocals, Sue Anne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on drums.
The Scissor Girls' live performances were highly theatrical and the group's members often dressed in bizarre homemade costumes ranging from Catholic schoolgirl uniforms
, to clothes made of Bubble Wrap
and duct tape
.
The group recorded and released a number of indie singles as well as two full-length albums with their original lineup before guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger chose to leave. In 1994, Zollinger's roommate, guitarist Kelly Kuvo, became Zollinger's permanent replacement. After Kuvo's induction into the band, the group released 7" singles "New Tactical Outline Sec. 1" and "New Tactical Outline Sec. 2." in February 1995, and the 10" EP "S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D" in March 1996, before they were forced to disbanded due to financial issues, leaving a third full-length album unfinished in the studio. In 1997, following the band's breakup, a singles compilation was released by Atavistic Records
. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-27050537-bio--Azita
to attend the Art Institute of Chicago
, intending to pursue a study in drawing and sound. While still in her first year of school, Youssefi had begun to grow tired of producing visual art, and an encounter with guitarist and fellow D.C. native Sue Anne Zollinger prompted Youssefi to begin experimenting with music. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-27050537-bio--Azita After convincing childhood friend Heather Melowic to join her in Chicago, Youssefi, along with Melowic, managed to persuade Zollinger to fill-out their three-piece. The Scissor Girls formed in the summer of 1991 with Azita on bass, Zollinger on guitar, and Melowic on drums. The group was known for the odd costumes its members would wear on stage; an eclectic collection of attire which at times included, goggles, tutus, and heavy eye makeup that mimicked the black facial coloring of raccoons. []
In 1992 the Scissor Girls became friends with a Copy Max employee named Kelly Kuvo—at the time also a student at the Art Institute of Chicago—who worked in the Wicker Park district of Chicago, a breeding ground for No Wave bands during the early 1990s. Kuvo offered the band a chance to make their first Scissor Girls fliers, demo tape inserts, and posters free of charge, giving the band a boost of publicity which they were able to exploit well enough to land their first gig; a local performance that took place on Halloween night 1992. Also in 1992, the band began to record their first 7", Phy, Diablo!, issuing the release on Chicago indie label, Monkeytech. The album sleeve of each release included a real dried cricket smashed and taped to the cover. At around the same time, the Scissor Girls contributed to the Mira Records-released split 7” single "Time Expired," accompanied by tracks from Slant 6
, Drinking Woman, and Rasto. []
,” this time for Quinnah Records. The Scissor Girls first LP was delayed numerous times due to Quinnah’s tight budget at the time. 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 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. 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
. []
.” This album would be the final Scissor Girls album to include founding member Sue Anne Zollinger, who left the band following the recording due to internal conflicts between her and the rest of the band. Following Zollinger's departure, the band hired guitarist James Yoo to accompany them on a tour. Youssefi and Melowic, the remaining Scissor Girls, quickly realized that the guitar style of Zollinger's replacement did not mesh well with their own sound, and opted to replace Yoo mid-tour. Guitarist Kelly Kuvo, who had remained in touch with the band since the early days following their formation and had actually been living with Zollinger before the latter's departure from the Scissor Girls, was chosen to replace Yoo for the remainder of the tour. Though initially reluctant to collaborate with the Scissor Girls due to her commitments to her other group, Dot Dot Dot, and her production of video art project television shows for Public-access television
cable TV, Kuvo agreed to take a week off work in order to help the band finish their tour. Eventually Kuvo would go on to become a full-time member of the group, collaborating as singer, song-writer and guitarist on the band's self-released 7" singles "New Tactical Outline Sec. 1" and "New Tactical Outline Sec. 2." in 1995, and the 10" EP "S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D" released on Load Records, her self-produced SG Research Music Videos, and to the band's road shows until the bands breakup in 1996. []
-like, all-ages cable-access dance show "Chic-a-Go-Go
." One of the prerequisites for performing on Chic-a-Go-Go stipulated that the trio would have to lip-sync their contribution to the program. This became a point of contention with drummer Heather Melowic, who refused to perform on the show. Despite Melowic's refusal to appear on the program, the other members of the band opted not to cancel their performance. In Melowics' stead the band hired a young girl dressed as a cavewoman to intermittently beat a snare drum with a plastic dinosaur bone in lieu of Melowic's percussive accompaniment. After the Chic-a-go-go performance the Scissor Girls were offered a chance to appear on The Jenny Jones Show
, but Melowic again refused to participate, and the performance was dropped. []
-released 10" EP, "So That You Can Start to See What S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D." The album was jointly produced by Tom Smith and Sonic Youth
guitarist Jim O'Rourke
in the winter of 1995. http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/scissor.html It was during the recording of this first EP that the band finally managed to secure a release for their second album We People Space with Phantoms, which the band had recorded with original guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger, but which had sat unreleased on the shelf since it was recorded in October 1994. The job of issuing the album ultimately fell to Atavistic Records
, which released the LP on April 16, 1996. Following the release of their second album, the Scissor Girls were offered a contract by Atavistic with the stipulation that the band would release two further records for the label. Guitarist Kelly Kuvo declined the offer, but both Youssefi and Melowic agreed to be signed to Atavistic. []
After the Scissor Girls, Melowic joined the Chicago no-wave supergroup Lake of Dracula, contributing drums alongside the Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter
, who provided lead guitar, Couch's Marlon Magas, who supplied vocals, and Shorty
and U.S. Maple
vocalist Al Johnson (billed as the Manhattanite) on backing vocals. The group lasted through 1997 at which point Melowic decided to continue her education, studying virology
at the University of Illinois. [] Melowic eventually went on to obtain a Ph.D in Biochemistry
. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/chicago_nowave_.html and now enjoys teaching Chemistry to High School students in New Jersey.
After her time in The Scissor Girls, Kelly Kuvo traveled to Brooklyn
where she helped form the band Sweet Thunder with Gavin Russom of The Crystal Ark, as well as with Casey Spooner and Lizzy Yoder of Fischerspooner
. [] Kuvo then made the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
where she continued writing as a freelancer
for magazines such as Index
, Roctober Magazine, Oui
, Scram Magazine, and Vice Magazine. After taking up a position teaching Art at a half-way house for mentally ill adults [] Kuvo became the Bubblegum Queen, hosted The Bubblegum Music Achievement Awards Ceremony, and then went on to receive an MA in Studio Art and Art Therapy from New York University. Kelly Kuvo has six critical essays published in the music anthology book, Lost In The Grooves, and a feature in the book, Catholic No. 1: Cats. Kuvo produced a DVD retrospective compilation for The Scissor Girls in 2004, and continues to make and collaborate on Art, Video, Literature, and Music projects. Currently, Kelly Kuvo enjoys teaching Art to Middle and High School students in Baltimore, MD.
Upon her departure from the band, original guitarist SueAnne Zollinger went on to receive a Ph.D in Biology
and Neuroscience
, studying sound production and vocal learning. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/chicago_nowave_.html
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
no wave
No Wave
No Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...
band formed by Washington D.C. natives Azita Youssefi, Sue Anne Zollinger, and Heather Melowic in 1991. The idea to form the group was conceived during the late eighties by Azita Youssefi
Azita
Azita Youssefi is an experimental musician and artist based in Chicago. She is usually associated with the Chicago no wave scene, which included bands like the Flying Luttenbachers, U.S. Maple and Bobby Conn.-Background:...
and Heather Melowic while they were living in their hometown of Washington, DC. In 1989, after moving to Chicago to attend the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
, Youssefi met guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger who, following the addition of Heather Melowic on drums, agreed to join the trio. The original lineup of the band included of Azita Youssefi on bass and vocals, Sue Anne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on drums.
The Scissor Girls' live performances were highly theatrical and the group's members often dressed in bizarre homemade costumes ranging from Catholic schoolgirl uniforms
Catholic school uniform
The Catholic school uniform stereotype consists of a pleated plaid skirt or jumper , Mary Jane or saddle shoes, a blouse, and a sweater, for girls; for boys, a button-down shirt, a necktie, and dark pants...
, to clothes made of Bubble Wrap
Bubble Wrap
Bubble wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. Regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres provide cushioning for fragile items....
and duct tape
Duct tape
Duct tape, or duck tape, is cloth- or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. It has a standard width of and is generally silver or black...
.
The group recorded and released a number of indie singles as well as two full-length albums with their original lineup before guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger chose to leave. In 1994, Zollinger's roommate, guitarist Kelly Kuvo, became Zollinger's permanent replacement. After Kuvo's induction into the band, the group released 7" singles "New Tactical Outline Sec. 1" and "New Tactical Outline Sec. 2." in February 1995, and the 10" EP "S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D" in March 1996, before they were forced to disbanded due to financial issues, leaving a third full-length album unfinished in the studio. In 1997, following the band's breakup, a singles compilation was released by Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...
. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-27050537-bio--Azita
Early years
In 1989 Azita Youssefi left her hometown of Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
to attend the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
, intending to pursue a study in drawing and sound. While still in her first year of school, Youssefi had begun to grow tired of producing visual art, and an encounter with guitarist and fellow D.C. native Sue Anne Zollinger prompted Youssefi to begin experimenting with music. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-27050537-bio--Azita After convincing childhood friend Heather Melowic to join her in Chicago, Youssefi, along with Melowic, managed to persuade Zollinger to fill-out their three-piece. The Scissor Girls formed in the summer of 1991 with Azita on bass, Zollinger on guitar, and Melowic on drums. The group was known for the odd costumes its members would wear on stage; an eclectic collection of attire which at times included, goggles, tutus, and heavy eye makeup that mimicked the black facial coloring of raccoons. []
In 1992 the Scissor Girls became friends with a Copy Max employee named Kelly Kuvo—at the time also a student at the Art Institute of Chicago—who worked in the Wicker Park district of Chicago, a breeding ground for No Wave bands during the early 1990s. Kuvo offered the band a chance to make their first Scissor Girls fliers, demo tape inserts, and posters free of charge, giving the band a boost of publicity which they were able to exploit well enough to land their first gig; a local performance that took place on Halloween night 1992. Also in 1992, the band began to record their first 7", Phy, Diablo!, issuing the release on Chicago indie label, Monkeytech. The album sleeve of each release included a real dried cricket smashed and taped to the cover. At around the same time, the Scissor Girls contributed to the Mira Records-released split 7” single "Time Expired," accompanied by tracks from Slant 6
Slant 6
Slant 6 was an all-female punk rock trio based in Washington, D.C.The group consisted of Christina Billotte , Myra Power , and Marge Marshall ; it formed in July 1992 following the 1991 breakup of Autoclave, in which Billotte had played...
, Drinking Woman, and Rasto. []
First releases
In 1994 the Scissor Girls began recording their first 10” LP, “From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer On SkeletonsFrom: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer on Skeletons
From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer On Skeletons is the title of the debut album by the Chicago-based no wave band, the Scissor Girls...
,” this time for Quinnah Records. The Scissor Girls first LP was delayed numerous times due to Quinnah’s tight budget at the time. 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 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. The CD version of “From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer on Skeletons” was released by The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress is a modernist novel by Gertrude Stein. The novel traces the genealogy, history, and psychological development of members of the fictional Hersland and Dehning families...
label, run by the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
queercore
Queercore
Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by being discontent with society in general and its rejection of the disapproval of the gay, bisexual, and lesbian communities and their "oppressive agenda"...
duo, God is My Co-Pilot
God is My Co-Pilot
God Is My Co-Pilot may refer to:*God is My Co-Pilot a book by Gen. Robert Lee Scott Jr., USAF *God is My Co-Pilot a 1945 film based on the above book*God Is My Co-Pilot a band from New York City...
. []
Lineup changes
Following the recording of “From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer on Skeletons” the band immediately set to work on a follow-up LP titled, “We People Space with PhantomsWe People Space with Phantoms
We People Space with Phantoms is the second album recorded by the Chicago-based No wave band, The Scissor Girls. The album was recorded with the original Scissor Girls lineup, which at the time included, Azita Youssefi on bass guitar and vocal, SueAnne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on...
.” This album would be the final Scissor Girls album to include founding member Sue Anne Zollinger, who left the band following the recording due to internal conflicts between her and the rest of the band. Following Zollinger's departure, the band hired guitarist James Yoo to accompany them on a tour. Youssefi and Melowic, the remaining Scissor Girls, quickly realized that the guitar style of Zollinger's replacement did not mesh well with their own sound, and opted to replace Yoo mid-tour. Guitarist Kelly Kuvo, who had remained in touch with the band since the early days following their formation and had actually been living with Zollinger before the latter's departure from the Scissor Girls, was chosen to replace Yoo for the remainder of the tour. Though initially reluctant to collaborate with the Scissor Girls due to her commitments to her other group, Dot Dot Dot, and her production of video art project television shows for Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV, Kuvo agreed to take a week off work in order to help the band finish their tour. Eventually Kuvo would go on to become a full-time member of the group, collaborating as singer, song-writer and guitarist on the band's self-released 7" singles "New Tactical Outline Sec. 1" and "New Tactical Outline Sec. 2." in 1995, and the 10" EP "S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D" released on Load Records, her self-produced SG Research Music Videos, and to the band's road shows until the bands breakup in 1996. []
Television appearances
After finishing up their first tour with the new lineup, the Scissor Girls began to look for new opportunities to expand their audience. With this goal in mind, Kelly Kuvo produced an SG Research 96 music video show for Chicago Cable Access, and the band began making appearances on local Chicago-area television programs such as "Ben Loves Chicago" and the American BandstandAmerican Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
-like, all-ages cable-access dance show "Chic-a-Go-Go
Chic-a-Go-Go
Chic-a-Go-Go is a Public-access television cable TV children's dance show that airs on Chicago Access Network Television . The show bills itself as "Chicago's Dance Show for Kids of All Ages".-Show description:...
." One of the prerequisites for performing on Chic-a-Go-Go stipulated that the trio would have to lip-sync their contribution to the program. This became a point of contention with drummer Heather Melowic, who refused to perform on the show. Despite Melowic's refusal to appear on the program, the other members of the band opted not to cancel their performance. In Melowics' stead the band hired a young girl dressed as a cavewoman to intermittently beat a snare drum with a plastic dinosaur bone in lieu of Melowic's percussive accompaniment. After the Chic-a-go-go performance the Scissor Girls were offered a chance to appear on The Jenny Jones Show
The Jenny Jones Show
The Jenny Jones Show is an American syndicated daytime tabloid talk show that was hosted by comedian/actress/singer Jenny Jones. It was produced by Telepictures and was distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
, but Melowic again refused to participate, and the performance was dropped. []
Further releases
In March 1996, the Scissor Girls, now with Kuvo on guitar, released their first EP, the Load RecordsLoad Records
Load Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit...
-released 10" EP, "So That You Can Start to See What S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D." The album was jointly produced by Tom Smith and Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
guitarist Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke (musician)
Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
in the winter of 1995. http://www.loadrecords.com/bands/scissor.html It was during the recording of this first EP that the band finally managed to secure a release for their second album We People Space with Phantoms, which the band had recorded with original guitarist Sue Anne Zollinger, but which had sat unreleased on the shelf since it was recorded in October 1994. The job of issuing the album ultimately fell to Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records
Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...
, which released the LP on April 16, 1996. Following the release of their second album, the Scissor Girls were offered a contract by Atavistic with the stipulation that the band would release two further records for the label. Guitarist Kelly Kuvo declined the offer, but both Youssefi and Melowic agreed to be signed to Atavistic. []
Breakup
In 1996, with the band now committed to a label, the trio of Youssefi, Melowic, and Kuvo returned to the studio to record the band's third LP. Though work was started on the album, it was never completed. After recording her drum parts for the album, Melowic opted to continue her education rather than try to contend with the band's growing financial troubles, which had recently compounded due to an extended period of mismanagement. The group's mishandled funds also prompted Kuvo to depart after recording her guitar parts for the album. Thus, leaving Azita to finish recording her bass parts alone. The band's final album is incomplete and unreleased. The Scissor Girls officially disbanded in October 1996, without fulfilling their two album contract with Atavistic, who instead released a singles compilation, "Here Is the 'Is-Not'," in April 1997. "Here Is the 'Is-Not'" would be the band's final release. []After the Scissor Girls
After the breakup of the band, Azita Youssefi went on to form the short-lived Bride of No No. Following the breakup of Bride of No No, Youssefi went on to perform solo as "Azita", crafting much softer and more accessible piano-based compositions far removed from the Scissor Girls noisy experimentation.After the Scissor Girls, Melowic joined the Chicago no-wave supergroup Lake of Dracula, contributing drums alongside the Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell and is a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus...
, who provided lead guitar, Couch's Marlon Magas, who supplied vocals, and Shorty
Shorty (band)
Shorty was an American rock band formed in Illinois in 1991. The band consisted of vocalist Al Johnson, guitarist Mark Shippy, drummer Todd Lamparelli, and bassist Luke Frantom. After the group's breakup, Al Johnson and Mark Shippy would go on to form the underground art rock band U.S...
and U.S. Maple
U.S. Maple
U.S. Maple was an American noise rock band. The group formed in Chicago in 1995. The band consists of Al Johnson , Mark Shippy , Pat Samson , and Todd Rittmann — who banded together with the intent of becoming the deconstructionists of rock and roll.-Formation and first single:U.S...
vocalist Al Johnson (billed as the Manhattanite) on backing vocals. The group lasted through 1997 at which point Melowic decided to continue her education, studying virology
Virology
Virology is the study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause, the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy...
at the University of Illinois. [] Melowic eventually went on to obtain a Ph.D in Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/chicago_nowave_.html and now enjoys teaching Chemistry to High School students in New Jersey.
After her time in The Scissor Girls, Kelly Kuvo traveled to Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
where she helped form the band Sweet Thunder with Gavin Russom of The Crystal Ark, as well as with Casey Spooner and Lizzy Yoder of Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner...
. [] Kuvo then made the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
where she continued writing as a freelancer
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
for magazines such as Index
Index Magazine
Index Magazine was a prominent New York City based publication for art and culture. It was created by Peter Halley and Bob Nickas in 1996. The publication featured a mix of interviews with famous arty folks like Björk with not so-famous New York personalities like Queen Itchie or Ducky Doolittle.It...
, Roctober Magazine, Oui
Oui (magazine)
Oui is a men's adult pornographic magazine published in the USA and featuring explicit nude photographs of models, with full page pin-ups, centerfolds, interviews and other articles, and cartoons.- Playboy years :...
, Scram Magazine, and Vice Magazine. After taking up a position teaching Art at a half-way house for mentally ill adults [] Kuvo became the Bubblegum Queen, hosted The Bubblegum Music Achievement Awards Ceremony, and then went on to receive an MA in Studio Art and Art Therapy from New York University. Kelly Kuvo has six critical essays published in the music anthology book, Lost In The Grooves, and a feature in the book, Catholic No. 1: Cats. Kuvo produced a DVD retrospective compilation for The Scissor Girls in 2004, and continues to make and collaborate on Art, Video, Literature, and Music projects. Currently, Kelly Kuvo enjoys teaching Art to Middle and High School students in Baltimore, MD.
Upon her departure from the band, original guitarist SueAnne Zollinger went on to receive a Ph.D in Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
and Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
, studying sound production and vocal learning. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/chicago_nowave_.html
Personnel
- Azita Youssefi -- Vocals, bass
- Heather Melowic—Drums
- SueAnne Zollinger—Guitar (1991–94)
- Kelly Kuvo—Guitar (1994–96)
Singles
- Hey Diablo! 7" (MonkeyTech, 1993)
- New Tactical Outline Sec. 1 7" (SG Research, 1995)
- New Tactical Outline Sec. 2 7" (SG Research, 1995)
EP's
- So That You Can Start To See What S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D 10” (LoadLoad RecordsLoad Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. "Load Records might possibly be in possession of the world's most challenging record roster," writes Mark Hensch of Thrash Pit...
, 1996)
Albums
- From: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer On SkeletonsFrom: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer on SkeletonsFrom: The Scissor Girls To: The Imaginary Layer On Skeletons is the title of the debut album by the Chicago-based no wave band, the Scissor Girls...
LP (Quinnah, 1994) - We People Space with PhantomsWe People Space with PhantomsWe People Space with Phantoms is the second album recorded by the Chicago-based No wave band, The Scissor Girls. The album was recorded with the original Scissor Girls lineup, which at the time included, Azita Youssefi on bass guitar and vocal, SueAnne Zollinger on guitar, and Heather Melowic on...
LP/CD (AtavisticAtavistic RecordsAtavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...
, 1995) - Here is the "Is-Not" CD (AtavisticAtavistic RecordsAtavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott...
, 1997)
Video
- SG DVD 2004 DVD-R ( 2hr video compilation Released by Kelly Kuvo in an edition of 30, 2004)