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Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards, 3 October 1978 , Arizona ) is the male lead Vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters . EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Shears grew up in the Suburbs of Seattle and went to high school in Friday Harbor, Washington. Shears attended Occidental College in Los Angeles . When Shears was 19, he traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to visit a classmate, who introduced him to Scott Hoffman (Babydaddy). Shears and Hoffman hit it off immediately and, a year later, both moved to New York . In New York, Shears attended Eugene Lang College , where he studied fiction writing and was classmates with Travis Jeppesen , and wrote pieces for the Gay magazine HX . For a while, Shears, who is Openly gay, was a fixture on the New York gay and Electroclash scene. In 2000, Shears also worked as a music reviewer for Paper magazine. Shears and Hoffman formed the Scissor Sisters in 2001 as a kind of performance art lark, playing outrageous shows in clubs like Luxx , the heart of the electroclash scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , where Shears lived. After a couple years struggling in New York (working with record label A Touch of Class, who produced "Comfortably Numb" and "Filthy/Gorgeous"), the Sisters finally found success in the UK and Ireland - ending 2004 with the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK. In Concert , Shears is known for provocative dancing, flamboyant outfits, and near-nudity. His musical influences include Duran Duran , Roxy Music , Queen , Madonna , and Dolly Parton . He, along with his band, has become especially popular in the LGBT community. Shears attended Sir Elton John 's "stag" party before John's Civil Partnership ceremony with David Furnish in 2005. On 29 July 2007 , Shears decided to get married to his boyfriend Chris. The wedding is due to take place next spring.1 OTHER CREDITS Shears performs with Erasure 's Andy Bell on "Thought It Was You", on Bell's 2005 Album '' Electric Blue ''. He has also collaborated with Tiga , and wrote the Hit Single "I Believe In You" for Kylie Minogue with Babydaddy. NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS
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