Videos from the archives of The Scissor Girls

I've been on a rather consistent Scissor Girls kick this past week, especially when it comes to continually penetrating the late, great Chicago no-wave/noise-rock trio's disjointed, schizo, brilliant 10" so that you can start to see what S-T-A-T-I-C-L-A-N-D (with recording help from one Tom Smith of To Live And Shave In L.A. fame, who's fingerprints seem to linger over the record's fractured aesthetic). There sadly are too few bands these days with both the sonic and visual audacity that the Girls possessed; here are some moving picture diversions from the band's archives:

Cryptic, amusing interviews and some short, but solid live footage from Chicago TV show Ben Loves Chicago:

The legendary Chic A Go Go appearance, with a small child beating a snare drum with a fake bone:


A collage-y, epileptic video from the SC Research archives of "M. Poison":


Some 1993 live footage at the Lounge Ax in Chicago:

Comments

[Woody]

I think a lot of this footage was put on YouTube by WFMU-affiliate Fatty Jubbo...

[Concerned Citizen]

Oh, yeah, this is MUCH better than that new Offspring track. Thank goodness you posted this, or the world would be so much worse off, having forgotten this crucial moment in Lounge Axe history.