Scissorfight

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Scissorfight
Origin Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Years active 1995 to Present
Genres Hardcore
Death metal
Stoner metal
Labels Hydrahead
Members Jay Fortin
Paul Jarvis
Kevin J. Strongbow
Ironlung
Website(s) Official Site

Scissorfight is a four-piece band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fronted by singer/songwriter Ironlung. The band has a strong libertarian viewpoint and defines itself as "acid mountain rock".


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[edit] Overview

New Hampshire punk rockers Scissorfight formed in 1995 in the town of Portsmouth. The original lineup consisted of guitarist Jay Fortin (who prefers the stage names Geezum H. Crow and F*** You), bassist Jarvis, and drummer Joel Muzzey. Blending extreme genres such as grindcore and post-hardcore, the band hired vocalist Ironlung (named for his ability to take in illegal substances) to "stand there and look scary." Relocating to Boston, the band was not easily accepted by the local music scene due to their extreme behavior. At one show, Ironlung dislocated his shoulder and then spent the entire show trying to punch it back into place. Muzzey would leave the band soon after, and was replaced by Ironlung's brother Kevin J. Strongbow. They recorded their debut, 1996's Guaranteed Kill, and found themselves getting quite a lot of press in the underground. The band followed it up with 1998's Balls Deep, which received good reviews from mainstream publications. Their success in Boston was now quite impressive, and they signed to independent label Tortuga Recordings to release 1999's New Hampshire. The radio play they received locally earned them a spot at the River Rave festival, where they performed with Cypress Hill and Stone Temple Pilots. They released a covers EP called Piscataqua soon after, and were featured on MTV's You Hear It First segment. In 2001 they released two albums, the original Mantrapping for Sport and Profit and an album of re-recorded songs to be released in Britain called American Cloven Hoof Blues. A series of EPs (Potential New Agent for Unconventional Warfare, Deathchants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, Vol. 2, and Victory Over Horseshit) followed, with the full-length Jaggernaut arriving in March 2006.

The band is named after tribadism.

Scissorfight was named "best hard rock band" at the Boston Music Awards in 2003[1] and 2004.[2]

According to the New York Times, "The band's roaring singer, Ironlung, has cultivated a lunatic-woodsman persona, glowering, eyes popping, over a beard grown unreasonable."."[3]


Ironlung's real name is Christopher Shurtleff and he is writing a master's thesis on "the cultural history of LSD, and its influence on the artist."[4]


[edit] Members

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Guaranteed Kill LP (Wonderdrug Records, 1996)
  • Balls Deep LP (Wonderdrug Records, 1998)
  • New Hampshire LP (Tortuga Recordings, 1999)
  • Mantrapping for Sport and Profit LP (Tortuga Recordings,2001)
  • Jaggernaut LP, (Tortuga Recordings,2006)

[edit] Singles & EPs

  • Piscataqua EP (Tortuga Recordings, 2000)
  • Victory Over Horseshit EP (Tortuga Recordings, 2006)


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Boston Globe, September 5, 2003
  2. ^ Boston Globe, September 30, 2004
  3. ^ New York Times, August 26, 2003
  4. ^ Boston Globe, December 19, 2002

[edit] Εxternal links

"Scissorfight star in their greatest epic yet"] at the Boston Phoenix
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