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Exclusive Interview: Jake Shears from the Scissor Sisters!

Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters plays "Either/Or" and takes the "If You Were Forced To" challenge with ARTISTdirect!

EITHER/OR

AD: Beer or Wine?
JS: "Neither – both give heartburn – always vodka"

AD: On the Rocks or Straight-Up?
JS: "On the rocks!"

AD: Pizza or Sushi?
JS: "Sushi"

AD: Corn or Flour?
JS: "Corn"

AD: The Onion or The Simpsons?
JS: "Simpsons"

AD: Ashley or Jessica?
JS: "Jessica"

AD: Hot or Cold?
JS: "Hot"

AD: Sunrise or Sunset?
JS: "Sunrise"

AD: Beatles or Stones?
JS: "Stones"

AD: George Michael or Andrew Ridgeley ?
JS: "George Michael"

AD: The Replacements or Husker Du?
JS: "Husker Du"

AD: Pixies or Pavement?
JS: "Pixies"

Recording or Performing?
JS: "Performing"

IF YOU'RE FORCED TO:
no one likes to answer these questions... but if you were forced to...
AD: classify your music in a genre, what would it be?
JS: "pop"

AD: tell us your influences, who would they be?
JS: "Jane Fonda, Mickey Mouse, Rhonda Shears, Paula Abdul"

AD: cover a song by Bon Jovi, which one?
JS: "Wanted: Dead or Alive"

AD: order food from Wendy's, what do you order?
JS: "Broccoli and cheese baked potato, chili, frosty"

AD: live in one city forever, which city?
JS: "New orleans"

AD: drink only one beer, which beer?
JS: "Which vodka... Smirnoff"

AD: play only one venue, which one?
JS: "Bowery Ballroom"

AD: pick a favorite song on your new record, which one?

JS: "Light"

pick a cover song that could've appeared on the record
JS: "Oh Industry – Bette Midler"

AD: pick your dream band to open for (past or present), who would it be?
JS: "Ween"

Thank you to Jake Shears for playing with us. The Scissor Sisters' new album, Ta-Dah, is available now in the ARTISTdirect store!