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Running With Scissors was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band consisted of Denny Porter as lead vocalist, John Fox on bass, John Atten on guitar, Brian Parker on keyboard, and Chris White on drums.[1][2] Their sound is described as influenced by The Kinks, with touches of Ray Davies and David Bowie.[1] Porter got his motivation to start a band from watching A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles when he was a kid and declared "That's it, that's what I want to do."[1] Porter mentions that other bands inspired him like The Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, and early Alice Cooper. The band would eventually work with producer Mike Caviezel to produce some of their albums, and later Denny Porter as a solo artist.[3] Denny Porter would also be a part of the group Blue Baboons.[4]
Running With Scissors | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tacoma, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1992–1995? |
| Labels | Procession Records, Instant Records |
| Members | Brian Parker Denny Porter John Fox Les Johnson Mark Tennison |
The band appeared on the Northwest Post-Grunge compilation by Elemental Records and their track "Oh Well" was described as a stand out track.[5]
Two of the band's songs, "Act Your Age" and "Oh Well", were covered by the industrial rock band Snake River Conspiracy on their debut studio album, Sonic Jihad (2000).[6]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Running With Scissors (1993)
- Single Bullet Theory (1994)
- Ordinary Leper (1994)
Other releases
edit- Northwest Post-Grunge (1994, compilation disc – track "Oh Well")
References
edit- ^ a b c Phalen, Tom (1995-01-20). "'Running With Scissors' Cuts Its Niche In Thrash". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Cabrera, Luis (1994-05-02), "Finding the way to Seattle's 'Grunge Rock' scene – Handy Guide tells where best clubs are", The Press Democrat, p. 41
- ^ "99 Men". Broadjam.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Swarner, Ron (2019-09-19). "Sunday, Sept. 18: Wizard's Hairspa 30th Anniversary Bash". Northwestmilitary.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Fiend, Rob (February 3, 1995). "Gavin Rocks" (PDF). Gavin Report. p. 39. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "Truth". mojavephoneboothmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.