Scissors For Lefty is an

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band based in

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, USA. The band's first album, ''Bruno'', was released in 2005 by

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Biography

Three of the band's members, Bryan Garza, Peter Krimmel and James Krimmel, met in

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while attending college, and later moved to San Francisco. The band consists of two sets of families : Bryan, Robby, Steve and Eric Garza, with Peter and James Krimmel. Scissors For Lefty has released three full-length albums. The first, ''Bruno'' in 2005, was self-produced and released by the band. ''Underhanded Romance'' was released by

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on June 12, 2007, and on the

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on May 29, 2007. A 5-song EP, ''Consumption Junction'', was released on October 24, 2008. The third full-length album, ''Bangs & Lashes'', was released on iTunes on October 29, 2014. The video for the title track was released on May 6, 2013. A local

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, chose the band to play on the main stage of its BFD 2007 festival, along with

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. Each year, Live 105 chooses a local band it thinks has a good chance to be successful, and givesit a chance to play to a much bigger audience. BFD was held at the Shoreline Amphitheater on June 9, 2007. Scissors For Lefty has toured with

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, Dirty Pretty Things,

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Discography

Albums

* ''Bruno'' (2005) * ''Underhanded Romance'' (2007) * ''Bangs & Lashes (2014)

EPs

* ''Scissors For Lefty EP'' (2006) * ''Consumption Junction EP'' (2008)

Singles

* "Ghetto Ways" (2006) * "Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home" b/w "Inevitable Thieves" (2006) * "Not For Keeps" (2012)

References

External links

Scissors For Lefty official web site

Facebook page
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