Biography
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Founded In
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Miranda Mallard, Darla Murphy, and Gemma Cohen formed the band Rock Paper Scissors when they realized that they each collectively believed that harmonizing was their dharma. You might of heard of Punk Band, or the Right Side-up Song Girls, or VatPitKaph, or the Uh Girls, or the Da Llama Sisters, or Trio Contemporario, or the Sophisticated Ladies and their Male Accompanists, or . They are all of these things and more — including their sit-in pianist Eric Hurlin. “We should have a raucous band argument and put the transcript on the website,” says the world-renowned Hurlin, who still remembers the group’s debate over their mild-mannered moniker. “In the band, Darla is Scissors, Miranda is Paper, and I Rock,” says Cohen, putting an end to speculation once and for all. To this day many who’ve experienced a Rock Paper Scissors performance agree the band members are quite eccentric.
Rock Paper Scissors reveal their love of music through shared smiles and a collective urge to give the gift of music to as many people as possible. “Music is how we give back to the world and to all of its inhabitants,” says Mallard. From Andrews Sisters to traditional folk to medieval mass, these three lovely ladies weave their voices into something far beyond ordinary. “I really like singing songs from such a diverse array of sound,” says Murphy. The band also writes their own music to bring a personalized angle to their unique sound.
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