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Derek Gruen (born on August 31, 1977), known by the stage name Del Marquis, is an American musician and the lead guitarist for the pop/rock group Scissor Sisters. He is also the creator and producer of the band Slow Knights.
On Halloween 2008, he began releasing solo material, starting with the song "Hot House", only available with a digital film from his official site.[2] Video page of Del's official site. The video was made by Embryoroom, the same director who made Kuvaputki. Further to this, on November 6 it was announced that Del was to digitally release a series of solo EPs, with one released the first Tuesday of every month from December 2008 to April 2009. These contained collaborations with Joan As Police Woman and Basement Jaxx. The first EP, titled Hothouse, was released on December 2.[3]"Scissor Sister Del Marquis to Release Solo EPs" The Runaround EP was released in September 2009, and includes remixes from Baron von Luxxury and Lifelike. The other EPs were titled Character Assassination, and Litter to Society, each with an accompanying videos by Embryoroom.
Gruen & Boys Choir of Harlem alumnus Xavier - credited as Del x Xavier, who would later join Slow Knights, collaborated on an EP titled Tickle. It was released online as a free download in February 2013.
He is gay and was included on a list of openly gay entertainers in The Advocates "Forty Under 40" issue of June/July 2009.
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