Career
Shears' early performances included a play of Narnia in 1993, directed by Fred Yockers.
In New York, Shears attended The New School's Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, where he studied fiction writing and was classmates with Travis Jeppesen. Shears also wrote pieces for the gay magazine HX. For a while, Shears, who in 2006 had a boyfriend, was a fixture on the New York gay and electroclash scene.
In 2000, Shears also worked as a music reviewer for Paper magazine.
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