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Liz Phair Biography
Name : Liz Phair
Birth Name : Elizabeth Clark Phair
Date of Birth : 17 April 1967
Place of Birth : New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Height : 5' 2
Nationality : American
Profession : Singer, actor
Liz Phair Trivia
Was adopted as an infant by parents John and Nancy Phair.
Son, James Nicholas Staskausas was born on December 21, 1996.
Relocated to Los Angeles with her son after splitting with husband Jim Staskausus. Their divorce has yet to be finalized, and her ex lives right around the corner from her house.
Is a feminist, and kept her maiden name in marriage.
Ranked #94 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Her song "Why Can't I?" was used in the movie _13 Going on 30 (2004)_ . Coincidentally, she shares a birthday with the star of the movie, Jennifer Garner.
Says she is even more of a feminist in 2004 than she was in the 1990s, and would like to pen a feminist handbook for young girls with friend, actor and fellow feminist Robin Tunney.
Liz Phair Detailed Biography
Liz Phair was born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967. She was adopted in infancy in New Haven Connecticut. Her father, John Phair, is an AIDS researcher and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern Hospital. her mother, Nancy Phair, is an art instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Phairs later moved, first to Cincinnati, then to Winnetka, Illinois, where Liz grew up with her older brother.
Liz Phair attended New Trier High School (class of 1985). After graduating, Liz attended Oberlin College in Ohio. She majored in Art History/Studio Art. After graduating, she was urged by a friend who had heard her play to make a demo tape. Liz, taking his advice, she recorded a series of thirty songs on a four-track in her bedroom. These recordings were dubbed the infamous "Girlysound" tapes, and they were soon in wide circulation through the indie rock scene.
In 1992, the Girlysound tapes made their way to the fine folks at Matador Records (you know, the label Pavement are on). Impressed by Liz's alarmingly frank writing about sex, relationships and modern life, they signed her immediately. Her first album "Exile In Guyville" was released in 1993 to almost universal critical acclaim. "E.I.G" was a track-by-track response to the Rolling Stones classic "Exile On Main Street". It has been certified gold by the RIAA.
In 1994, we saw Liz's second album "Whipsmart" released. It has also been certified gold by the RIAA. Whipsmart certainly confirmed her reputation for offsetting searing subject matter with her own quirky and distinctive sound. In 1995, Liz got married to film editor Jim Staskausas, who worked on her videos, and with whom she had a child, Nick, in December 1996. They live with Jim's teenaged son Aidan in Illinois. In the summer of 1998, Liz did a few shows with Sarah Maclachlans "Lilith Fair", filling in for Sheryl Crow on a few dates. Liz's new album "Whitechocolatespaceegg" was released on August 11, 1998. Ms. Phair is also doing alot of tour dates.
Growing out of the American underground of the late '80s, Liz Phair fused lo-fi indie rock production techniques and styles with the sensibility and structure of classic
singer/songwriters. Exile in Guyville, Phair's debut album, was enthusiastically praised upon its 1993 release and spawned a rash of imitators, particularly American female singer/songwriters, over the following years. For her part, Phair wasn't able to break into the mainstream, even with the support of the press and MTV. Whip-Smart, her second album, was heavily promoted upon its 1994 release, yet despite its relatively strong chart positions, it was viewed as a disappointment and Phair's momentum declined steadily during the mid-'90s, as she took several years to record her third album.
Phair (born April 17, 1967) was born in New Haven, CT, and adopted by wealthy parents, who raised her in the Chicago suburb Winnetka. After high school, she studied art at Oberlin College in Ohio. At Oberlin, she became fascinated with underground indie rock and eventually became friends with guitarist Chris Brokaw, who later joined Come. Following their college graduation, Phair and Brokaw moved to San Francisco, where she tried to become an artist.
Eventually, Brokaw moved out east and Phair moved back to Chicago, where she began writing songs. Soon, she began releasing homemade tapes of these songs under the name Girlysound. While she supported herself by selling her charcoal drawings on the streets of Wicker Park, she was becoming involved in various portions of the Chicago alternative music scene; in particular, she became friends with Urge Overkill, a drummer named Brad Wood, and John Henderson, the head of the Chicago-based indie label Feel Good All Over. Henderson and Phair tried to re-record some of the Girlysound tapes with Wood, yet the pair had a falling out during the sessions, leaving Wood as Phair's only collaborator. Brokaw, who had by then joined Come, was still receiving Girlysound tapes and he gave a copy to Gerard Cosley, the head of Come's record label, Matador. By the summer of 1992, Matador had signed Phair and she began recording her debut album in earnest.
Adapting its title from an Urge Overkill song, Exile in Guyville, her debut album, was released to strong reviews in the summer of 1993. Many articles focused on Phair's claim that the double album was structured as a response to the Rolling Stones' classic Exile on Main St. Over the course of the year, the record slowly built a dedicated following in America, both among critics and alternative rock fans. At the end of the year, it topped many Best of the Year critics polls, including The Village Voice and Spin. With all the attention focused on Phair, many indie rock figures -- particularly members of the Chicago noise rock scene such as Steve Albini -- were developing a resentment toward her and launching an attack at the singer and the heavy media attention Exile in Guyville received. The criticism couldn't halt the progress of Phair and Exile, and in early 1994 she launched her first tour, which was plagued by her stage fright. Around the same time, MTV began airing "Never Said" and, as a result of all the hype, the album briefly appeared in the charts in February. By the spring of 1994 it had sold over 200,000 copies -- a remarkable number for an independent release.
By that time, Phair had begun work on her follow-up record. Matador had signed a distribution deal with Atlantic Records in 1994, and her second album was going to be one of the first to be heavily promoted by the alliance. Indeed, Whip-Smart was released to a whirlwind of media attention -- including Phair, dressed only in negligee, on the cover of Rolling Stone -- and debuted at number 27 upon its fall 1994 release. "Supernova," the first single from the album, received heavy airplay on MTV and alternative rock radio, becoming a Top Ten modern rock hit. However, Whip-Smart received mediocre reviews and never developed into the hit that it was expected to be. Phair didn't tour to support the album and was slow to deliver a second single. By the time the title track was released as a single in the spring of 1995, the album had disappeared from the charts.
Phair quietly retreated from the spotlight during 1995, marrying Jim Staskausas, a Chicago-based film editor who had previously worked on Phair's videos. Later in the summer of 1995, she released the Juvenilia EP, which was essentially the "Jealousy" single amplified with the first official release of Girlysound material. During the summer of 1996, she released "Rocket Boy," a single pulled from the Stealing Beauty soundtrack that received little attention. For much of 1996, Phair worked on her third album with producer Scott Litt, yet by the fall, she decided to scrap the sessions, unsatisfied with their sound. Toward the end of 1996, Staskausas and Phair announced she was several months pregnant. On December 21, 1996, Phair gave birth to her first child, James Nicholas Staskausas. Her long-delayed, much-anticipated third LP, whitechocolatespaceegg, finally appeared in mid-1998. Five years later, Phair returned with a self-titled effort. Liz Phair, which appeared in June 2003, found singer/songwriter Michael Penn and the Matrix in the production seat as well as Phair herself. Jimmy Chamberlin, Wendy Melvoin, and Pete Yorn also contributed to Phair's newly slick sound. When Liz Phair finally appeared in June 2003, it was panned by purist rock critics and militant Liz nerds who felt she'd sold them out with the record's pop star sensibilities. But Phair stood up for her work in typcally brash fashion - sometimes it seemed like she even invited the fan boy ridicule - and the album was a decent hit for her behind its single "Why Can't I", peaking at #27 on the Billboard 200. The quieter Somebody's Miracle appeared in fall 2005. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Liz Phair Supernova Lyrics
Artist: Liz Phair Lyrics
Song: SUPERNOVA LYRICS
Album: Whip-Smart
I have looked all over the place
But you have got my favorite face
Your eyelashes sparkle like gilded grass
And your lips are sweet and slippery like a cherub
'Cause you're a human supernova
A solar superman
You're an angel with wings afire
A flying, giant friction blast
You walk in clouds of glitter and the sun reflects your eyes
And everytime the wind blows, I can smell you in the sky
Your kisses are as wicked as an F-16
And you fuck like a volcano, and you're everything to me
'Cause you're a human supernova
A solar superman
You're an angel with wings afire
A flying, giant friction blast
You're a giant, flying friction blast
'Cause you're a human supernova
A solar superman
You're an angel with wings afire
A flying, giant friction blast
Sources : netglimse.com, vh1.com
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