Liz Phair calls herself "an upper-middle-class cute girl with smart parents singing dirty words" -- an accurate self-summation from one of the smartest operators in indie-rock. The adopted daughter of an art professor and a chief of infectious diseases at Northwestern Hospital, Liz attended Oberlin College and got her break with influential label Matador, which picked her up on the strength of her unrefined "Girly Sound" demo tapes, now infamous.
Her first album "Exile In Guyville" was released in 1993 to almost universal critical acclaim: rock critics' interests were piqued by her alarmingly frank writing about sex, relationships and modern life, and by the brash claim that her debut was a track-by-track response to the Rolling Stones classic "Exile On Main Street." While Liz's follow-up "Whip Smart" (1994) failed to reach its predicted gold status (500,000 sales), it certainly confirmed her reputation for offsetting searing subject matter with her own quirky and distinctive sound.
Aware as anyone of her limitations as a mainstream act, Liz holds tight control over her music, remaining humble in her production values and even directing her own modestly budgeted videos.
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posted by ADMIN @ Monday, August 15, 2005
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