Monday, 16 June 2008
Bif Naked
Artist: Bif Naked
Genre(s):
Alternative
Discography:
Superbeautifulmonster
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Purge
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
Another 5 Songs and A Poem
Year: 2000
Tracks: 6
Bif Naked
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
Born in New Delhi, India, to a pair of boarding school teenagers, Bif Naked was adopted by American missionaries and stirred to Minneapolis. Several other moves preceded her eventual settling in Winnipeg where she enrolled at the University of Winnipeg as an aspirant drama major. At this fourth dimension, she also joined Jungle Milk, an eclectic troupe of musicians, and married the act's drummer. The wedlock was short-lived, only it light-emitting diode to her becoming the frontwoman of Gorilla Gorilla, a punk outfit for which her married man likewise drummed. It was a turbulent situation and, although she remained with the do as they relocated to Vancouver, Bif Naked eventually quit to join another hood act, Chrome Dog. There was a brief association with Dying to Be Violent before she finally released an independent solo EP, Four Songs and a Poem, in 1994. She inked a make do with Concrete Records and an eponymic, full-length release soon followed. When the label went under, Bif Naked regained the edgar Lee Masters and, in 1996, reissued the album through her have Her Royal Majesty's Records imprint. On the strength of that record, and the violence of her live performances and never-ending touring, she snagged a dish out with Lava and, in 1998, I Bificus was released. The record book was critically well-received and managed to catch some attention with the rail "Second of Weakness," aided by a memorable, energetic video clip. Purge followed in 2001, but the American firing was delayed as the first gear undivided, "I Love Myself Today," became a smash hit in Canada. After over a year's wait, the album at last came out in the US in the devolve of 2002. The Essentially Naked retrospective appeared in 2004 earlier Bif Naked returned with Superbeautifulmonster in September 2005.