Liz Phair Biography

Fast Facts

• She was number one on SPIN's list of the 20 Best Albums of the Year in 1993
• Graduated from Oberlin College with degrees in Art History and Studio Art in 1989
• Worked as an intern in New York for political artists Leon Golub and Nancy Spero
• Supported herself by selling her charcoal drawings on the streets of Chicago while in the process of writing and recording her songs
• Quote: "(On "Exile in Guyville"): "It's that girl, that girl having people say you can't do this, you aren't good enough to do this, you don't know what you are doing - and me getting enough rage in me to say, 'I have as much of a voice as anyone․․․'""
• Best known as the feminist indie rock singer behind the 1993 album "Exile in Guyville․"
• A friend, guitarist Chris Brokaw of the band Come, convinced her to make tapes of her music, which would eventually become "Girlysound․"
• Her music has been featured in films like "Higher Learning" and "Stealing Beauty," as well as in TV series like "90210" and "In Plain Sight․"
• Took part in the 1998 Lilith Fair before going on a solo tour to promote her album "whitechocolatespaceegg․"
• Exile in Guyville was a song-by-song response to the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street․"