- Meg Lee Chin
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Meg Lee Chin is best known for her work with the anarchic industrial supergroup Pigface, headed by Martin Atkins of Invisible Records.[1] She built her own recording studio dubbed Egg, where she recorded her first album,[2] and after appearing on Pigface's 1997 LP A New High in Low as well as its follow-up, Below the Belt, she released the solo debut Piece and Love in 1999. Her second solo effort Junkies and Snakes was released the following year.[3] Signed to Invisible for 5 years, Meg left the label in 2002.
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Debut album
Her debut album Piece and Love was recorded in her London flat.[2] Released in September 1999,[4] the album achieved critical acclaim on the darkwave, industrial underground scene and was hot-tipped in Billboard magazine.
Other recordings
Other works include a remix album Junkies and Snakes,[4] also released on Invisible, along with some remixed covers of Ministry, David Bowie and Dead Kennedys tracks. A notable track, "Nutopia", paints an apocalyptic vision of the future as a twist on Alan Ginsberg's poem "Howl". Tracks have appeared on Showtime's "Queer as Folk",[5][6] Warner Bros. Records "Witchblade" [7] and "Sleeper Cell".[8]
Background
Meg went to San Francisco State University where she recorded Faith No More's first ever demo [3] with Courtney Love briefly on vocals (It was later erased).
Meg lives in London, England[3] where she has developed and co-founded a website, Gearslutz.com,[9] which is a pro-audio producer and sound engineer's forum.
The onetime frontwoman for the all-female noise unit Crunch as well as a member of the industrial supergroup Pigface, Meg Lee Chin was born in Taipei, Taiwan;[3] after building a radio at age ten, she worked as a sound engineer while studying experimental art and video production at San Francisco State University, forming her first band, Felix Natural, during the early 1980s. Chin went on to co-found the short-lived Teknofear with Lunachicks drummer Becky Wreck and Swans guitarist Joe Goldring; frustrated with American life, she spent the late 1980s living in London, she eventually formed the all-female band Crunch.[3]
Albums
Piece And Love (1999)
Tracklist:
- Thing
- Heavy Scene (Yeah!)
- Swallowing You
- Nutopia
- London
- Bottle
- Sunrise
- Sweat
- Deeper
- Swallowing You - Subgenius mix
Junkies And Snakes (2000)
Tracklist:
- Thing (Critter Fish Mix)
- Heavy Scene (Radio Edit)
- And God She Created Civilization
- Nutopia (Subgenius Mix)
- Bottle (J. Hotrod Mix)
- Heavy Scene (Bag Full Of Fun Mix)
- Bittersweet And Sour
References
- ^ lastfm.com
- ^ a b eq
- ^ a b c d e Billboard.com - Biography - Meg Lee Chin
- ^ a b Amazon.com: Piece and Love: Music: Meg Lee Chin
- ^ invisiblerecords.com
- ^ Queer as Folk: Pilot - TV.com
- ^ BladeTV.com - Witchblade TV Episode Guide - 1.03 Diplopia
- ^ Amazon.co.uk: Sleeper Cell: Music: TV Original Soundtrack Recording
- ^ http://www.gearslutz.com
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Pigface members
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