Bif Naked

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bif Naked

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Beth Torbert
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New Delhi, India
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Origin = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Instrument = Singer
Genre = Rock, pop-punk
Occupation = Singer, songwriter
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Label = Bodog Music
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URL = [http://www.newbodogmusic.com/bifnaked www.newbodogmusic.com/bifnaked]
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Bif Naked (born Beth Torbert on June 15, 1971) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer and actress.

Biography

Torbert was born in New Delhi, India and adopted by American missionaries. Part of her childhood was spent in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father was a professor at the University of Kentucky. After living in Dauphin, Manitoba, her family eventually settled in Winnipeg.cite news
url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_12_29/ai_57873752
title=A Blast Called Bif
work="Interview"
author=Dudley Saunders
Publisher="Interview"
date=December 1999
accessdate=2006-09-10] She graduated from John Taylor Collegiate and studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg.

A noted poet, she has also released a spoken word album. She is heavily tattooed, getting her first, an Egyptian Eye of Horus, when she was 16. Her tattoos now include a symbol of the Tao, Japanese writing, Buddhist poetry and images (such as the Bodhisattva), and Hindu imagery.

Torbert has always been frank about her bisexuality, and the lyrics of her autobiographical songs detail her attractions to and relationships with both men and women. She is also a strict raw food vegan for health (as opposed to ethical or religious) reasons. She also identifies as straight edge.citation |title="Is That a Mic Between Bif Naked's Legs?" |url=http://www.chartattack.com/gallery/20010716-bifnaked.cfm |date=July 16, 2001 |accessdate=2007-11-07 |first=Matt |last=Mernagh |periodical=Chart] citation |title=Giving Back |url=http://www.fazeteen.com/fall2003/bifnaked.htm |first=Kate |last=Miles |date=Fall, 2003 |accessdate=2007-11-07 |periodical=Faze]

When she was diagnosed with a heart aneurysm, corrective surgery was ruled out. She wrote the song "Everyday", from her album "Superbeautifulmonster", in part as a response to that experience. In January 2008, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is scheduled for a lumpectomy, to be followed by chemotherapy.cite news
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080106.wbif0106/BNStory/Entertainment
title=Bif Naked diagnosed with breast cancer
author=Kerry Gold
publisher=The Globe and Mail
date=January 2008
accessdate=2008-01-06]

Bif married "Vancouver Sun" sports writer Ian Walker in a traditional church ceremony in Vancouver on September 29, 2007.Cite web
url=http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2007/08/1710.cfm
title="Bif Naked to Tie the Knot with Vancouver Sun Sports Writer"
date=2007-08-17
periodical=Chart
accessdate=2007-11-07]

Music career

Prior to her solo career, Torbert played with punk bands Gorilla Gorilla and Chrome Dog. She has toured Europe, the United States, and Canada as a headlining act, and has performed on bills with Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, the Foo Fighters, the Cult and many more. She was also featured on the "Ready to Rumble" soundtrack with a cover of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It", the "Celebrity Deathmatch" soundtrack with "Vampire", and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with her songs "Moment of Weakness" and "Lucky".

After a hiatus, she released a new album in 2005, "Superbeautifulmonster", and made a guest appearance on Strapping Young Lad's album "The New Black" in 2006.

Acting career

* 1990: the film "Archangel", credited as "Bif Torbert", playing a Russian Soldier.
* Appears in Moist's music video for the song "Believe Me"
* 1997: "The Boys Club" playing "Liquor Store Manager"
* 1998: the television series "Once a Thief", playing Nastassja Momomame in one episode
* In 1999, she played herself at a college party in an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; she performed her songs "Anything," "Lucky," and "Moment of Weakness".
* She makes an uncredited appearance in The Offspring's music video for their 1999 single "The Kids Aren't Alright".
*In 2000, she appeared in the Daria movie, "Is It Fall Yet?", playing a bisexual art camp attendee, who attempts to seduce Jane Lane.
* In 2001, she appeared in the Canadian film, "Lunch with Charles"
* In 2002, she became the first host of the CBC Television series "ZeD". [Sandra Sperounes, "Indie artists have a new home in ZeD", "Edmonton Journal", March 22, 2002, pg. E.4.]
* She had a cameo in the zombie horror film "The House of the Dead" (2003).
* She played Bernie in the 2005 Canadian Independent film "Crossing".
* She had a one episode part in the "The L Word" in 2006, playing a character named Cynthia.
* Since 2006 she can be found as one of the hosts of Bodog Fight. [ [http://www.bodogbeat.com/archives/2006/08/bif_naked_fight.html Bodog bio for Bif Naked] ]
* She voiced the character Zoe Payne in the "SSX" (Snowboard Supercross) videogame series.
* She is one of the three judges on Bodog's Battle of the Bands 2007.

Band

Current lineup

*Bif Naked – vocals, background vocals
*Doug Fury – guitar, bass, programming
*Scotty Sexx – drums

Past members

*Chris Crippin (now in Hedley)– drums
*Gail Greenwood - bass
*Gillian Hanna (now in The Flairs) - bass
*Britt Black (now solo) - guitar
*Rich Priske - bass
* Mike Sage - drums

Discography

ingles

tudio albums

*"Four Songs and a Poem" (EP) – 1994
*"Bif Naked" – 1995
*"Okenspay Ordway 1" – 1997
*"I Bificus" – 1998
*"Another 5 Songs and a Poem" (EP) – 2000
*"Purge" – 2001
*"Essentially Naked" (greatest hits album) – 2003
*"Superbeautifulmonster" – 2005

Music videos

*"Everything" (1994)
*"My Whole Life"
*"Tell On You"
*"Daddy's Getting Married" (directed by William Morrison 1996)
*"Spaceman"
*"Lucky"
*"Moment of Weakness" (1999)
*"We're Not Gonna Take It"
*"Chotee"
*"Twitch" (1999)
*"I Love Myself Today"
*"Tango Shoes"
*"Choking On The Truth"
*"Back In The Day"
*"Rich and Filthy"
*"Let Down"
*"Nothing Else Matters"
*"Everyday"
*"My Greatest Masterpiece" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.newbodogmusic.com/artists/bif-naked.php Bif Naked] official website
* [http://www.newbodogmusic.com/ Bodog Music] record label
*myspace|bifnaked
*imdb name|id=0620466|name=Bif Naked