Liz Phair (real name - Elizabeth Clark Phair) is a Grammy-Nominated American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Phair began writing songs and recording homemade tapes under the name Girly Sound, and supported herself by selling her drawings on the streets of Chicago. She became part of the alternative music scene in Chicago and became friends with Material Issue and Urge Overkill, two of Chicago's upstart bands to go national in the early 1990s, as well as Brad Wood and John Henderson, head of Feel Good All Over, an independent label in Chicago.

Exile in Guyville was produced by Phair and Brad Wood, and released in 1993. The album received uniformly excellent reviews. The album received significiant critical acclaim for its blunt, honest lyrics and for the music itself, a hybrid of indie rock and pop. The album established Phair's penchant for exploring sexually explicit lyrics such as in the song " Flower": "I want to be your blow job queen/...I'll fuck you and your minions too."

Phair's second album received substantial media attention and an advertising blitz. Whip-Smart debuted at no 27 in 1994 and "Supernova", the first single, became a Top Ten modern rock hit, and the video was frequently featured on MTV.

Somebody's Miracle, Phair's fifth album, was released on October 4, 2005. The album returned to a more traditional rock sound, mixing the mood of Phair's earlier work with a more mellow sound.

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