Meg Lee Chin
| Meg Lee Chin | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Genres | Industrial music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Associated acts | Pigface, Teknofear, Crunch |
| Website | http://www.megleechin.com |
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 five years, she left the label in 2002.
Early years
Meg Lee Chin was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to a US Air Force electronics engineer and mother who was Taiwanese.[4] 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, and eventually formed the all-female band Crunch.[3]
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).
Debut album
Her debut album Piece and Love was recorded in her London flat.[2] Released in September 1999,[5] 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,[5] 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",[6][7] Warner Bros. Records "Witchblade" [8] and "Sleeper Cell".[9]
Chin worked as an engineer for Underground Inc. releases such as the 2004 release of What's the Word, Volume One, featuring Jello Biafra, Mike Ladd, among others.[10]
Personal life
Meg lives in London, England[3] where she has developed and co-founded a website, Gearslutz.com,[11] which is a pro-audio producer and sound engineer's forum.
Albums
Piece And Love (1999)
Track list:
- Thing
- Heavy Scene (Yeah!)
- Swallowing You
- Nutopia
- London
- Bottle
- Sunrise
- Sweat
- Deeper
- Swallowing You - Subgenius mix
Junkies And Snakes (2000)
Track list:
- 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
- ↑ "Listen to free music and watch videos with the largest music catalogue online". Last.fm. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- 1 2 "Meg lee Chin". Archived from the original on November 3, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
- 1 2 3 4
- ↑ http://www.megleechin.com/
- 1 2 "Piece & Love: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ "Invisible Records Home". Invisiblerecords.com. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ "Queer as Folk - Season 1, Episode 1: Premiere". TV.com. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ Archived November 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Sleeper Cell: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/whats-the-word-vol-1/9165533;jsessionid=8F7B867E94DF452694DD871226908CB9.prodny_store02-atgap10?ean=0637642110226
- ↑ "Gearslutz.com". Gearslutz.com. Retrieved 2015-01-06.