Meg Lee Chin

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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 ^[1]; 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 "Crunch" ^[2]. Crunch were one of the first western bands to play in the Ukraine at a time of social unrest after it's dissolution from the former USSR at the Ms. Rock Europe festival at the Palace Ukraine in Kiev January 92, and in Kharkov Prison ^[3] (near the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Plant)

Meg Lee Chin is best known for her work with the anarchic industrial supergroup Pigface, headed by Martin Atkins of Invisible Records.^[4] She built her own recording studio dubbed Egg, where she recorded her first album ^[5], 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. ^[6] Signed to Invisible for 5 years, Meg left the label in 2002.

Contents 1 Debut album 2 Other recordings 3 Background 4 Albums 4.1 Piece And Love (1999) 4.2 Junkies And Snakes (2000) 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Debut album

Her debut album Piece and Love was recorded in her London flat ^[7]. Released in September of 1999 ^[8], the album achieved critical acclaim on the darkwave, industrial underground scene and was hot-tipped in Billboard magazine.

[edit] Other recordings

Other works include a remix album Junkies and Snakes^[9], 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"^{[10] [11]}, Warner Bros. Records "Witchblade" ^[12] and "Sleeper Cell" ^[13].

[edit] Background

Meg went to San Francisco State University where she recorded Faith No More's first ever demo ^[14] with Courtney Love briefly on vocals (It was later erased).

Meg lives in London, England ^[15], where she has developed and co-founded a website: http://www.gearslutz.com - a pro-audio producer and sound engineer's forum.

[edit] Albums

[edit] Piece And Love (1999)

Tracklist:

1. Thing
2. Heavy Scene (Yeah!)
3. Swallowing You
4. Nutopia
5. London
6. Bottle
7. Sunrise
8. Sweat
9. Deeper
10. Swallowing You - Subgenius mix

[edit] Junkies And Snakes (2000)

Tracklist:

1. Thing (Critter Fish Mix)
2. Heavy Scene (Radio Edit)
3. And God She Created Civilization
4. Nutopia (Subgenius Mix)
5. Bottle (J. Hotrod Mix)
6. Heavy Scene (Bag Full Of Fun Mix)
7. Bittersweet And Sour

[edit] References

• Album information according to Yahoo Music

[edit] External links

• Official website