| Alice Glass | |
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Alice Glass at Popped! Music Festival 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1988 (age 23–24) |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Electronic |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Lies, Merok, Trouble, Lovepump, Fiction |
| Associated acts | Crystal Castles, Fetus Fatale |
| Website | crystalcastles.com |
Alice Glass (born 1988) is the lead vocalist and lyricist of Crystal Castles.
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Alice Glass was born in 1988,[1] in Toronto, Ontario. At the age of 14 she ran away to live in a squat community of punks and drug addicts.[2] She frequently recited verses from Shakespeare among her peers, earning her the nickname "Macbeth"[3]. A week after she turned 15, she was approached by Ethan Kath who had just seen her play in her all-girl crust-punk band, Fetus Fatale. Kath was impressed by her performance, saying he thought he had found an "undiscovered poet" and the "missing ingredient" to his music. Kath gave her a CD with 60 instrumental tracks of which she chose 5 to write vocals for. When they went to a recording studio to record those 5 songs, the microphone check was secretly recorded by the engineer, who later presented the band with a CD-R with 6 tracks. This 6th extra track was discovered by London UK's Merok Records who went on to release the track as the band's first vinyl single, "Alice Practice".[4][5]
In 2008, before the band's interview with Now Magazine, Alice disappeared and neither Ethan nor the band's manager could contact her.[6] Crystal Castles was infamously shut down at Glastonbury 2008 after Glass climbed a speaker stand just before "Alice Practice" and was swallowed by the crowd during "Yes No".[7]
In March 2008 Alice broke two of her ribs in a car accident. Doctors instructed her to take at least six weeks off to allow time to heal but she continued the tour, performing a twenty minute set within days of the accident, and then leaving the building to lie in pain in the middle of the street.[1]
On November 2 2010 Alice injured her ankle during a show in Spain. In Tokyo on 18 January 2011, Alice fell and put strain on the unhealed ankle injury, causing her ankle to break. The injury forced Alice to perform 5 months worth of shows on crutches.[8]
As of May 12, in San Diego, CA, Alice was seen fully recovered from the previous ankle injury.
Alice Glass was named the #1 Cool Icon by NME Magazine (beating mainstream artists such as Jay-Z and Florence & The Machine).[9] In 2011 Rolling Stone Magazine named Alice Glass one of ten icons in 20 Years of Lollapalooza moments (alongside legends such as Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, and Jesus & Mary Chain).[10] Alice Glass and her band Crystal Castles received the John Peel Award For Innovation at the 2011 NME Awards.[9] Her debut album with Crystal Castles was included in NME's "Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade" list at #39.[9]
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