Kristeen Young

Kristeen Young
Kristeen Young at "Dante's" in Portland, 17 May 2009
Background information
Born	St. Louis, Missouri
Genres	alternative rock
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards
Associated acts	Tony Visconti, David Bowie, Morrissey, Patrick Stump, Dave Grohl
Website	kristeenyoung.com

Kristeen Young is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Young began playing piano as a teenager and later attended an art school. She has released seven studio albums. Young has also sung with several artists including David Bowie and Morrissey. She also recorded with producer Tony Visconti and musician Dave Grohl.

In 1997, she released her debut album Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band. In the early 2000s, she began working with Tony Visconti on Breasticles. Issued in 2003, Breasticles featured a duet with David Bowie, "Saviour".^[1] On 2004's X, the opening number "No Other God" was a duet with Brian Molko of Placebo.

Besides her own work, she also featured on other artists' records. She appeared on David Bowie's Heathen in 2002 and she provided the operatic vocals in Morrissey's single "That's How People Grow Up" in 2008. In 2009, Young sang vocals on an alternate version of "New Kid" by Monokino.^[2]

In May 2014, Young released her seventh album The Knife Shift: it was recorded with Dave Grohl who played various instruments on it, including drums, piano, guitars and bass.^[3]^[4]

Discography

Albums

Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band (1997)
Enemy (1999)
Breasticles (2003)
X (2004)
The Orphans (2006)
Music for Strippers, Hookers, and the Odd On-Looker (2009)
The Knife Shift (2014)

Singles

Touch Tongues (N-Records 2003, Portugal)
Kill The Father (Sanctuary/Attack Records 2006, UK)
London Cry (Sanctuary/Attack Records 2006, UK)
Pictures of Sasha Grey (Digital Release Only, TVPI 2014, USA)

EPs

V The Volcanic (2011)

Songs on other albums

"The Last Thing You Need To Hear", on album What's The Word, Vol. 1 (1999)
"Rotting On The Vine", on album Music from the Succubus Club (2000)
"New Kid", on album Heartbeat by Monokino (2010)

References

↑ Dave Thompson. Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie. 2006. ECW Press. ISBN 1550227335
↑ "New Kid (ft. Kristeen Young, mixed by Tony Visconti)". Monokino;bandcamp.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014]
↑ Dave Grohl collaborates with Kristeen Young on The Pictures Of Sasha Grey. NME. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014
↑ Dan Reill. Kristeen Young, 'The Pictures of Sasha Grey. Billboard. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014