peaches

Her songs have been featured in movies such as Mean Girls, My Little Eye and Lost in Translation. Her music has also been featured on Showtime's The L Word television series. Peaches performed guest vocals on Pink's album Try This, on the song "Oh My God." She has been invited to lecture at the Contemporary Music Academy in Berlin. Her most notorious song, "Fuck the Pain Away," is also the name of an electro night club in Brighton. [1]

Peaches' music is preoccupied with gender identity. Her lyrics and live shows self-consciously blur the distinction between male and female; she appears on the cover of her second album Fatherfucker with a full beard. When asked if she had chosen the title for shock value, she commented:

She disputes accusations of "penis envy," preferring the term "hermaphrodite envy" since "there is so much male and female in us all." Nevertheless, she does not shy away from identifying herself as a sexual being, although she rejects the sanitized portrayal of women in popular music.

Although she does not hold a teaching degree, she taught at private schools before her career in music.

For her 2006 album, Impeach My Bush, Peaches enlisted the help of musicians JD Samson, Radio Sloan, and drummer Samantha Maloney whom she affectionalty calls the Herms. Together, Peaches and the Herms is a direct reference to 70's duo Peaches & Herb. Peaches and Herms was the opening act for Nine Inch Nails during the second half of their summer 2006 U.S. tour.

Discography

Albums

• Fancypants Hoodlum (1995, as Merrill Nisker)
• The Teaches of Peaches (2000)
• Fatherfucker (2003)
• Impeach My Bush (2006) #168 US, #98 CAN

Singles/EPs

• "Lovertits" (2000)
• "Set It Off" (2001)
• "Rock Show" (2001)
• "Kick It" (ft. Iggy Pop) (2003)
• "Operate (2003)
• "Shake Yer Dix" (2003)
• "Downtown" (2006) #50 UK
• "Boys Wanna Be Her" (2006)

Trivia

• Contributed to the UNICEF benefit song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" in 2005.
• Duet with Gonzales called "Red Leather".
• Duet with P!nk called "Oh My God".
• Played guitar and sang on the Chicks on Speed song "We Don't Play Guitars".
• Has remixed tracks for Daft Punk ("Technologic"), Le Tigre ("TKO") and Basement Jaxx ("Get Me Off").
• Collaborated with Karen O on a song titled "Backass" on the Jackass Number Two soundtrack.
• Feist has covered the song, "Lovertits" on her Open Season album.
• Dan the Automator, Jennifer Charles and Mike Patton made a cover on "Sex (I'm A)" (Extra track on the Teaches of Peaches Bonus Disc) with their project Lovage.
• The song "Fuck the Pain Away" was used in a scene in the film Lost in Translation in which Bob and Charlotte, the two main characters, find themselves in a strip club. It was also featured in Jackass Number Two, in the Old Man Balls scene.
• "Operate" is played during the Halloween house party scene in the film Mean Girls.
• The Gap used the song "Do Ya" in their Fall 2006 TV ad campaign.
• Peaches and the band Electric Six are friends, and have each covered one of the other's songs; Peaches covered "Gay Bar" and The Electric Six covered "Rock Show".

External links

• Official Peaches website
• Peaches Message Board
• Official site for Impeach My Bush
• Peaches at MusicBrainz
• Peaches at All Music Guide
• Peaches at XL Recordings (label)
• Peaches at Beggars Group (label)
• Interview with Venuszine