Feist Biography
Singer Leslie Feist began her career in music as a teenager punk rock player in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In her twenties, after relocating to Toronto, Feist broke free from her roles of indie rock guitarist and performance artist sidekick and went on to have a top 30 pop record in France. From a young punk to a worldly chanteuse, by the time Feist released her second album, Let It Die, the international press began catching on to her gifts. Canada’s national entertainment magazine Exclaim boasted of her matured sound: "The self-assured stage presence, the laissez-faire good looks, and that unbelievable voice all make Feist seem larger than life..."
Born on the East Coast of Canada in chilly Nova Scotia, Feist grew up in Calgary, Alberta, where she sported a purple mohawk as a teenager. In high school, she was asked to sing in an all-girl punk band called Placebo and after winning a battle of the bands contest, Placebo played their first real show opening for the Ramones in 1991. Placebo toured across Canada for five years until Feist lost her voice.
Feist’s vocal chords were so strained that in 1995, she sublet her house in Calgary and went to spend three months in Toronto to work with a doctor who specialized in vocal chord injuries. The doctor told her not to sing for six months. The vibrant city set something a fire in Feist and she decided to take up permanent residence there. Because she wasn’t supposed to sing in the manner she was used to, she spent six months in her basement apartment with a four-track recorder and her guitar. She taught herself to sing and play in an entirely different manner than she had been accustomed to in the punk band. "It felt like an exciting self-project to not speak. I wrote a lot of letters, bought a guitar and a four-track [recorder] ... I would have never approached singing in a quiet, melodic way when I was with [Placebo]. Once you’re by yourself, you realize singing monotone won’t cut it," Feist told Krissy Teegerstrom of Venus.
Born on the East Coast of Canada in chilly Nova Scotia, Feist grew up in Calgary, Alberta, where she sported a purple mohawk as a teenager. In high school, she was asked to sing in an all-girl punk band called Placebo and after winning a battle of the bands contest, Placebo played their first real show opening for the Ramones in 1991. Placebo toured across Canada for five years until Feist lost her voice.
Feist’s vocal chords were so strained that in 1995, she sublet her house in Calgary and went to spend three months in Toronto to work with a doctor who specialized in vocal chord injuries. The doctor told her not to sing for six months. The vibrant city set something a fire in Feist and she decided to take up permanent residence there. Because she wasn’t supposed to sing in the manner she was used to, she spent six months in her basement apartment with a four-track recorder and her guitar. She taught herself to sing and play in an entirely different manner than she had been accustomed to in the punk band. "It felt like an exciting self-project to not speak. I wrote a lot of letters, bought a guitar and a four-track [recorder] ... I would have never approached singing in a quiet, melodic way when I was with [Placebo]. Once you’re by yourself, you realize singing monotone won’t cut it," Feist told Krissy Teegerstrom of Venus.
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Born Leslie Feist on February 13, 1976, in Nova Scotia, Canada; raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Address: Record companies--Cherry Tree, 2220 Colorado, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Website: http://www.cherrytreerecords.com
Website: http://www.cherrytreerecords.com
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