Meg Lee Chin

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; 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. After recording Faith No More's earliest demos, 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 '80s living in London, she eventually formed Crunch, the first Western act to perform in the Ukraine in the wake of its liberation from the USSR. Upon returning to the U.S., Chin spent a single day as the singer for Butch Vig's embryonic Garbage before conflicts with her new bandmates forced her to leave the project; she then built her own recording studio, dubbed Egg, and after appearing on Pigface's 1997 LP A New High in Low as well as its follow-up, Below the Belt, she released her solo debut Piece and Love in 1999. Her second solo effort, Junkies and Snakes, was released the following year.

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

Debut album

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

Other recordings

Other works include a remix album Junkies and Snakes, 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", Warner Bros. Records "Witchblade" and "Sleeper Cell".

Background

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

Meg lives in London, England where she has developed and co-founded a website, Gearslutz.com, which is a pro-audio producer and sound engineer's forum.

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; 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 band Crunch.

Albums

Piece And Love (1999)

Tracklist:

ThingHeavy Scene (Yeah!)Swallowing YouNutopiaLondonBottleSunriseSweatDeeperSwallowing You - Subgenius mix

Junkies And Snakes (2000)

Tracklist:

Thing (Critter Fish Mix)Heavy Scene (Radio Edit)And God She Created CivilizationNutopia (Subgenius Mix)Bottle (J. Hotrod Mix)Heavy Scene (Bag Full Of Fun Mix)Bittersweet And Sour