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Bif Naked
We speak with the always-entertaining Bif Naked - hard rocker extraordinaire - on the release of her lastest release "Purge" and her ever-constant need to tour. Praised as one of the most energetic rock acts in the current music scene, Bif speaks with us about her spirituality, her tour experiences, and her very rare downtime.
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Vulgar and vulnerable, strong, seductive, and smart as a whip, Bif Naked's Lava/Atlantic debut, "I BIFICUS," is an infectious, eclectic blend of raucous power pop hooks, emotive and revealing lyricism, and old-skool punk attitude. The album, like Bif herself, is unflinching in its confrontational honesty. Tracks such as "Moment of Weakness" or the chilling "Chotee" find Bif dealing with religion, lust, love, and sex. "I BIFICUS" proves Bif Naked to be a remarkably talented artist with an intense songwriting voice and rock n' roll charisma to burn.
The love child of two private school teenagers, Bif was born in New Delhi, India in 1971. She was adopted by American missionaries who moved her to Minneapolis, and Lexington, Kentucky, ultimately winding up in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
It was there that young Bif began to dream of stardom. She enrolled at University of Winnipeg as a theater major and soon joined Jungle Milk, a local troupe who performed, among other things, oddball covers of Ofra Haza and Grandmaster Flash tunes.
"They said, 'Do you want to come down?,'" she recalls with a laugh. "I thought, 'What the hell. They're good-looking.'"
Bif married Jungle Milk's drummer, who was also a member of another local combo, Gorilla Gorilla, but the union lasted a little more than ten minutes. "Even when I was standing there at the altar, I knew I was making a mistake," reflects Bif. "For some reason, I ended up going through with it, but the marriage was seriously over before it even began."
When Gorilla Gorilla's singer quit on the eve of a major gig supporting Canadian punk heroes, DOA, Bif was enlisted to take over vocal duties. She adopted the nom de rock of Bif Naked, deeming it "provocative, sexy and very punk rock." As frontwoman for Gorilla, Gorilla, Bif was a natural. "I thought, this is what I was put on earth to do," she remembers. Nevertheless, the wildness and decadence of life on the road took its toll on young Bif.
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"The first tour I did, I had alcohol poisoning like four times," she says. "We toured and toured and toured - and I just kept abusing myself." Though it all, Gorilla Gorilla stayed intact and eventually relocated to Vancouver.
"I just couldn't quit the band, despite all the bad stuff," Bif says. "I was determined to learn professionalism and be able to work in that kind of difficult situation. I was convinced I needed the lesson."
Bif made her bones with Gorilla Gorilla, but soon felt the need to express herself in a more aggressive fashion. She quit the band and hitched her wagon to the high-energy punk combo, Chrome Dog.
"When I was with Gorilla Gorilla, I was really interested in being feminine," Bif says. "Like, I would wear a new dress for every show. But it just became kind of limiting sonically. Music was changing. With Chrome Dog, I wanted to be a real hard-ass.
"I started to find this growl within me," she goes on. "I would wear the baggiest tee shirts I could find, skater shorts, no makeup. I was as non-feminine as I could be. I was tired of getting flak for being a girl singer."
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