Liz Phair
Liz Phair introduced herself to the music industry in the 1990s with her bold first record\xa0Exile in Guyville. Rock and roll was traditionally dominated by men, but Liz forged her own path to success despite the loneliness it entailed. She used her art to express her feelings about sexuality, gender, and politics. As she says, \u201cI had a sense that if I wanted to make my artistic dreams comes true, I was going to be on my own. I knew I would be going against the grain.\u201dTo this day, Liz unapologetically speaks her mind, and with the recent release of her memoir\xa0Horror Stories, we get a glimpse of the human being behind the art and the experiences that shaped her. Her remedy for the hopelessness she felt after the 2016 election was to write a brutally honest account of her life. \u201cI decided to put something out that was as true as I could make it. I could expose myself and make myself truly vulnerable in order to plant a flag for honesty.\u201dLiz joins\xa0Off Camera\xa0to talk about rebelling against the \u201cbeautiful lie\u201d that was her suburban upbringing, her quest to untangle who she actually is versus the person she is perceived to be, and why getting up on stage never gets any easier.