In 'Horror Stories,' Liz Phair Writes Of 'The Haunting Melodies' In Her Head
The singer-songwriter's new book is an unconventional rock memoir that doesn't hew to the genre's norms. And like her entire musical catalog, it's honest and original.
"The fire you like so much in me / Is the mark of someone adamantly free," Liz Phair declared in her 1993 song "Strange Loop."
The song, which appeared on her debut studio album, , was a fitting introduction to the Chicago-raised singer-songwriter — Phair was serving notice that she was unwilling to be anyone other than herself, and if people didn't approve of her sexually frank and defiantly profane lyrics, or her lo-fi sensibility, they were more than welcome to listen to
