Superbeautifulmonster is the fifth studio album by Bif Naked, released in 2005. (see 2005 in music).

Credits

* Bif Naked - vocals, background vocals

* Todd Kerns - guitar, bass, background vocals

* Doug Fury - guitar, bass, programming

* Scotty Sexx - Live Drums

* John Webster - keyboards/strings, programming

* Mike Norman - programming

* Kevin Kadish - guitar, programming

* Jack Daley - bass, Minimoog

* Dave Baron - keyboards

* Denny Weston, Jr. - drums

* Aaron Gainer - studio drums

* Dave Fortman - bass

* Kevin Dorr - bass

* David Hodges - drums

Production

* Producer: Peter Karroll, Kevin Kadish, Dave Fortman

* Mixing: Paul Silveira

* Engineers: Paul Silveira, Aaron Nordean, Rob Stefanson, Kevin Kadish, Jeremy Parker, Wes Fontenot

Category:2005 albums

Category:Bif Naked albums

Artist/Band Information

Bif Naked (born Beth Torbert; June 15, 1971) is a Juno Award-winning, Indian born American-Canadian multi-platinum record selling, rock singer, writer, poet, motivational speaker and actress.

Biography

Personal life

Bif Naked was born in New Delhi to teenaged parents attending private school.* She was subsequently adopted by American missionaries. She spent part of her childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father was a professor at the University of Kentucky. She went to Kelsey Elementary School in The Pas, Manitoba for a couple of years. After living for a time in Dauphin, Manitoba, her family eventually settled in Winnipeg. She graduated from John Taylor Collegiate and studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg.

A noted poet, she has also released a spoken word album called Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot To Tell Mommy. She is heavily tattooed, getting her first, an Egyptian Eye of Horus, when she was 16. Her tattoos include a symbol of the Tao, Japanese writing, Buddhist poetry and images (such as the Bodhisattva), and Hindu imagery; she has stated on MTV that her favorite tattoo, on her left arm, reads "Survivor." Naked is also a comic cartoonist.

The name Bif started as a nickname based on the mispronunciation of her real name, Beth. Bif has always been frank about her bisexuality, and the lyrics of her autobiographical songs (such as 1995's "Everything" and 1998's "Sophia") detail her attractions to and relationships with women. She is also a strict raw food vegan for health (as opposed to ethical or religious) reasons. She identifies as straight edge.

She was diagnosed with a heart aneurysm, but corrective surgery was ruled out. Her song "Everyday," from her album Superbeautifulmonster, is in part a response to that experience. Bif married her drummer, became pregnant, and later had an abortion. Her song "Moment of Weakness" was about a man she vacationed with in Mexico.http Bif married Vancouver Sun sports writer Ian Walker in a traditional church ceremony in Vancouver on September 29, 2007.

In January 2008, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a lumpectomy and chemotherapy.

Bif Naked blogs on her website about politics, her personal life, and dealing with cancer.

Music career

Prior to her solo career, Torbert played with punk bands Gorilla Gorilla and Chrome Dog. She has toured Europe, the United States, and Canada as a headlining act, and has performed on bills with Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, the Foo Fighters, the Cult and many more. She recorded a version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for the MTV: TRL Christmas CD. She was also featured on the Ready to Rumble soundtrack with a cover of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It", the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack with "Vampire", and Buffy the Vampire Slayers soundtrack with "Lucky". The song "Lucky" was also featured in the 13th episode of the only season of Moonlight, an episode titled "Fated To Pretend" and in the 16th episode of the 2nd season of Charmed - "Murphy's Luck". She made a guest appearance in the song "Fucker", on Strapping Young Lad's album The New Black in 2006.

Bif Naked has also made guest appearances with artists such as SNFU on the songs "One Last Loveshove" and "You Make Me Thick". She also appeared on the Dead Celebrity Status album Blood Music on the track titled "In This Day And Age".

Solo albums include Bif Naked, a self-titled album, Purge, and I Bificus. In 2005, after narrowing it down from over 50 songs, she released Superbeautifulmonster with 13 tracks. The Promise was released in 2009 and was dedicated to her fans. Sick, Bluejay, You'll Never Know were mixed by Juno Award winner Mike Fraser. Bif recorded the album during her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Bif is currently working on writing a book and has a side project album on the way.

She has made appearances in music video for Moist's "Believe Me" and "Silver", Liveonrelease's "Get with it" and Simple Plan's "Save You" near the end along with other people (such as Sharon Osborne and René Angélil) who have been treated for cancer.

Acting career

* 1990: Archangel, credited as "Bif Torbert," playing a Russian soldier

* 1997: The Boys Club playing "Liquor Store Manager"

* 1998: Television series Once a Thief, playing Nastassja Momomame in one episode

* 1998: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as herself, performing Spaceman from her I Bifficus Album.

* 1999: Buffy the Vampire Slayer as herself; she performed her songs "Anything," "Lucky" and "Moment of Weakness."

* 2000: The Chris Isaak Show and Big Sound as herself

* 2000: Daria movie, Is It Fall Yet?, playing a bisexual art camp attendee who attempts to seduce Jane Lane.

* 2001: She voiced the character Zoe Payne in the SSX (Snowboard Supercross) videogame series.

* 2001: Canadian film, Lunch with Charles.

* 2002: became the first host of the CBC Television series ZeD.Sandra Sperounes, "Indie artists have a new home in ZeD," Edmonton Journal, March 22, 2002, pg. E.4.

* 2003: cameo in the zombie horror film The House of the Dead (2003).

* 2003: Appeared as a judge of a fictitious reality show in the TV series Cold Squad.

* 2005: Canadian Independent film Crossing, playing Bernie

* 2006: a one episode part in The L Word, playing a character named Cynthia

* Since 2006 she has been one of the hosts of Bodog Fight.

* 2007: narrated the chronicles of her and her spouse's life in Bodog's web reality show "Bif Naked Bride" up to the wedding finale.

Band membership

Current lineup

*Bif Naked – vocals, background vocals

*Jason Darr – guitar

*Jacen Ekstrom - bass

*Flavio Cirillo – drums

Past members

* Machine (aka Steve Ricardo) (now in Death Match Union)- Guitar

* XFactor (aka Gene Poole) – guitar (co-writer of "Chotee")

*Chris Crippin (now in Hedley) – drums

*Gail Greenwood – bass

*Gillian Hanna (now in Love For Money) – guitar

*Britt Black (now in Lillix) – guitar

*Rich Priske – bass

*Mike Sage – drums

*Doug Fury (now in Scatterheart) - guitar, bass

*Scotty McCarger (now in Southern Death Threat) - drums

*Scott Cooke - bass

*Tim Smyth - bass

*Greg Mark - guitar

*Sean Stubbs (now in Rat Silo) - drums

*Adam (ATOM) Percy - Keyboards

Political Activism

On June 26, 2009, Bif Naked and Nazanin Afshin-Jam participated in the worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran. They performed the song someday.

Discography

Albums

Studio Albums

*Bif Naked – 1995

*Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot To Tell Mommy (spoken word album) – 1997

*I Bificus – 1998 (CRIA - Platinum)

*Purge – 2001 (CRIA - Gold)

*Superbeautifulmonster – 2005 (#12 CAN)

*The Promise - 2009 (#30 CAN)

Singles

EPs and Collections

*Four Songs and a Poem (EP) – 1994

*Another 5 Songs and a Poem (EP) – 2000

*Essentially Naked (greatest hits album) – 2003

Music videos

*"Everything" (1994)

*"My Whole Life"

*"Tell On You"

*"Never Alone"

*"Daddy's Getting Married" (directed by William Morrison 1996)

*"Spaceman"

*"Lucky"

*"Moment of Weakness" (1999) (directed by Marcos Siega)

*"We're Not Gonna Take It"

*"Chotee"

*"Twitch" (1999)

*"I Love Myself Today"

*"Tango Shoes"

*"Choking On The Truth"

*"Back In The Day"

*"Rich and Filthy"

*"Let Down"

*"Nothing Else Matters"

*"Everyday"

*"My Greatest Masterpiece" (2007)

*"Fuck You 2" (2009)

*"Sick" (2009)

*"King of Karma" (2009)

See also

*Canadian rock

*Music of Canada

References