Phair was adopted as a baby by a well-to-do couple with another adopted child. She had a conventional, middle-class childhood, but began to rebel in high school. She graduated from Oberlin College in art, but it is in popular music, girly sound, that she has made her name.

Her first album was Exile in Guywille (1993).

She says: "it would limit me psychologically to find my natural parents."

References

Joy, Camden. The Last Rock Star Book, Or: Liz Phair, a Rant. (Portland: Verse Chorus Press, 1998)
"Article Archives." [Articles, reviews and interviews from Details, Rolling Stone, the Chicago Tribune, Out, etc]. Formerly available at: http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/mpark/free/art_chive.htm
"Liz Phair Bio." Available at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Frontrow/5064/lizbio.htm
[Portraits]. Available at: http://www.imsa.edu/~rajman/pictures/hsliz.gif and at: http://www.hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~ootuka/other/liz.html

Indexes

European
USA
20th Century
21st Century
Music and Dance
Formal, American/European-Type Adoption
Birth or Infancy
Others ("Strangers")
Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families
Adoptee/Fosteree Not Interested in Tracing