Friday Morning Music: Girls’ “Lust For Life” (live)
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Girls frontman Christopher Owens grew up in the Children of God cult. His older brother died as a baby because the cult didn’t believe in medical attention. His dad left. He and his mother lived around the world, and the cult sometimes forced his mother to prostitute herself. As a teenager, Owens fled and lived as a Texas gutter-punk for a while. Then a local millionaire took Owens under his wing, and Owens moved to San Francisco. There, he and Chet “JR” White formed Girls, and recorded Album, their debut album, under the influence of just about every kind of pill they could find.
I’m going to throw in a bonus video of “Hellhole Ratrace” just because after all that Owens quite clearly deserves it (and it’s a great song).
Posted by Kevin K. on 09/25/09 at 06:58 AM • Permalink
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