Kristeen Young

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Young performing live in 2009

Kristeen Young (* 1975 in St. Louis ) is an American singer.

Kristeen Young was born to parents of German and Indian descent and was given up for adoption shortly after birth.

Her adoptive parents were Christian fundamentalists who sealed her off from the outside world so much that she invented her own fantasy worlds. After graduating from high school, she studied piano at Webster University and began writing her own songs. After graduating, she played and sang in the bands Nov. 9th and Water Works . She decided to perform alone with the piano and recorded her first record Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band with drummer “Baby” Jef White in 1997 . 1999 was followed by her second called Enemy . She then moved to New York City to develop musically. In 2003 she met Tony Visconti , who, fascinated by her vocal range, produced her next albums. This was initially Breasticles where David Bowie had a brief vocal appearance and even producer of her subsequent work X was. It was conceived as a concept album, on which Brian Molko had a guest appearance. In 2006, their fifth album, The Orphans , was released and attracted the attention of Morrissey , who was also produced by Tony Visconti. Morrissey invited her to join him as a pre-act on his 2007 world tour. In 2009 Music for Strippers, Hookers, and the Odd On-Looker was released with Patrick Stumps ( Fall Out Boy ) guest appearance. Between her albums, Young also released various maxi singles without album assignment, such as 2006 Kill the Father , on which you can also find the title song, Life's Not Short, It's Sooo Long , and the maxi single London Cry with This Is The Dawn Of My D-Day . In 2011 the EP V the Volcanic was released .

Kristeen Young's musical preferences are on the one hand Rick James , Teena Marie , Prince and Chaka Khan , on the other hand also Grandmaster Flash , as well as Pink Floyd and Pete Townshend and the Dead Kennedys from the "hard" rock area . She is known for her vocal range, which spans 4 octaves, and her unusual stage appearances and costumes, such as a bread bag or plastic bubble dress, which Lady Gaga also liked to copy.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steven Thomsen: Kristeen Young. On the Ten Commandments! . Eclipsed , No. 77, November 2005, p. 17.
  2. ↑ http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/August-2011/First-Stop-Kristeen-Young-at-Sci-Fi-Lounge/
personal data
SURNAME Young, Kristeen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis