![]() ![]() Moreover, the same year Feist acted as a guest vocalist on the full-length The Teaches Of Peaches by the electro-clash legend Peaches. In 1999, Feist came back to singing again and recorded her first stylish baroque pop disc Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), which became the result of her hard work in the period of recovery after the trauma. She took part in recording their album Bless This Mess in 1999 and toured with the group till 2000 inclusively. In 1998, Feist managed to come back to the scene, but this time as a rhythm guitarist for the band By Divine Right. That was the time when she got involved in popular genre. After this diagnosis the artist left for Toronto and during half a year she spent all her time in the basement of the house, playing the guitar and composing music. During this event, Feist became acquainted to Brandon Canning and Kevin Drew, who would later perform with her.įeist's band had a tense concert schedule and the singer strained her voice badly - the doctors were afraid she would never sing again. In 1993, the collective won at a competition for the right to perform with the rockers Ramones at the Infest festival. When Leslie became 15, she organized a punk band Placebo (should not be confused with the British rock band Placebo) and became its author and singer, performing under the name of Feist. Later this amusing experience became the inspiration for her hit 1234. At the age of 12, Leslie became one of the 1000 dancers, performing at the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. ![]() The girl dreamt of becoming a writer, but spent the major part of her free time singing in a local church choir. So soon after her birth, Leslie and her elder brother Ben were taken by their mother to grandparents in Saskatchewan and later - to Calgary, Alberta. Both her parents were artists and their marriage, as it often happens in the artistic circles, did not last long. Leslie Feist, who creates and performs under the name of Feist, was born in a Canadian city Amherst, Nova Scotia. ![]()
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