A Short Biography Of Tori Amos
(b. Myra Ellen Amos, 22 August 1963, North
Carolina, USA.)
Why are so many web pages devoted to Tori? Why is she my
favorite musician of all time? Well, for one she is a musical
genius... her career began at age 2 and a half, when she was old
enough to reach the piano keys. She was the youngest student ever
admitted to the Peabody Conservatory of Music at age 5. Her songs
range from heart-wrenching, emotional confessions like "Me
And A Gun" to the catchy, purely entertaining "Happy
Phanthom"... and that's only her first album. I am never
bored with Tori's music.
Her first recorded material was a song called
"Baltimore" which she wrote at 17 to commemorate the
Oriole baseball team. She played in clubs and recorded an album
in the 80's with her band "Y Kant Tori Read", a
big-hair, heavy-metal band which is still unmistakably Tori. But
she put away the hairspray in 1991, and things began to happen.
With the release of "Little Earthquakes", she became an
instant star in England, where she now resides. Her next album,
"Under The Pink" is my personal favorite, and features
the single "God" which broke her in to American
audiences. Her third album, "Boys For Pele" became her
biggest US hit yet, and it debuted at number 2 on the charts.
After you have heard Tori's albums, I would definitly suggest
finding some of her single releases, such as Crucify, which has
excellent cover versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
by Nirvana, "Angie" by the Rolling Stones, and
"Thank You" by Led Zepplin.
After suffering a miscarriage last Christmas, Tori began
writing the songs which appear on her new album, "Songs From
The Choirgirl Hotel." The first single is called
"Spark", and you can download it and browse the lyrics
at A Subtle Tori Worship.
Also, Tori is now engaged to her sound engineer, Mark Howley.
If you just can't get enough of Tori, check her
out in Neil Gaiman's comic book "The Sandman" as
Delirium.
If you like Tori, you might want to check
out these other artists:
Sarah McLachlan
Laurie Anderson
Joni Mitchell
Kate Bush
Björk
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