Loves / Hates

I am: Lyricist, Singer, Songwriter

Hero: Hansel

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Suicide Note: LadyParasyte was born in Kankakee, Illinois. At a very young age she moved to the city of Chicago where she spent most of her educational years at various Catholic Schools, often being labeled the “weird girl” due to her array of hair colors, eccentric makeup, spiky knee-high boots and fishnets augmenting her Catholic schoolgirl skirt. She then grew up, as most humans do, and went on to study Live Sound Reinforcement at the Music Industry Workshop which inspired her to pursue her own musical endeavors.

LP, along with production from fellow Chicago musician Jim "birdFEEDER" Vanaria of the band Essenza, has established an eerie electronic/metal sound with heavy beats often compared with the mood of Android Lust and the intensity of KMFDM. Her forceful growling vocals pull in her metal influences similar to that of Otep Shamaya and My Ruin’s Tairrie B. Her lyrical content has been described as “theme music for villains” going beyond the “black and white” often dealing with the “shades of gray.” It is a sound that is agressive yet not afraid of a catchy hook. Already gaining an impressive online following,LP is making the Chicago Industrial scene take notice with a unique voice: repentant and apologetic one moment, then relentless and unforgiving the next.

LP was a featured guest on the Chicago “industrial/electronic” outfit Die Warzau’s latest album, Supergangbang. .She has also been credited for getting the metal band Scum of the Earth signed with Eclipse records. Her single Salvage is featured on the promotional compilation release for Ominous Passions Clothing as well as the Creative Violence Records compilation release "More Than One Way to Skin a Corpse".It will also appear on her debut album, Abandoned Places, currently in production.Most recently, she contributed lyrics and vocals to the track Shinjuku Vampire Club featured on Alan Oldhams release The Art of Transformation 2.In her spare time she enjoys practicing making "air quotes" with her hands and has been studying the Zombie Survivial Guide. She now lives in Chicago with her cats Oz and Staley, and is clearly outside Joss Whedon’s court mandated 25-mile restraining order radius.