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Return to Guyville

This summer, ATO Records will rerelease Guyville with four bonus tracks and a DVD documentary in which she interviews the males who inspired and worked on the record. ELLE spoke to Phair about what she's learned since then.

Interview: Liz Phair

"The person I was makes me feel a little sexier, a little cooler, a little more dangerous, a little Angelina Jolie."

Return from Exile

After 15 years, Liz Phair fights the ghosts of Guyville
Rocker Liz Phair performs at the Vic Theatre on October 25, 2005. (Photo: Wes Pope/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

Return to ‘Exile’

Liz Phair takes to stage as her once-controversial classic 'Exile in Guyville' is reissued

Ask the Artist: Liz Phair

eMusic's J. Edward Keyes caught up with Liz at her home in California to talk about some of Guyville's classic songs.

15 Years Later, Liz Phair Revisits Guyville

When it was released in 1993, the album Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair was almost immediately hailed as a classic. Raucous and frank, Exile in Guyville landed at the top of the Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop poll and made Phair the darling of the indie set.

Frontman

Freddie Mercury once said, "I want it all and I want it now." This appetite might aptly be called the rock 'n' roll disease, and Dean Wareham seems to have caught it. Or is in recovery. Or is somewhere along the road.
Liz Phair (Photo: Chris McPherson)

A Conversation with Liz Phair

The gutsy indie rocker turned glamorous pop queen discusses the pros and cons of adoption, feminism, and having a little more meat on her bones

What I’m listening to now: Liz Phair’s latest CD picks

In 1993, Phair made her debut with Exile in Guyville, a lo-fi homage to the Rolling Stones' 1972 masterpiece, Exile on Main Street. But the singer-guitarist didn't enjoy mainstream success until she teamed up with Avril Lavigne's producers, started dressing a bit more like Britney Spears, and, in 2003, released Liz Phair. That CD infuriated some loyal Phair-ies, but their wrath didn't faze the 38-year-old mom, whose second pop release, Somebody's Miracle, came out in October. She recently took a break from the road to tell us about the music inspiring her now.