Bif Naked was born in New Delhi, India to teenage parents attending private school. She was subsequently adopted by American missionaries.She spent part of her childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father was a professor at the University of Kentucky. After living for a time in Dauphin, Manitoba, her family eventually settled in Winnipeg.She graduated from John Taylor Collegiate and studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg.

A noted poet, she has also released a spoken word album. She is heavily tattooed, getting her first, an Egyptian Eye of Horus, when she was 16. Her tattoos include a symbol of the Tao, Japanese writing, Buddhist poetry and images (such as the Bodhisattva), and Hindu imagery, she has stated on MTV that her favorite tattoo, on her left arm, reads "Survivor." Naked is also a comic cartoonist.

Bif Naked has always been frank about her bisexuality,and the lyrics of her autobiographical songs (such as her 1995 hit "Everything") detail her attractions to and relationships with men and women. She is also a strict raw food vegan for health (as opposed to ethical or religious) reasons. She identifies as straight edge.

She was diagnosed with a heart aneurysm, but corrective surgery was ruled out. Her song "Everyday," from her album Superbeautifulmonster, is in part a response to that experience. Bif married her drummer, became pregnant, and later had an abortion. She wrote the song "Chotee" afterwards, with lyrics such as "So long my baby...". However, her song "Moment of Weakness" was about a man she vacationed with in Mexico.Bif married Vancouver Sun sports writer Ian Walker in a traditional church ceremony in Vancouver on September 29, 2007.In January 2008, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is scheduled for a lumpectomy, to be followed by chemotherapy.Bif Naked blogs on MySpace about politics, her personal life, and dealing with cancer.

Music career

Prior to her solo career, Torbert played with punk bands Gorilla Gorilla and Chrome Dog. She has toured Europe, the United States, and Canada as a headlining act, and has performed on bills with Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, the Foo Fighters, the Cult and many more. She recorded a version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for the MTV: TRL Christmas CD. She was also featured on the Ready to Rumble soundtrack with a cover of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It", the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack with "Vampire", and Buffy the Vampire Slayer's soundtrack with "Lucky". She made a guest appearance in the song "Fucker", on Strapping Young Lad's album The New Black in 2006.

Solo albums include Bif Naked, a self-titled album, Purge, and I Bificus. In 2005, after narrowing it down from over 50 songs, she released Superbeautifulmonster with 13 tracks, and The Promise in 2009.

She was in Moist's music video for the song "Believe Me" and "Silver." She also appears briefly in Simple Plan's music video, "Save You" near the end of the video along with other people (such as Sharon Osborne and René Angélil) who have been treated for cancer.



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