Birth name  Merrill Beth Nisker
Born  1968
Origin  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)  Electronic Music, Neo-Electro, Techno
Occupation(s)  Producer
Years active  1995 – present
Label(s)  XL, Kitty-Yo

Website  http://www.peachesrocks.com/

 

    Merrill Beth Nisker (b. 1968; Toronto, Canada), better known as Peaches, is an electronica musician. Her songs are mainly concerned with sex. She lives and works in Berlin. Before she became "Peaches", she was an uncertified private elementary school teacher and librarian. She plays almost all the instruments for her songs, programs her own electronic beats and produces her records.

 

    Her songs have been featured in movies such as Mean Girls, Waiting, Jackass Number Two, My Little Eye and Lost in Translation. Her music has also been featured on Showtime's The L Word television series. Peaches performed guest vocals on Pink's album Try This, on the song "Oh My God", and on the Chicks on Speed album 99 Cents, on the song "We Don't Play Guitars". She has been invited to lecture at the Contemporary Music Academy in Berlin.

 

    For her 2006 album, Impeach My Bush, Peaches enlisted the help of musicians JD Samson, Radio Sloan, and drummer Samantha Maloney whom she affectionately calls The Herms (short for hermaphrodites). Together, Peaches and (the) Herms is a direct reference to 70's duo Peaches & Herb. Peaches and Herms was the opening act for Nine Inch Nails during the second half of their summer 2006 U.S. tour.

 

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