Kristeen Young
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Kristeen Young at the Coffin Club, Portland, OR..jpg
| caption = Kristeen Young performing at the Coffin Club, Portland OR, December 9, 2022
| background = solo_singer
| birth_date =
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| genre = Alternative rock
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|piano|keyboards}}
| label = {{hlist|Zona|TVPI|N-|Sanctuary|Attack}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist| Tony Visconti | Patrick Stump | Morrissey | Dave Grohl }}
| years_active = 1992 — Present
| website = {{URL|kristeenyoung.com}}
}}
Kristeen Young is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Young began playing piano as a child. She has released eleven studio albums. Young has also sung with several artists including David Bowie, Morrissey, Brian Molko of Placebo and The Damned. She also recorded with record producer Tony Visconti, drummer Dave Grohl, and guitarist Nick Zinner.
Career
In 1997, she released her debut album Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band. In the early 2000s, she began working with Tony Visconti on Breasticles, which featured a duet with David Bowie, "Saviour".Dave Thompson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=k0l_cQEHV5oC&dq=kristeen+young+david+bowie&pg=PA334 Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie]. 2006. ECW Press. {{ISBN|1550227335}} On 2004's X, the opening track "No Other God" was a duet with Brian Molko of Placebo.
Besides her own work, Young has also been featured on other artists' records. She appeared on David Bowie's Heathen in 2002. She also provided the operatic vocals in Morrissey's single "That's How People Grow Up" in 2008. She then sang vocals on an alternate version of "New Kid" by Monokino in 2009,[http://monokino.bandcamp.com/track/new-kid-ft-kristeen-young-mixed-by-tony-visconti "New Kid (ft. Kristeen Young, mixed by Tony Visconti)"]. Monokino;bandcamp.com. Retrieved 6 June 2014] and collaborated with GUIDES to perform a cover of "Leave Me Alone" by New Order in 2015.
In May 2014, Young released her seventh album, The Knife Shift, which was recorded with Dave Grohl who played drums and guitar.[https://www.nme.com/news/dave-grohl/77038 Dave Grohl collaborates with Kristeen Young on The Pictures Of Sasha Grey]. NME. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014Dan Reill. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6070355/kristeen-young-dave-grohl-the-pictures-of-sasha-grey-exclusive-song-premiere Kristeen Young, 'The Pictures of Sasha Grey]. Billboard. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014
In 2019, Young released her tenth studio album, The SubSet, which she wrote, arranged, produced, and mixed with Tony Visconti {{Cite news|url=https://www.laweekly.com/album-of-the-week-kristeen-youngs-the-subset/|title=Album of the Week: Kristeen Young's The SubSet|first=Brett|last=Callwood|date=10 September 2019|newspaper=LA Weekly|access-date=17 January 2022}} The album was rated 8 out of 10 by Pop Matters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/kristeen-young-subset-review-2640219166.html|title=Kristeen Young Is Back With a Vengeance on 'The SubSet', PopMatters|first=Chris|last=Ingalls|website=Popmatters.com|date=9 September 2019|access-date=17 January 2022}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Meet Miss Young and Her All Boy Band (1997)
- Enemy (1999)
- Breasticles (2003)
- X (2004)
- The Orphans (2006)
- Music for Strippers, Hookers, and the Odd On-Looker (2009)
- V the Volcanic (2011)
- The Knife Shift (2014)
- Live at the Witch's Tit (2017)
- The Subset (2019)
- Beauty Shop (2022)
=Singles=
- "Saviour" ft. David Bowie (Kro/Sony Masterworks 2020 — originally released on Breasticles, 2003)
- "Touch Tongues" (N- 2003, Portugal)
- "Kill the Father" (Sanctuary/Attack 2006, UK)
- "London Cry" (Sanctuary/Attack 2006, UK)
- "Pearl of a Girl" (Digital Release Only, TVPI 2014, US)
=EP=
- V the Volcanic (2011)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.kristeenyoung.com/}}
- {{allMusic|artist/kristeen-young-mn0000774665}}
- {{discogs artist}}
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Category:20th-century American musicians
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:21st-century American musicians
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:Singers with a four-octave vocal range
Category:Musicians from St. Louis
Category:Singers from Missouri
Category:20th-century American women singers
Category:21st-century American women singers