Liz Phair came onto the scene with an attitude unmatched by others in the indie rock and alternative rock genre. She was brash but likeable and tough but accessible. Phair was just what the industry wanted and fans loved her edgy style. Phair was born on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut. She was adopted as an infant and raised in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Winnetka. By the time she went to Ohio's Oberlin College, Phair was starting to find her musical voice.The indie music scene was the place that Phair found her voice, and she moved to San Francisco after college to pursue art. She soon moved back to Chicago and started writing and recording her own songs. She started distributing the tapes as Girlysound, and was a part of the alternative music scene in Chicago. She finally got a record deal from Matador in 1992. She released her debut album, Exile in Guyville, the next year which was written as a response to the Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main Street. The album slowly gained a following and inched onto the Billboard 200 charts.She performed a tour to accompany her album and started working on her next release. Whip-Smart hit the shelves in 1994 and made it all the way to number 27 on the Billboard 200 charts. After a long break in recording that included the birth of Phair's son, she released whitechocolatespaceegg in 1998. She took longer to develop her next album, Liz Phair, which she released in 2003. It was followed by Somebody's Miracle in 2005. Liz Phair made it to number 27 on the Billboard 200 charts while Somebody's Miracle reached number 46 on the same chart. No matter what her project, Liz Phair has left an impact on the music industry and she paved the way for women in the alternative genre.