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Beth Nicole Torbert (born June 15, 1971) is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. She charted #1 on Billboard Canada for the single Spaceman and was heavy rotation on MTV TRL for the video Moment of Weakness. The album I Bificus was multiplatinum internationally.


Early life and education

Bif Naked was born in
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, India, on June 15, 1971, to teenage parents attending boarding school. She was subsequently adopted by American
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. She spent part of her childhood in
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, where her father was a professor at the
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. She went to Kelsey Elementary School in
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, Manitoba, for a couple of years. After living for a time in Dauphin, Manitoba, her family eventually settled in
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. She graduated from
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and studied theatre at the
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. After university, she began pursuing a career as a stand-up comic. The name "Bif" started as a nickname based on the mispronunciation of her real name, Beth.


Career

After spending several years singing with several underground bands, Bif Naked independently released a self-titled solo album, ''
Bif Naked Beth Nicole Torbert (born June 15, 1971) is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. She charted #1 on Billboard Canada for the single Spacema ...
'', in 1994, and '' I Bificus'' in 1998. In 1999, she toured across Canada. Another solo album, ''
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'' was released in 2001. She also released a
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album called ''Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot To Tell Mommy''. In 2005, after narrowing it down from over fifty songs, she released '' Superbeautifulmonster'', which featured thirteen tracks. '' The Promise'', which was recorded while Bif was undergoing
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for breast cancer, was released in 2009 and was dedicated to her fans. The album featured tracks mixed by
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winner Mike Fraser. In 2011, after doing acoustic sets on tour, Bif released an acoustic record on Her Royal Majesty's Records in late-2013. The album features acoustic versions of her past songs as well as four previously unreleased tracks. The album is entitled ''BIF NAKED FOREVER: Acoustic Hits and Other Delights''. Bif has also been involved on a side project, ''Jakkarta''. 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:
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, and many more. Bif's music has been featured in and on soundtracks for shows including ''
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'' and ''
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''. She recorded a rendition of the Christmas
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's ''
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'' CD '' MTV: TRL Christmas'' in 1999 and was also featured on the ''
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'' soundtrack with a cover of
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's " We're Not Gonna Take It". The cover was additionally used as
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's entrance theme while he was on
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. The song "Dawn", taken from ''
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'', was featured in the film ''
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'', starring
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. She made a guest appearance in the song "Fucker", on
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's album ''
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'' in 2006. Bif Naked has also made guest appearances with artists such as
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on the songs "One Last Loveshove" and "You Make Me Thick". She also appeared on the Dead Celebrity Status album '' Blood Music'' on the track titled "In This Day and Age". In 2011, she recorded a duet with Vancouver-based yogi and
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recording artist Will Blunderfield for the international version of his album ''Hallelujah''. Bif Naked has also appeared in music videos for other artists including: "Believe Me" and "Silver" by Moist and
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's "Get with It." In 2009, she appeared in the video for
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's " Save You" near the end along with other people (such as
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and
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) who have survived or have been treated for cancer. Aside from her music career, Bif has also pursued acting. In 1990, she appeared in the film ''
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'', where she was credited as "Bif Torbert," playing a Russian soldier. In 1997, she played a
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manager in ''The Boys Club''. She appeared in the television series '' Once a Thief'' in 1998, playing Nastassja Momomame. In 2000, she voiced the character Alison in the ''
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'' movie, '' Is It Fall Yet?'', playing a bisexual art camp attendee who attempts to seduce Jane Lane. She appeared in the Canadian indie films ''
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'' (2001) and ''Crossing'' (2005), the latter of which she recorded the song "My Greatest Masterpiece" for. She has done hosting work for the
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series '' ZeD'' (becoming their first host in 2002), and for Bodog, hosting ''Bodog Fight'' in 2006 as well as a
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chronicling the days leading up to her marriage with
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sports writer, Ian Walker, in 2007 called ''Bif Naked Bride''. She voiced the character Zoe Payne in the ''
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'' video game series and '' Sled Storm''. In 2003, she made a
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in the
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horror film ''
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''. That same year, she appeared as a judge of a fictitious reality show in the TV series ''
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''. In 2006, she guest starred on an episode of ''
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,'' playing a character named Cynthia. In addition, Bif Naked has appeared as herself in ''
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'', '' The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'' and ''
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''. Bif Naked also narrated the TV series ''That's Art?!'' (2012). In 2021, Bif appeared as a guest judge on an episode of the second season of ''
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.''


Personal life

Bif Naked is heavily tattooed, getting her first tattoo (an Egyptian Eye of Horus) when she was sixteen years old. Her tattoos include a symbol of the
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, Japanese writing,
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poetry and images (such as the
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), and
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imagery; she has stated on
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that her favorite tattoo, on her left arm, reads "Survivor". Bif identifies as
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and
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. Her first marriage, which lasted six months, was to her drummer in Gorilla Gorilla. She then married former ''
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'' sports writer Ian Walker in 2007; they divorced in 2011. In January 2008, she announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a
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and
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. Bif Naked spoke at the
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for
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on March 8, 2013, at the Abbotsford campus; it was announced she would be awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in June 2013. In 2016, she was married a third time and divorced. She recently divorced Bif is a
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. Her memoir ''I Bificus'' was published by
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in 2016.


Band membership


Current band members

* Bif Naked – lead vocals * Doug Fury – guitars * Chiko Misomali – drums, backing vocals * Peter Karroll – bass


Past members

* Peter Karroll - guitars, bass * Ferdy Belland - bass * Alley Artico – guitars * Alex "XFactor" Arundel – guitars * Kuryakin – keyboards, bass, backing vocals * Corrine Culbertson CoCo – bass * Mike Sage – drums * Doug Fury – guitars, bass * Gail Greenwood – bass * Scotty McCarger – drums * Chris Crippin – drums *
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– drums * Jacen Ekstrom – bass (deceased) * Gillian Hanna – guitars (deceased) * Britt Black – guitars * Rich Priske – bass (deceased) * Scott Cooke – bass * Tim Smyth – bass * Greg Mark – guitars *
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– drums * Lamar 'Muc' Engel - bass (touring) * Adam "ATOM" Percy – keyboards * Dan Yaremko – bass * Dave Martone – bass * Gabe Cipes – bass * Joe Veltri – bass


Discography


Studio albums

*''
Bif Naked Beth Nicole Torbert (born June 15, 1971) is a Canadian singer best known by her stage name Bif Naked. Between 1996 and 2016, she was among the top 150 selling Canadian artists in Canada. She charted #1 on Billboard Canada for the single Spacema ...
'' – 1994 *'' I Bificus'' – 1998 (CRIA – Platinum) *''
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'' – 2001 (CRIA – Gold) *'' Superbeautifulmonster'' – 2005 (#12 CAN) *'' The Promise'' – 2009 (#30 CAN) *''Champion'' – 2024


EPs and compilations

*''Four Songs and a Poem'' – 1994 *''Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot to Tell Mommy'' – 1997 *''Another 5 Songs and a Poem'' – 2000 *''Essentially Naked'' – 2003 (#40 CAN) *'' Bif Naked Forever: Acoustic Hits & Other Delights'' – 2012


Singles


Music videos

*"Everything" (1994) *"My Whole Life" *"Tell on You" *"Never Alone" *"Daddy's Getting Married" (directed by William Morrison 1996) *"Spaceman" *"Lucky" (co-directed by Peter Karroll) *"Moment of Weakness" (1999) (directed by
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) *"We're Not Gonna Take It" *"Chotee" *"Twitch" (1999) (directed by Peter Karroll) *"I Love Myself Today" *"Tango Shoes" (directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9 / Chappie) *"Choking in the Truth" (directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9 / Chappie) *"Back in the Day" (co-directed by Peter Karroll) *"Rich and Filthy" *"Let Down" (directed by Peter Karroll) *"Nothing Else Matters" *"Everyday" (directed by Peter Karroll) *"My Greatest Masterpiece" (2007) *"Fuck You 2" (2009) *"Sick" (2009) *"King of Karma" (2009) *"Only One" 2016 directed by Coco Karroll *"Heavy" 2018 directed by Peter Karroll *"Jim" (2020)


See also

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