Paleface

Paleface emerged from New York's anti-folk movement in 1990, frequenting the Lower East Side's open-mike circuit while honing his hip-hop flavored, anarchic folk alongside the likes of John S. Hall of King Missile. A onetime roommate of Beck, Paleface was performing at the old Chameleon club when he came to the attention of Danny Fields, the former manager of the MC5, the Stooges and the Ramones; after Fields' management offer, Paleface signed with Polygram to record his self-titled 1991 debut, which featured the underground hit "Burn and Rob." After a disastrously mismatched...