Pillbox is the brainchild of Susan Hyatt (b. Seattle, Washington, USA). Raised in Los Angeles, California, her parentage is half-Persian, and during the 80s her family made front-page national news over their role in the selling of arms to Iran during the Iraq-Iran war. As a young woman she held down several jobs including organizer of ‘Lonely Hearts' singles parties. She also dated mentally ill patients in order to report their behaviour to the UCLA Psychology Department. Her first musical experience came as part of the Pandoras. When that group collapsed (they subsequently b...