An iconic feminist musician, producer, director, and performance artist, Peaches has
spent more than two decades pushing boundaries and breaking barriers, dramatically
altering the landscape of popular culture as she forged a bold, sexually progressive
path that’s opened the doors for countless others to follow. Through music, art, film,
theater, television, and books, she has upended stereotypes and embraced taboos,
challenging social norms and patriarchal power structures while championing
LGBTQIA+ rights and issues of gender and sexual identity with biting wit and fearless
originality.
She first catapulted to international stardom with her “surreally funny [and] nasty”
(Rolling Stone) 2000 debut, The Teaches of Peaches, an album which upended
stereotypes and embraced taboos as it introduced the world to Peaches’ raunchily
explosive persona. Since then, she’s released four more critically acclaimed albums
prompting the New York Times to dub her a “genuine heroine” and Uncut to rave that
she brings together "high art, low humor, and deluxe filth [in] a hugely seductive
combination.” In addition to collaborating with everyone from Daft Punk and The
Flaming Lips, to P!nk, and Yoko Ono her music has been honored with the prestigious
Polaris Heritage Prize, and been featured in cultural watermarks like Lost In Translation,
The Handmaid’s Tale, and Broad City, and studied at universities around the world.
An equally prolific visual and performance artist, Peaches has directed over twenty of
her own videos, curated a stunning book of Holger Talinski photographs documenting
her life on and off the road, and participated in some of modern art’s most prominent
gatherings, including Art Basel Miami and the Venice Biennale. In 2010, she unveiled
Peaches Does Herself, an electro-rock opera spanning material from throughout her
career that was arranged into a loosely autobiographical narrative. It morphed into a
film of the same title, which premiered at the TIFF in 2012 before traveling to more than
70 festivals around the world. Peaches continued her foray into theater with a
one-woman production of Jesus Christ Superstar, reimagined as Peaches Christ
Superstar, which continues to be performed at theaters and festivals globally and was
featured in 2016 as part of the Kammerspiele Munich repertoire. Ever eclectic, she sang
the title role in a Berlin production of Monteverdi's epic 17th-century opera L’Orfeo and
joined forces with Yoko Ono on a recreation of her iconic 1964 performance Cut Piece at
the 2013 Meltdown Festival in London. Ono later said that Cut Piece will never be
performed again with such eloquence,” adding “I have a clear vision of future women
artists led by the creative courage of Peaches.”
In 2019, Peaches starred as Anna in the Staatstheater Stuttgart’s new adaptation of
Brecht/Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins and launched her first institutional solo art
exhibition that premiered at the Kunstverein in Hamburg entitled Whose Jizz Is This? At
the Kampnagel Summer Festival, Peaches' futuristic stage happening There’s Only One
Peach With The Hole In The Middle celebrated its world premiere. This production
featured 16 dancers, a 12-piece orchestra, special guests, and a fully redesigned stage
and light extravaganza. There's Only One Peach... played at Royal Festival Hall (London,
UK), Musikhuset Aarhus (Aarhus, DK), and Volksbühne (Berlin, DE).
Peaches only continues to break new ground. In 2020 her seminal album The Teaches of
Peaches turned 20, which NPR says fundamentally "shifted the window for sex in pop." In
a viral moment, Dave Grohl & Greg Kurstin’s 2020 Hanukkah Sessions sparked delight
with a Grohl/Peaches duet of “Fuck the Pain Away.” She released the kinetic “Flip This,”
which Rolling Stone said “challenges status quo and calls for systemic change.”
2021 saw her influence only further manifest. Peaches released the delightfully
subversive “Pussy Mask.” “The perfect release” (Paper) was hailed by critics, including
Stereogum who said it “combines her inimitable political critique, ribald wordplay, and
enveloping electro." She was also cited as the main inspiration for designer Anthony
Vaccarello’s AW21 Saint Laurent collection, and “Fuck the Pain Away” was used as a
climactic moment in Netflix’s Sex Education Season 3. She celebrated the 48th
anniversary of Roe v. Wade with friends Cyndi Lauper, Nona Hendyrx, Linda Perry, and
others on Amanda Shires' "Our Problem.”
Peaches launched The Teaches of Peaches Anniversary Tour in 2022, a celebration of
the 20th anniversary of Peaches’ seminal album The Teaches of Peaches. It was met with
sold-out audiences across North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Peaches
extended the successful run to Australia and New Zealand starting in February 2023.
In 2023, Peaches starred in Rick Owens’ Converse campaign and composed music for
Owens' Paris Fashion Week runway show, showcasing her multifaceted talents beyond
the stage. Additionally, she embarked on a series of performances with LCD
Soundsystem. Notably, Peaches and Shirley Manson collaborated to reinterpret
Marianne Faithfull’s provocative track “Why’d Ya Do It” for The Faithful: A Tribute to
Marianne Faithfull, showcasing her versatility and artistry across different genres and
mediums.
This year, farbfilms verleih and MAGNETFILMS will release Teaches of Peaches, a
documentary filmed during 2022’s The Teaches of Peaches Anniversary Tour. Debuting
in Berlinale’s Panorama category, the Teddy Award winning documentary seamlessly
weaves together exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage capturing the
transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed
cultural powerhouse Peaches. From the inception of the stage show to the rigorous
rehearsals and riveting performances, the film provides an intimate look at the inner
workings of a tour led by this beloved and globally celebrated icon.
Peaches is currently working on a brand-new album, with more details to come.