Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian musician, filmmaker, actress and media personality.
Lee grew up in a Vancouver suburb with first-generation Chinese-Canadian parents. In the 1990s, she became the lead singer for Bob's Your Uncle, a Vancouver alternative rock band. Lee often incorporated performance art techniques into the band's melodic rock. When that band broke up, Lee pursued a solo music career, releasing several solo albums and performing as an ac...
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Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian musician, filmmaker, actress and media personality.
Lee grew up in a Vancouver suburb with first-generation Chinese-Canadian parents. In the 1990s, she became the lead singer for Bob's Your Uncle, a Vancouver alternative rock band. Lee often incorporated performance art techniques into the band's melodic rock. When that band broke up, Lee pursued a solo music career, releasing several solo albums and performing as an actor in theatre, film and television projects. She is now a singer for the band Slan. Neko Case covered Lee's song "Knock Loud" on her 2001 EP Canadian Amp.
In 1995, Lee became a VJ for MuchMusic, bringing her theatrical and musical background and her unique creative perspective to the channel. She was best known as the host of MuchMusic's alternative music show, The Wedge. (Now a weekly show, The Wedge was a daily series when Lee hosted.)
Lee has come out as bisexual. In 1995, the day that sexual orientation was added to the Canadian Charter...
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