Biography

Underground comic book artist Moldy Peaches friend and cover designer and anti-folk musician Jeffrey Lewis was born in New York City in November of 1975 Lewis beatnik parents didnt have a television in the home so comic books and his fathers blues records were early obsessions Although his first album bought was Whodinis Escape high school brought an interest in the Grateful Dead he went to 40 shows and Nirvana After graduating New York State University at Purchase his senior thesis was on Alan Moores graphic novel Watchmen Lewis started making music on a guitar on loan from his father and was turned on to the more oddball sounds of the Fugs David Peel the Lower East Side and the Godz 1998 found him playing open mics and releasing Indie-Rock Fortune Cookie a cassette packaged with one of Lewis comic books A CD-R compiled from the cassette landed in the hands of Rough Trade courtesy of the recently signed Moldy Peaches and the label issued The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane and Other Favorites in 2002 An appearance on the Moldy Peaches compiled Antifolk Vol 1 followed and a second album Its the Ones Whove Cracked That the Light Shines Through appeared in 2003 Lewis toured Europe with members of the Moldy Peaches in support of the album and a combination DVD comic book and double 7 box set was planned for release in late-summer 2003 on the Hallso label David Jeffries All Music Guide