Biography
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Born In
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States
If you were a rock fan in Seattle, WA in the early nineties you were a fan of Kim Virant and her band, Lazy Susan. With their Stonesy double guitar stomp and Kim’s charismatic vocals, Lazy Susan ruled the club scene, working their way from small venues to routinely selling out 1000 person capacity rooms and opened up for artists such as Pearl Jam. The band broke up after a recording deal fell through, and after their breakup, Virant reinvented herself, or at least her music. Her solo albums were based in alt-country/rootsy guitar soundand she continually played around Seattle for the rest of the 1990s.
The self-proclaimed “queen of benefits,” Virant has played alongside many artists and continues to be locally active and acclaimed in Seattle. She is married to Chris Friel (“my good looking husband, he helps keep my dream alive”), an accomplished drummer who has played with The Rockfords and Goodness among others. She continues to play around the city and is always writing songs, though she admits to being a slow writer.
Virant is one of the kickoff artists for new local label, London Tone Music, who have released Virant’s recent single Pilot.
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