Lissy Trullie live @ Rock & Roll Hotel -- 22 Jan 2009

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Elizabeth "Lizzy" McChesney, better known by the stage name Lissy Trullie, is an Americansinger-songwriter and former model. She also performs with a band named Lissy Trullie, and released her debut EP, Self-Taught Learner, in February 2009.

Trullie was born in Washington, D.C. and moved to New York City at the age of 16 with her mother. She attended Walnut Hill School, a boarding school in Natick, Massachusetts with a focus on performing arts, and then attended Parsons in Greenwich Village, New York City, where she studied graphic design. Trullie performed at art openings, but soon gravitated towards the downtown rock scene. Trullie spent time working as a model, a dishwasher, a janitor, and a disc jockey at the Beatrice Inn. She has appeared in the fashion magazines Elle, SOMA, andJalouse, and was the face of actress Chloë Sevigny’s clothing line. She posed in one of photographer Ryan McGinley's early portraits in 2002. Trullie was the inspiration and model for the debut clothing line of Moses de la Renta, the son of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. Trullie described her modeling as "just a way for me to make money during college" to Time Out New York.

Trullie released her debut EP, Self-Taught Learner, with American Myth Recordings on February 17, 2009. She performed at the Mercury Lounge on February 11, 2009, in anticipation of the release of the CD. The cover of the EP features a woman's posterior clad in hot pants, taken from a 1970s pornographic magazine. She signed with the record label Wichita Recordings, which released her EP in Europe. Photographer Cass Bird directed the video for her single “Boy Boy”, which was partially filmed in the basement of the Lit Lounge on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Chloë Sevigny has a cameo appearance as a merchandise sales girl. The Observer grouped Trullie in with other singers gaining notice with their distinct fashion, 1980s references, andandrogyny, including Lady Gaga, Little Boots, Ladyhawke, and Elly Jackson's synth duo La Roux.

Trullie fronts a four piece rock band, also named Lissy Trullie, which includes Trullie on vocals and guitar, Josh Elrod on drums, Eben D’Amico, formerly bassist with Saves the Day, on lead guitar, and Ian Fenger on bass. The group often performs a cover song in their live sets, including Biz Markie's "Just a Friend", Hot Chip's "Ready for the Floor", which is included on their debut EP, and Amy Winehouse’s "Rehab". The group toured the U.S. and Europe along with The Virgins and Anya Marina in May–June 2009, but the tour was cut short when bassist Fenger was hospitalized with swine influenza; the band and crew were quarantined in their hotel in Germany. The band made their U.S. television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly performing the single "Boy Boy" at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, California on June 3, 2009.

Trullie signed with Downtown Records and re-released her debut EP in October 2009, including four new songs. The band began working on their debut album in late-2009 with Bernard Butler producing, formerly of the band Suede. The band toured the UK in September–October 2009 with The Cribs and Adam Green. Trullie was chosen to represent fashion designer Max Azria for the Hervé Léger Fall 2009 collection. Underground filmmaker and photographer Richard Kern photographed the advertisements and directed a video for Trullie's cover version of "Ready for the Floor", in which Trullie wears clothing from the collection. The song also appears on the soundtrack for the 2009 horror filmJennifer's Body. In October 2009, Trullie made a video for the title single from her EP, Self-Taught Learner. The video was directed by Gian Mazcour and John Pina.