Lisa Pifer aka: Lisafer is an American bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 player and song writer from Los Angeles. She has played in many punk bands, including U.X.A., Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress.-Early years:Hagen was born as Catharina Hagen in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer...

, D.I.

D.I.

D.I. is a Southern California punk band featuring ex-Adolescents and Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer on vocals. Royer formed the group after he and former Social Distortion original member Rikk Agnew , left the original Mike Ness crew.Since forming in 1982, D.I. has had many line-up changes...

, Snap-her, and Lisafer. She is of German-Dutch descent.

Pifer grew up around musicians, most notably the Electric Prunes as her mother's close friend Pamela was married to James Lowe

James Lowe

-Life:Lowe was apprenticed on 2 November 1813 to Edward Shorter, a master mechanic and a Freeman of the City of London, who had in 1800 taken out a patent for propelling vessels, which he had named ‘the perpetual sculling machine.’ In 1816 Lowe ran away and joined a whaling ship named the Amelia...

 the Prunes' singer.
The Prunes were her first look into the music world and Lisa took piano lessons and wrote songs as a child due to their influence. It was a permanent impression that has lasted.

During the early 1980s Lisa got into the punk scene and saw many of the pioneering punk bands perform and was forever hooked on the
energy that spewed out of them. The anger, the force, and the attitude.

It was in the 1990s that she joined Snap-Her & recorded her first
punk songs. This all-girl line-up was featured on the cover of Flipside Fanzine. Many said it was due to their short skirts and garter belts. Soon after, they were signed to the New Red Archives label out of San Francisco and run by UK Subs

UK Subs

The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...

 guitarist Nicky Garratt, who released the first full-length Snap-Her album "It Smells, It Burns, It Stings".

Since 2004, Lisa plays with Dinah Cancer

Dinah Cancer

Dinah Cancer is the stage name of Mary Simms. She is a vocalist, best known for her band 45 Grave, one of the founders of the genre of music known as "deathrock".-Biography:...

 & the Grave Robbers which has morphed into the return of 45 Grave

45 Grave

45 Grave are an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1979. The original group broke up in 1985 but vocalist Dinah Cancer subsequently revived the band. 45 Grave are noted as one of the first bands to mix punk rock with horror-themed lyrics, thereby positioning them as...

 with guitar legend Rikk Agnew

Rikk Agnew

Richard Francis Agnew, Jr. , more commonly known as Rikk Agnew, is an American guitarist who has played in some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk scene, as well as the influential deathrock band Christian Death.- Biography:With Casey Royer, Agnew played in Social...

 of Christian Death

Christian Death

Christian Death is an American deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band was founded and fronted by Rozz Williams. Christian Death is most notable for their first album Only Theatre of Pain....

on guitar.