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That is, until she found herself in the middle of the melee.
"I wasn't a big wrestling fan before I did this," says Bif, referring to the video shoot for her latest single, a cover of Twisted Sister's '80s hair-metal hit We're Not Gonna Take It featured in the recent wrestling film Ready to Rumble starring David Arquette.
In the video, Bif and Arquette take on WCW heavyweights like Sting and Diamond Dallas Page in a no-holds-barred wrestling match.
"I got to do my own stunts in the video," says Bif, who will lay the smack down tonight at the Palace with guests Jet Set Satellite.
"After working with those wrestlers and realizing the athletic ability they need to do the stunts they do, I became a huge fan. I had more fun shooting that video than I have with any other, that's for sure."
Bif, who was approached by the film's producers and her record label to record the song, says there was no way she could decline the invitation.
"I saw Twisted Sister when I was 12 in a big arena when they opened up for Iron Maiden," she recalls. "So I was honoured to be asked. It was an offer I couldn't refuse."
Bif has had many offers -- not only musical, but acting and modelling as well -- in the past two years since her last album, I Bificus, was released.
Her major label debut spawned the hits Spaceman and Lucky, which led to attention from south of the border.
She's toured North America and Europe extensively and has appeared on several talk shows, including Jay Leno's Tonight Show and Politically Incorrect.
During the latter appearance, Bif and fellow panel members, including talk-show hostess and former Entertainment Tonight reporter Leeza Gibbons, discussed the issue of a day-care worker who breast-fed an infant to stop it from crying and the legalities of gay marriages.
"I was really nervous," admits Bif, whose new EP, Five Songs and a Poem, will be released in Canada exclusively on May 22. "It's a little daunting, but once you meet everyone and realize you were asked to be on it because they think you have something to offer, then it makes you relax a little."
Relaxing is not something Bif has been able to do much of lately.
In addition to her hectic touring schedule and preparing for her first feature film, Lunch with Charles, Bif has been under somewhat close supervision, thanks to a couple of delusional Canadian fans.
"I've been blessed with three very (screwed-up) stalkers, which is very interesting and very weird," she says. "They're love obsessionals who believe I'm speaking to them through my songs or that we're in a relationship.
"I don't by any means feel upset or sorry for myself. There's lots of domestic violence in Canada and it is a way bigger problem than it is in my world.
"I'm pretty fortunate to be in a position where I'm a little less accessible than I would have been working at the Vancouver Real Estate Board."