- Speaks Greek fluently and is learning French
- In 1982, she released a dramatic (and quite terrifying) rendition of Charles Baudelaire's infamous poem "Les Litanies de Satan (The Litanies of Satan)" in the original French language. The recording included her performance work "Wild Women with Steak-Knives (The Homicidal Love Song For Solo Scream)".
- Has a Turkish-Armenian father and an Armenian-Syrian mother.
- In 1982 she makes her solo debut with the album Litanies of Satan whose B-side is the acclaimed "Wild Women With Steak Knives.".
- Made her professional debut in Europe while doing post-graduate studies there in 1979.
- After university Galás started performing at various psychiatric institutions in California.
- Has a three-and-a-half octave range, she can sing as both a bass and soprano voice.
- Started performing at age 12, playing piano both in church choirs and with her father's lounge act. By 14, she is playing with the San Diego Symphonic Orchestra.
- Graduated with a degree in biochemistry from the University of Southern California, she specialized in immunology and hematology studies.
- Galás and her younger brother playwright Philip-Dimitri Galás (Birth name: Philip James Galás born on July 21, 1954 San Diego) acquired a taste for dark literature at an early age: Marquis de Sade, Friedrich Nietzsche, Antonin Artaud, and Edgar Allan Poe. Philip died of AIDS on August 12, 1986 in San Diego.
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