Melissa Auf der Maur ( /ˌɔːf dər ˈmaʊər/; born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included five years as bassist with the band Hole and touring with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a published photographer.
Auf der Maur was born to journalist and politician Nick Auf der Maur and literary translator...
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Melissa Auf der Maur ( /ˌɔːf dər ˈmaʊər/; born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included five years as bassist with the band Hole and touring with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a published photographer.
Auf der Maur was born to journalist and politician Nick Auf der Maur and literary translator Linda Gaboriau. She is of German Swiss descent. Because Nick Auf der Maur was Canadian and Linda Gaboriau was born in the U.S., She holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, as well as Swiss citizenship. Auf der Maur's surname translates as 'On the Wall', as 'maur' was derived from the German word for 'wall'. Auf der Maur says her grandmother, Theresia Schaelin-Auf der Maur, was "always pounding my heritage down my throat", and was very proud of the name, which is on the brink of extinction.
Her native language is English, though she also speaks...
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