Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (/ËŒÉ"Ë f dÉ™r ˈmaÊŠÉ™r/; born March
17, 1972) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, photographer and
actress.Auf der Maur began performing in 1993 after forming the indie
rock band Tinker while she was a student at Concordia University. She
was recruited as the bassist for the American alternative rock band
Hole in the summer of 1994 and is included on several Hole releases,
including the album Celebrity Skin (1998). Following her departure
from Hole in 1999, Auf der Maur briefly joined The Smashing Pumpkins
as a touring member for its 2000 tour and began her solo career; her
debut studio album, Auf der Maur, was released in 2004 on Capitol
Records and her second studio album, Out of Our Minds, was released in
2010 on her own independent record label, PHIâ€"MAdM Music. She has
also collaborated with Indochine, Rufus Wainwright, Ric Ocasek and
Neverending White Lights.Auf der Maur is also a photographer and
occasional actress. Her photographs have been included in National
Geographic and exhibited at Sotheby's. She has acted in How to Make
the Cruelest Month (1998), Beyond Borders (2003) and Collaborator
(2011). As part of her 2009 multidisciplinary project Out of Our
Mindsâ€"which produced an album, a single, a film and a comic
bookâ€"Auf der Maur acted as a film and record producer, working
alongside her husband and filmmaker Tony Stone. Stone and Auf der Maur
are the creative directors and owners of Basilica Hudson, an arts and
performance center in Hudson, New York.
17, 1972) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, photographer and
actress.Auf der Maur began performing in 1993 after forming the indie
rock band Tinker while she was a student at Concordia University. She
was recruited as the bassist for the American alternative rock band
Hole in the summer of 1994 and is included on several Hole releases,
including the album Celebrity Skin (1998). Following her departure
from Hole in 1999, Auf der Maur briefly joined The Smashing Pumpkins
as a touring member for its 2000 tour and began her solo career; her
debut studio album, Auf der Maur, was released in 2004 on Capitol
Records and her second studio album, Out of Our Minds, was released in
2010 on her own independent record label, PHIâ€"MAdM Music. She has
also collaborated with Indochine, Rufus Wainwright, Ric Ocasek and
Neverending White Lights.Auf der Maur is also a photographer and
occasional actress. Her photographs have been included in National
Geographic and exhibited at Sotheby's. She has acted in How to Make
the Cruelest Month (1998), Beyond Borders (2003) and Collaborator
(2011). As part of her 2009 multidisciplinary project Out of Our
Mindsâ€"which produced an album, a single, a film and a comic
bookâ€"Auf der Maur acted as a film and record producer, working
alongside her husband and filmmaker Tony Stone. Stone and Auf der Maur
are the creative directors and owners of Basilica Hudson, an arts and
performance center in Hudson, New York.
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