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Melissa Auf der Maur

A musician and photographer born in Montreal, Canada, Melissa Auf der Maur is the former bass player of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins. In 2004, her first solo album Auf der Maur was released by Capitol/EMI worldwide. 2010 marked the release of Out of Our Minds, which includes an album, the OOOM fantasy film, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the OOOM comic book. MAdM is the creative director of the Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance space in Hudson, New York. You can follow her on Twitter here.

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Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) Talks Polvo’s Siberia

I am listening to Siberia on a loud, bass-heavy boombox, and out of the corner of my eye I am watching for whales out of my family friend’s...

October 1, 2013
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Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) talks Buke & Gase’s General Dome

I love music and I'm friends with many musicians. We run in the same circles and gravitate towards the same places, even when fleeing the big city...

March 6, 2013