Melissa Auf der Maur: podcast appearances and interviews

Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur is a Canadian musician born on March 17, 1972. She began her performing career in 1993 after forming the indie rock band Tinker while studying at Concordia University. In the summer of 1994, Auf der Maur was recruited as the bassist for the American alternative rock band Hole and contributed to several of their releases, including the album Celebrity Skin in 1998. After leaving Hole in 1999, she briefly joined The Smashing Pumpkins as a touring member during their 2000 tour and launched her solo music career. Her debut studio album, Auf der Maur, was released in 2004 on Capitol Records, followed by her second album Out of Our Minds in 2010 on her independent label, PHI–MAdM Music. Besides her music, she has collaborated with artists such as Indochine, Rufus Wainwright, Ric Ocasek, and Neverending White Lights. Auf der Maur is also a photographer whose work has appeared in National Geographic and been exhibited at Sotheby's, and she has acted in several films including How to Make the Cruelest Month, Beyond Borders, and Collaborator. In 2009, she undertook a multidisciplinary project titled Out of Our Minds, which produced an album, a single, a film, and a comic book, in which she served as a film and record producer alongside her husband, filmmaker Tony Stone. The couple are the owners and creative directors of Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance center in Hudson, New York. VH1 recognized her contributions to rock music by ranking her number 68 on its list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll in 2007.