- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 17, 1972
- Place of Birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (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, PHI–MAdM Music. VH1 placed Auf der Maur at number 68 on its list of 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll in 2007. Auf der Maur i…
Filmography
movieAntiheroine
2026 · Self
tvGreatest Basslines
2025 · Self
tvGeddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?
2023
movieBuke & Gase
2023 · Self
movieTed K
2021 · Executive Producer
movieBrainiac: Transmissions After Zero
2019 · Self
moviePlay Your Gender
2017 · Self
moviePeter and the Farm
2016 · Producer
movieRammstein in Amerika
2015 · Self
movieCássia
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieHit So Hard
2012 · Self
movieCollaborator
2011 · Alice Longfellow
movieTaking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind
2011 · Self
movieOut Of Our Minds
2009 · Woman With Car / Cloak, Story, Producer
movieThe Zen of Screaming
2005 · Herself
movieLuck
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieBeyond Borders
2003 · Charity Ball Band Bass Player
movieThe Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits Video Collection
2001 · Herself
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
movieKiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001 · Self
movieThe Smashing Pumpkins: Live In Tokyo
2000 · Self, Director
movieSmashing Pumpkins: Stand Inside Your Love
2000
movieThe Smashing Pumpkins: Live at Vredenburg 2000
2000
movieHole: The Electric Factory
1999
movieThe Righteous Babes
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieHow to Make the Cruelest Month
1998 · Seven
movieHole: MTV Unplugged
1995 · Bass
movieHole: Live at The Metro (Chicago, 1994)
1995
movieHole: Violet
1995 · Herself
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self