Known for:	The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection / Platinum / The Greatest Canadian
Birth name:	Melissa Gaborian auf der Maur
Birthday:	17 March 1972, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)
Available Photos	70
Wallpapers	1

She's a rock star who might as well be the girl behind the counter at your local Starbucks. That's how down to earth she is. She was the bassist for the Courtney Love-led band Hole, and for the Smashing Pumpkins right before they broke up.



Former bassist with Hole. Replaced 'D'Arcy Wretzky' as bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins. Daughter of journalist Nick Auf der Maur. Quebecois French is her first language. Ranked #68 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock N Roll. Replaced Hole bassist Kristin Pfaff, after she died in 1994 of a drug overdose. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States. Has a house in Brooklyn. Is of Swiss and French descent. Spent the early years of her life in Kenya with her mother.

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