 - - - - - - - - - - - - -  NAME: Melissa Auf Der Maur PLAYED: Bass JOINED HOLE IN: 1994, replacing Kristen Pfaff. LEFT IN: October 1999, to pursue other interests. BORN: 17 March 1972, Montreal (Canada) SIGN: Pisces ELEMENT: Water EYES: Green HAIR: Dark red PARENTS: Mother Linda Gaboriau and father Nick Auf Der Maur, city councillor and journalist FORMER BANDS: Tinker OTHER STUFF: Was introduced to Hole by Billy Corgan. Nicknames: Missy, and Molly She's an "amature" photographer, and has been featured in "Flaunt" (the magazine) as such, with a picture taken by herself, of herself, in the bathtub. You can see her in Rufus Wainwright's video "April Fools". She's supposedly a Faerie Wiccan. Her last name is Swiss/German and means "Off The Wall". She plays bass and does back-up vocals on Ric Ocasek's "Hang On Tight", does backup vocals on the track "Undergrowth" on the album "A Beugois Kitten" (?!), by Blinker The Star (whose lead singer was also in Tinker) and on the song "Grammercy Park Hotel" on the Ben Lee "Something To Remember Me By", plus on The Lemonheads song "Zero Hero" (or is it "Hero Zero"??) - - - - - - - - - - - - - |