Melissa Auf der Maur
speaker
1,702 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 11 Mar
Melissa Auf der Maur’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Mar 2026 with 2.
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And because I was a ticket girl DJ, I knew all the promoters, and I called my promoter friends, the guy who, you know, the guys who brought Nirvana and Jesus Lizard and Pumpkins.
They were, like, the main rock promoters who were always, like, the most powerful people in the town.
And I called them, and I said, hey, I'd love to open up for the Pumpkins when they come through.
And they're like, Melissa, we love you, but they're touring with Swerve Driver.
They didn't ask for a local opener.
I was like, come on, do it for me.
He's like, sorry, I can't do it.
So what did I do next, Billy?
Oh, my God.
This is the best part of the story, other than the beer bottle.
Care of Virgin Fand P.O.
Box.
I sent that to the Virgin Records P.O.
Box.
Who's Mr. Attentive to his fans?
Billy got the letter.
I had my phone number in there.
And the week of the show,
The local promoters who said, sorry, Melissa, called me with their tail between their legs and said, the Pumpkins people just called and you're opening up.
Billy said, Melissa's band should open up.
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