Melissa Auf der Maur

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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 over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Mar 2026 with 2.

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But when I flew on that plane to meet them and listen to Live Through This...

I understood what was happening.

This woman, those lyrics about women, that's what I understood.

Yeah, I mean, it's true.

The friend Michael Stipe.

Yeah.

And more world domination, top 40, you know, like there was much more, that's what she wanted.

I do feel like I have to rewind to one thing that lived through this because you are a man who, you know, came in for the third record.

I remember thinking, wow, we're doing this thing.

She already was being underestimated as a songwriter.

Her and Eric were being underestimated as songwriters who lived through this.

Everyone said, Kurt wrote that record.

I still to this day say, first of all,

Listen to Doll Parts and Miss World.

This is one riff or three chords repeated over and over.

This isn't... It's about the power of the lyrics.

I've always said... And I said, if anything, she inspired Kurt's lyrics.

Like, I was so pissed.

And you, as an incredible songwriter and kind of song doctor vibe who came in for the third record, we should...

Exactly.

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