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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So I went down to Burlington, Vermont from Montreal.

It's only like an hour drive for you.

I didn't, with all due respect, to flee.

And everybody wasn't like, I wasn't there for the Chili Peppers or Pearl Jam.

I was there for the pumpkins.

And that's when we saw each other again.

And then you were just like taking off.

Like that's when your world started getting bigger.

Well, totally Pumpkins-inspired, I, after that summer, decided I've got to get a bass.

I started, uh, found mentors with guys kind of your age in my rock scene in Montreal.

They invited me to their jam space, they lent me a bass, an SVT amp, and I, within, like, six months, I was playing in a band with all guys.

And then I formed this band, Tinker, which I think existed for not more than a year by the time I even left Montreal.

But so, the band Tinker,

The other band member, Steve Durand, I met at the pool table when I was DJing, because I was a cassette DJ at the dive bar.

Cassette DJ.

Well, it literally was hip.

I started there at 19.

I was DJing before I was even playing bass, and all I did was make mixtapes

press play, play pool, not take requests.

And after I saw your show, I went to Sam the Record Man and I bought the GISH cassette and I played it on auto-repeat the whole album.

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