Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur is a Canadian musician.
Auf der Maur performing in 2010
Auf der Maur (left) performing at Hole's one-off reunion at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, New York, in April 2012
Auf der Maur's brief project The Chelsea was named after the Hotel Chelsea in New York
Auf der Maur in 2004
Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989. It was founded by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson. It had several different bassists and drummers, the most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff and Melissa Auf der Maur. Hole released a total of four studio albums between two incarnations spanning the 1990s and early-2010s and became one of the most commercially successful rock bands in history fronted by a woman.
Hole performing at Public Assembly, NYC in April 2013
Love and Erlandson performing with Hole, c. 1989.
Courtney Love performing with Hole at Big Day Out, Melbourne, January 22, 1995.
Love and Micko Larkin performing with Hole at SXSW in Austin, Texas, 2010.