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│ Station....... BBC Radio 1 ││
│ Year.......... 2004 ││
│ Genre......... Acoustic ││
│ Air/Set Date.. 07/05/2004 ││
│ Release Date.. 15/05/2004 ││
│ Size.......... 21,6 MB ││
│ Tracks........ 01 ││
│ Length........ 15:41 min ││
│ Source........ DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) ││
│ Encoder....... Lame ││
│ Quality....... 192KBps / 44.1Khz / Joint-Stereo ││
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│ The new band formed by Melissa Auf Der Maur (ex-Hole / ││
│ Smashing Pumpkins) have already had Top 40 success with ││
│ debut single 'Followed The Waves' and their self-titled ││
│ album. Here's Melissa's biog - in her own words! ││
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│ In 1994 I left my home in Montreal to join a big American ││
│ band. My official life in music had begun. ││
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│ I played bass in Hole for an intense 5 years, and then ││
│ joined Smashing Pumpkins to support their last album and ││
│ farewell tour. They were incredible years of my life ││
│ educational, like a Bachelor's degree in rock followed by a ││
│ Master's. All of which led me here: Auf Der Maur, my first ││
│ solo album. ││
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│ The recording process started in March 2001, but the ││
│ songwriting took place over the last decade. For creative ││
│ reasons, it was important for me to do this on my own, ││
│ before even entertaining the thought of a record company. So ││
│ I got a plan together and spent every penny I've made. I ││
│ just needed to make my album with no thought of how it would ││
│ get out there. ││
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│ I love music and I invited all of my friends down to ││
│ celebrate it with me. Music to me is about collaborating. ││
│ There are a lot of musicians with whom I worked on this ││
│ album: Chris Goss, who produced Queens of the Stone Age; ││
│ Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age and Brandt Bjork, ││
│ who were both in Kyuss (I think I was their biggest fan); ││
│ Eric Erlandson, with whom I played in Hole; James Iha, with ││
│ whom I played in Smashing Pumpkins; and Steve Durand and ││
│ Jordan Zadorozny, my original bandmates from my first band, ││
│ Tinker. ││
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│ This wasn't about just working with someone because I loved ││
│ their musicianship. This was about musicians in my life in ││
│ one form or another for over a decade, people who knew and ││
│ were sensitive to the fact that I had spent time in someone ││
│ else's musical world and wanted to build my own. They ││
│ supported me with their generous time and talent as ││
│ brotherly musicians. ││
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│ I wrote the majority of the songs, but I consciously made ││
│ room for two other songwriters: Josh Homme and Steve Durand. ││
│ Josh is one of my dream musicians and a complete ││
│ inspiration. Steve is my best friend and from my first band. ││
│ These guys represented my roots and my dreams. ││
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│ In the studio I ran a really tight ship. With my musical ││
│ responsibilities and a tight budget I had to crack the whip. ││
│ I would work with a drummer, lay down a foundation for a ││
│ song, then put its basic structure down -- guitar, bass, ││
│ vocal -- and then have these amazing musicians whom I ││
│ cherish in my life come in. I would designate them to ││
│ specific areas to put down the top layers, building the ││
│ ornate wall of sound I crave! ││
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│ This album has a big, sweeping sound. Chris Goss and I ││
│ produced it together and he was more of a musician/band ││
│ member than a producer. We recorded "Followed the Waves" as ││
│ a trial, to see if we really wanted to work together and it ││
│ was so laid back I didn't even think it'd make it on the ││
│ record. The only players on the original version of that ││
│ song were me, Josh Homme and Kyuss drummer Brandt Bjork. The ││
│ direction I gave Brandt was to just play it like Kyuss's ││
│ Blues For The Red Sun. So here we were recording the first ││
│ song for my first solo project for a potential first album ││
│ and I essentially had Kyuss as my backing band. Magical. ││
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│ With the closing chapter of the Smashing Pumpkins in 2000, I ││
│ took almost two years off after touring the world non-stop ││
│ for literally six years. I needed time to recuperate and ││
│ figure out what music and life meant to me. With this album ││
│ I've rediscovered them both and made my dream record in the ││
│ process. Enjoy. ││
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