'Auf der Maur' by Melissa Auf der Maur
Trotter’s Top Ten position : 7 in 2004
UK Chart high : 31 in 2004
Sooo, political-correctly minded individuals will have noticed that it's been a rather skewed male gender bias up to now (I know I have). I'd like to think this is the fault of the music industry not giving fair representation to female artists rather than me being a complete and utter misogynist however, so to vaguely support this....look, here's a girl holding a bass in a phallic manner!
Despite the obvious, MadM proved one of the decades absolute surprises in terms of producing a quality album out of nowhere. Clues, I suppose, were there - bass duties (and scene stealing vid appearances - see Malibu for instance) in Hole and a dalliance with Nicest Man in Rock (tm) Dave Grohl put her on the radar, but I honestly never expected her to produce such a great debut. Ironically this also came out the same week as Courtney's solo effort and it absolutely wiped the floor with it. Fair do's Melissa had the likes of Tom Morello from RATM to assist, but hey, ultimately it's your name on the cover ain't it? Catchy tunes, great guitar driven rock and (in the case of 'Taste You') pure filth for lyrics (especially, it seems, in French) and a new star is born!
Look at Followed the Waves ; Taste You ; Taste You (French version) ; Real a Lie
Listen to a sampling of the Top Fifty on Spotify as we go
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