Auf der Maur

Melissa Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. "Maur" is pronounced to rhyme with power, and is a derived from the German word for wall

Melissa Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. "Maur" is pronounced to rhyme with power, and is a derived from the German word for wall (Mauer), so her surname means "On the Wall".

Auf Der Maur was born to famous journalist and politician Nick Auf der Maur and literary translator Linda Gaboriau. She once observed that she had been known her whole life primarily as Nick's daughter, until she became the bassist for Hole, whereupon he became known primarily as Melissa's father.