Oh, Melissa...

...I'm speaking about Melissa Auf Der Maur...former bassist of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins! Thank god she has a solo album out...she's an amazing rock bassist who unfortunately was in bands with singers with super-overinflated egos!(That means you Courtney, and Billy) Followed the Waves is an awesome rock song (I've been humming it all day!) It's got pretty catchy hooks, guitar lines and she makes playing the bass sexy looking (Something I don't do...see photo below!) I was glad to see that she was able to make good rock music on her own terms, good music that sounds nothing like the bands she played for.