Paz Lenchantin
| Paz Lenchantin | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
December 12, 1973 Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alternative metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Violin, bass, piano, vocals, guitar |
| Associated acts | Ana Lenchantin, A Perfect Circle, Brightblack Morning Light, Entrance, Into the Presence, Jarboe, Jenny Lewis, Kaura, Luciano Lenchantin, Melissa Auf der Maur, Papa M, Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Silver Jews, Trust Company, Zwan, The Entrance Band |
| Notable instruments | |
| 1969 Fender Precision Bass | |
Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973) is an Argentine American musician. She has been the bass guitarist, vocalist and violinist of the alternative rock band Pixies since 2014. She is known for playing bass or strings with various bands, including Entrance, A Perfect Circle, Zwan, and Queens of the Stone Age.
Lenchantin, who is of Armenian, French and Argentine ancestry, moved to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four. Her father is classical pianist Mario Merdirossian. She speaks fluent Spanish and English. She began playing piano at age five. She then took violin lessons at age eight and taught herself how to play guitar at age twelve. Her sister Ana Lenchantin is a musician and a frequent collaborator. She also frequently collaborated with her brother Luciano Lenchantin before his death in 2003.
Lenchantin joined Billy Howerdel, Josh Freese, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Maynard James Keenan in the band A Perfect Circle. She contributed to their albums, Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step. Lenchantin later left the group to join with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, and David Pajo in the band Zwan. In 2002, Lenchantin, Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins and Hole), Samantha Maloney, and Radio Sloan (The Need) created a new band called The Chelsea. The all-female supergroup played only one show before going their separate ways. Lenchantin returned to play strings and piano with A Perfect Circle in recording their cover album eMOTIVe, released November 2, 2004 and debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200. She also contributed a solo cover of the song "The Hollow" to A Perfect Circle's CD/DVD release, aMOTION. Since 2005, Lenchantin has been collaborating with The Entrance Band on their album Prayer of Death, as co- producer as well as contributing bass and violin. She also appeared on the previous Entrance album Wandering Stranger (2004). She is now a seemingly permanent member of the Entrance Band. Since 2012 winter, Paz has been touring with Josephine Foster supporting the "Blood Rushing" album promotion. In December 2013, Lenchantin was announced as the new touring bassist for the Pixies, in replacement of founding band member Kim Deal and touring bassist Kim Shattuck, for their 2014 tour. In July 2016, Lenchantin confirmed that she is now a full-time member of the Pixies.
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