| Paz Lenchantin | |
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Paz Lenchantin performing with A Perfect Circle. |
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 12, 1973 (age 38) Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Genres | Alternative rock, alternative metal |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Violin, bass guitar, 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, Queens of the Stone Age, Silver Jews, Trust Company, Zwan |
Paz Lenchantin (born in Mar del Plata, Argentina on December 12, 1973) is an American musician of French ancestry. She came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four.
Lenchantin speaks fluent Spanish and English. She began playing piano at age five.[1] She then took violin lessons at age eight and taught herself how to play guitar at age twelve.[1] Her sister, Ana is a musician and a frequent collaborator. She and her late brother Luciano Lenchantin also collaborated frequently.
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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.[2] Lenchantin later left the group to join with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, and David Pajo in the band Zwan.[2] 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.[2] 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 Entrance on their album Prayer of Death, as co- producer as well as contributing bass and violin.[2] She also appeared on the previous Entrance album Wandering Stranger (2004). She is now a seemingly permanent member of the Entrance Band.
Lenchantin also played strings on a song on the Queens of the Stone Age's album, Songs for the Deaf.[1] She has played with David Pajo in Papa M, and contributed fiddle on the Silver Jews record, Tanglewood Numbers.[1] She has toured with RTX/Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux. In 2002, she performed on Trust Company's album The Lonely Position Of Neutral. In 2005 she played violin on the Kaura track "Dividing Lines". She has also contributed to and toured with Jarboe of Swans. In 2000, she appeared in A Perfect Circle's Judith music video as bassist. Lenchantin also played bass on Brightblack Morning Light's 2006 self-titled album on Matador Records. She worked with director Michael Mann on his film Miami Vice[2] contributing violin on several scenes. She contributed playing strings on Melissa Auf der Maur's first solo album Auf der Maur. In 2008, Paz co-wrote the Ashes Divide song "Denial Waits", and she played violin on Jenny Lewis' second studio album Acid Tongue. She will appear on Into The Presence's new album to be released in 2009, playing the bass.
(Strings; Bass on Sleeping Beauty)
( Strings on Gravity)
(Piano; Strings)
(Acoustic Guitar; Piano; Strings)
(Co-writing on Denial Waits)
(Bass; Piano)
(Bass Guitar; Co-Producer; Violin; Vocals)
(Bass)
(Violin on Black Sand)
(Violin on Dividing Lines)
(Strings)
(Strings on Mosquito Song)
(Fiddle)
Lenchantin has produced two solo albums, both of which are currently available on her MySpace page.[3]
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