1. Melora Creager was born on March 25,1966 and is an American cellist, singer-songwriter, performing artist and founder of the rock band Rasputina.
15 Facts About Melora Creager
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Melora Creager started studying music at the age of 5, and at age 9 began playing the cello.
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In 1991, Melora Creager founded alternative cello ensemble Rasputina by writing a manifesto and placing a want-ad in the Village Voice stating "electric cellists wanted".
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Since 2005, Rasputina and Melora Creager have released their music under her own label, Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.
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Melora Creager makes unique use of historical events and figures in her lyrics and themes.
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Melora Creager played cello with Nirvana on the European leg of their In Utero world tour in 1994, including the band's final show in Munich.
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Melora Creager has been a frequent collaborator of Voltaire, playing cello on his albums Riding a Black Unicorn.
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Melora Creager was a featured artist on the song "Into The Black" by English band Birdeatsbaby on their 2014 album The Bullet Within.
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From 1988 to 1996, Melora Creager was employed as a jewelry designer for Erickson Beamon, creating costume jewelry for Anna Sui, Donna Karan, Barney's New York, and Vogue magazine.
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Melora Creager continues her relationship with Anna Sui, occasionally designing fashion show invitations and T-shirts.
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Melora Creager has a short list of acting and film credits.
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In 2003, Melora Creager starred in the short film "On My Knees", by filmmaker Kim Wood, as Hannah Cullwick, whose diaries the film is based upon.
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Melora Creager wrote the music for the film, which appears on the Rasputina compilation album Great American Gingerbread.
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Melora Creager contributed additional voices to the 2018 pilot of the Adult Swim animated series Tigtone.
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At some point in 2015, Melora Creager became the victim of identity theft when her computer was hacked into and subsequently corrupted to the point of being unusable.