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Natasha Shneider ((ロシア語:Наташа Шнайдер); May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008) was a Russian musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. Shneider contributed to tracks for Queens of the Stone Age and together with Johannes toured with Queens in 2005 on their ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' tour. She died of cancer in 2008. ==Life and career== Shneider was born in Riga, Latvia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alain Johannes narrates; see time mark 28:45 )〕 (then Soviet Union), to a Jewish family. She proved musically gifted from an early age and both of her parents were musicians.〔 In the early 1970s she was a member of 'Sovremennik', a state-run pop orchestra, that featured Natasha Shneider on vocals and piano, her first husband Serge Kapustin on guitar and percussion.〔 Her brother Vladimir Shneider produced and played piano and keyboards for the 'Singing Hearts', which was one of Russia's hottest groups in the mid-'70s, whose output and sound was heavily controlled by the Soviet authorities. Vladimir Shneider recalled: ''We'd sing 37 songs about how good the Communist Party is, and at the end—if we were lucky — we were allowed to play a mellow song like Killing Me Softly or Ain't No Sunshine. But never rock.'' In May 1976, Natasha Shneider, her husband Kapustin, and her brother Vladimir defected to the West, arriving in New York City without finances or connections. They took day jobs and played evening gigs around the city. In 1978 they arrived in Hollywood where they met Guy Costa, the head of Motown's Studio Operations, who introduced them to Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records.〔 As a consequence of the meeting with Gordy they were signed to the label, reputedly the first Russian band to be on a major label. In June 1980 their newly named group, Black Russian, released an album of R&B styled pop that was well received by ''Billboard'' who highlighted the songs ''Mystified'','' Leave Me Now'' (which was later released as a single), ''Emptiness'', ''New York City'', and ''Love's Enough''.〔Billboard, June 14, 1980〕 The album was not a commercial success and Black Russian did not continue. Natasha Shneider and Serge Kapustin later divorced. In 1987 her second husband Alain Johannes and Shneider released the album ''Walk the Moon'' under the MCA label. In 1990 they formed the band Eleven with drummer Jack Irons and released their debut album Awake in a Dream the following year. The group would go on to release four more albums over the next twenty years, with Irons leaving during their third album (''Thunk'') in 1995 to play with Pearl Jam , and coming back for the fourth album (''Avantgardedog'') in 2000. Shneider and Johannes participated with Josh Homme and other artists on The Desert Sessions, Volumes 7 & 8. They also contributed to the 2002 Queens of the Stone Age album ''Songs for the Deaf'', and joined the band as part of their touring line-up in support of their 2005 album, ''Lullabies to Paralyze'' (Alain Johannes also contributed on several ''Lullabies tracks). They wrote, performed and produced with Chris Cornell for his 1999 solo album, ''Euphoria Morning'', and formed part of his band for the subsequent tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natasha Shneider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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