Natasha Shneider

Natasha Shneider
Shneider performing with Queens of the Stone Age, 2005
Background information
Birth name	Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman
Also known as	Natasha Kapustin
Born	(1956-05-22)May 22, 1956 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Died	July 2, 2008(2008-07-02) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock alternative rock pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter singer musician actress
Instruments	Vocals keyboards piano bass
Years active	early 1970s–2008

Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman (Russian: Наталья Михайловна Шнайдерман, romanized: Natal'ya Mikhaylovna Shnayderman, IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə mʲɪˈxajlɐvnə ˈʂnajdʲɪrmən]; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008^[1]), known as Natasha Shneider, was a Latvian-born Russian-American musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the band Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. Shneider contributed to tracks for Chris Cornell and Queens of the Stone Age, and together with Johannes toured with Cornell on his Euphoria Morning tour in 1999 and with Queens in 2005 on their Lullabies to Paralyze tour. She died of cancer in 2008.