Natasha Shneider | |
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 Shneider performing with Queens of the Stone Age, 2005 | |
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| Birth name | Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman |
| Also known as | Natasha Kapustin |
| Born | May 22, 1956 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia) |
| Died | July 2, 2008 (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| 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), 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.