Natasha Shneider dead at 52 A Russian rebel became an American alternative rocker. 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. Natasha Shneider was born on May 22, 1956 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR. They were joined on stage by Alain Johannes, Tenacious D's Jack Black and Kyle Gass, Matt Cameron, Brody Dalle, Jesse Hughes, Chris Goss and PJ Harvey, playing a variety of QOTSA and non-QOTSA songs. On August 16, 2008, Queens of the Stone Age performed a concert in celebration of Shneider's life at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. She was married to, Chris Cornell, Josh Homme Narrate Alain Johannes Documentary, IMDb Poll Board Favorite Underrated Movies, Best Fighting Choreography in a DC Comics Movie (2000-Present), Queens of the Stone Age: Over the Years and Through the Woods, Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes. In 1990 they formed the band Eleven with drummer Jack Irons and released their debut album Awake in a Dream the following year. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Shneider was born in Riga, Latvia[1] (at the time a member state of the Soviet Union), to a Jewish family. [1], In the early 1970s, Shneider was a member of 'Sovremennik', a state-run pop orchestra, that featured her on vocals and piano, as well as her first husband Serge Kapustin on guitar and percussion. She died on July 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She also performed as a musician in a number of minor bands. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group. Spouse (2) Shneider is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Regardless of how well a building has been constructed and finished, how its plumbing is done can determine whether that building is safe, functional, comfortable and habitable. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. [7] The news broke with a message posted on the MySpace page of the band Sweethead, of which Natasha's close friend and former band-mate Troy Van Leeuwen is a member: Natasha Schneider [sic], musician extraordinaire, former actress, singer of the ground-breaking band Eleven, and one-time Queens of the Stone Age keyboard player, died today at 11:11 am of cancer. Shneider wrote and performed the song, "Who's in Control", for the 2004 film Catwoman and contributed harpsichord to the 2008 Louis XIV track "Guilt By Association". Services Offered By Professional Plumbers September 16, 2019. 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 fifth album (Howling Book) in 2003. Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman (Latvian: Natālija Mihailovna Šneidersmane), (Russian: Наталия Михайловна Шнайдерман), known in the English-speaking world as Natasha Shneider (Russian: Наташа Шнайдер; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008) was a Latvian-American musician and actress. [4], In 1987, Natasha married her second husband Alain Johannes and they released the album Walk the Moon under the MCA label.