Carla Azar (June 15, 1972) is an American drummer from

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and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings. Azar played drums on

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's albums ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Boarding House Reach'', and also played live on tour with him. From 2009–2011, she collaborated with painter Mark Whalen (also known as Kill Pixie) on art exhibitions, creating music for installation rooms. She had a role in the 2014 film '' Frank'' starring Michael Fassbender and

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. Azar also played drums for

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for two albums and an EP. In addition, she played drums, as well as some percussion, on '' Come To Where I'm From'' (2000) by

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Career

The band Autolux formed in 2001 in Los Angeles. She met Eugene Goreshter while writing the score for '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'', a play by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo. She met Greg Edwards while he was playing in his previous band,

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. In August 2000, Autolux made their debut, playing two shows at the Silverlake Lounge. On March 1, 2001, the band released a self-produced EP entitled ''Demonstration''. It contained five songs recorded on an 8 track in their rehearsal space. After impressing record producer T Bone Burnett during a performance, Autolux signed to DMZ, a record label created by Burnett and the

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. In 2002, Azar and

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supported

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as his tour band in support of his album '' When''. Besides drums, she played guitar and

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on the tour. Azar played drums on '' The True False Identity'' (2005) by Burnett and '' Curtains'' (2005) by

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. In May 2011, she began recording with Jack White on his first solo album, ''

''. In 2012, she toured with White's touring band, The Peacocks. In 2014, she co-starred as part of an ensemble cast in the film '' Frank'', directed by

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, starring Michael Fassbender as Frank.

Discography

With Autolux

* ''

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'' (DMZ, 2004) * '' Transit Transit'' (TBD, 2010) * '' Pussy's Dead'' (Columbia/Sony, 2016) Guest appearances * 1987 '' Wendy and Lisa'', Wendy and Lisa * 1989 '' Fruit at the Bottom'', Wendy and Lisa * 1990 '' Eroica'', Wendy and Lisa * 1993 '' Dream Harder'',

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* 1996 '' Vagabundo'',

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* 2000 ''Teddy Thompson'',

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* 2001 ''

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* 2004 '' Curtains'',

* 2004 '' A Boot and a Shoe'',

* 2006 '' The True False Identity'', T Bone Burnett * 2007 ''A Year in the Wilderness'',

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* 2007 ''War Stories'',

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* 2008 ''More Stories'',

* 2009 '' A Woman a Man Walked By'' by

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and

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(2009) * 2010 ''Where Did the Night Fall (Another Night Out)'',

* 2011 '' The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams'' * 2011 '' The People's Key'', Bright Eyes * 2012 ''

'',

* 2014 ''

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* 2014 '' Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes'' * 2015 ''Aquaria'',

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* 2018 '' Boarding House Reach'',

* 2018 "TV Show", Glim Spanky * 2019 ''Desert Sessions Vol. 11 & 12'', The Desert Sessions * 2019 ''

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Soundtracks * 2002 '' Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' * 2002 '' Our Little Corner of the World: Music from Gilmore Girls'' * 2003 ''

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'' * 2003 '' The Soul of a Man'' * 2005 '' Don't Come Knocking'' * 2007 ''

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'' * 2007 ''

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'' * 2008 '' 21'' * 2010 '' Eat Pray Love'' * 2011 ''

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'' * 2014 '' Frank''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azar, Carla Living people Musicians from Huntsville, Alabama American women drummers American rock drummers Ednaswap members 20th-century American drummers 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American musicians 21st-century American women musicians Autolux members 1972 births American women rock singers The Waterboys members Drummers from Alabama Rock musicians from Alabama