Maria Azevedo is an American musician based in San Francisco, best recognized as the lead vocalist of the 1990s

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outfits Battery and Ivoux. She also collaborated with Deathline Int'l., Razor Skyline and Vampire Rodents.

Biography

Azevedo was raised in

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in a family of Italian descent. While studying abroad in London, she became college roommates with the sister of future bandmate Evan Sornstein. When she moved to San Francisco in 1992 she joined Sornstein's band Battery as a vocalist. In 1997 Azevedo collaborated with other members of Battery on the side project Ivoux and released the album ''Frozen''.

Discography

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'' (1996) *'' Aftermath'' (1998) ;Ivoux *''Frozen: A Suite of Winter Songs'' (1997) ;DIA *''Integration'' (2001) ;Guest appearances * Deathline International: ''Reality Check'' (1993) * Vampire Rodents: ''

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'' (1995) * Deathline International: ''Zarathoustra'' (1995) * Vampire Rodents: '' Gravity's Rim'' (1996) * Slave Unit: ''Slave Unit'' (1996) * Razor Skyline: ''Journal of Trauma'' (1996) * Heavy Water Factory: ''Author of Pain'' (1997) * Thorn Apple: ''Gradient'' (2002) * Nahja Mora : ''The Trees See More'' (2017)

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* Living people American women singers American women rock singers People from Santa Rosa, California Singers from San Francisco Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women musicians {{US-rock-singer-stub