Maria Azevedo

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| name = Maria Azevedo

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| caption = Azevedo in 1996

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| genre = Electro-industrial

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Vocals

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| years_active = 1992–present

| associated_acts = Battery, Ivoux

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Maria Azevedo is an American musician based in San Francisco, best recognized as the lead vocalist of the 1990s electro-industrial outfits Battery and Ivoux.{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0002289268/credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Maria Azevedo > Credits |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=March 31, 2016}} She also collaborated with Deathline Int'l., Razor Skyline and Vampire Rodents.{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/battery.htm |title=An Evening With Maria Azevedo & Shawn Brice of Battery |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=May 1, 1997 |accessdate=July 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419150201/http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/battery.htm |archivedate=April 19, 2012}}

Biography

Azevedo was raised in Santa Rosa, California in a family of Italian descent.{{Cite journal|first=Geoff |last=Baumgartner |url=http://ink19.com/1999/05/magazine/interviews/battery |title=Battery |journal=Ink19 |publisher=Ink19.com |date=May 4, 1999 |accessdate=March 31, 2016}} 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.{{cite journal|first=Aaron |last=Johnson |url=http://www.batteryinflux.com/interviews/indnat.htm |title=Interview With Battery |journal=Industrialnation |date=1995 |issue=12 |accessdate=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121183112/http://www.batteryinflux.com/interviews/indnat.htm |archivedate=November 21, 2008 }} In 1997 Azevedo collaborated with other members of Battery on the side project Ivoux and released the album Frozen.{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/ivouxfrozen.htm |title=Ivoux: Frozen |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=March 13, 1999 |accessdate=July 26, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529214012/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/ivouxfrozen.htm |archivedate=May 29, 2009}}