Zia McCabe (born Aimee Springer; June 2, 1975) is an American musician and realtor. She plays

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

and

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, and is a member of American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

band

The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. H ...

. She is also a solo DJ, and part of a six-piece

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

band called Brush Prairie. She graduated from

Battle Ground High School Battle Ground High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Battle Ground, Washington, United States. It is part of the Battle Ground Public Schools district. Sports Battle Ground is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Assoc ...

in Battle Ground, Washington in 1993. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, McCabe joined The Dandy Warhols.

Personal life

She married Travis Hendricks on 7 October 2001. While pregnant with their daughter Matilda Louise, McCabe continued to perform and record, and managed to complete recording for ''

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars ''Odditorium or Warlords of Mars'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was recorded from April 2004 to January 2005 in the band's own Odditorium studio, and was released on September 13, 2005, through Capitol ...

'' one week away from childbirth. McCabe has licensed as a realtor in Oregon, and currently works under Windermere Realty.

Modeling

On March 7, 2005, McCabe posed nude while pregnant for the web site

SuicideGirls SuicideGirls is an online community-based website that revolves around pin-up photography sets of models known as the Suicide Girls. The website was founded in 2001 by Selena Mooney ("Missy Suicide") and Sean Suhl ("Spooky"). Most of the site ...

featuring pictures taken by the SuicideGirl Anais. Her photos were posted simultaneously with photos of Anais taken by McCabe.

Political Advocacy

McCabe has been politically active since at least 2008, engaging with issues from community initiatives to Federal level policy and candidates. Zia spearheaded community engagement in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

's Clean Water Portland campaign, endorsing Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders for President of the United States in 2016, and 2020, and has been active in supporting and normalizing cannabis usage at the state and federal levels.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCabe, Zia 1975 births Living people Alternative rock bass guitarists American rock bass guitarists American rock keyboardists Women bass guitarists The Dandy Warhols members American women in electronic music Guitarists from Washington (state) 21st-century American women musicians 21st-century American bass guitarists 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American bass guitarists