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Paz Lenchantin

Argentine-American musician (born 1973)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Paz Lenchantin is an Argentine-American musician. She is best known for having been the bass guitarist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band Pixies, playing with the band and recording three studio albums between 2014 and 2024. Prior to joining Pixies, Lenchantin was a member of Entrance, A Perfect Circle, Silver Jews and Zwan.

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The public source identifies “Paz Lenchantin” as argentine-American musician (born 1973). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lenchantin, Argentine-American and musician.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lenchantin, Argentine-American and musician providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2014 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Paz Lenchantin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.