Pretty on the inside
released: September 17, 1991
label: Caroline Records
Live through this
released: April 12, 1994
label: DGC Records
Ask for it (EP)
released: September 8, 1995
label: Caroline Records
The first session (EP)
released: August 26, 1997
label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
My body, the hand grenade
released: October 28, 1997
label: City Slang
Celebrity Skin
released: September 8, 1998
label: Geffen Records
Singles:
Retard girl
From the album "The first session"
released: April 1990
label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
Dicknail
From the album "My body, the hand grenade"
released: March 1991
label: Sub Pop
Teenage Whore
From the album "Pretty on the inside"
released: August 1991
label: Caroline Records
Beautiful son
From the album "My body, the hand grenade"
released: April 1993
label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
Miss world
From the album "Live through this"
released: May 12, 1994
label: Geffen Records
Doll parts
From the album "Live through this"
released: November 15, 1994
label: Geffen Records
Violet
From the album "Live through this"
released: January 1, 1995
label: Geffen Records
Softer, softest
From the album "Live through this"
released: 1995
label: Geffen Records
Gold dust woman
released: 1996
label: Geffen Records
Celebrity skin
From the album "Celebrity skin"
released: October 8, 1998
label: Geffen Records
Malibu
From the album "Clebrity skin"
released: December 29, 1998
label: Geffen Records
Awful
From the album "Celebrity skin"
released: April 27, 1999
label: Geffen Records
Be a man
released: March 28, 2000
label: Geffen Records
Movies
Music videos:
_Garbadge Man - 1991 - From the album "Pretty on the inside"
_Miss World - 1994 - From the album "Live through this"
_Doll Parts - 1994 - From the album "Live through this"
_Violet - 1995 - From the album "Live through this"
_Mtv Unplugged - 1995
_Gold Dust Woman - 1997 - The Crow 2 soundtrack
_Celebrity Skin - 1998 - From the album "Celebrity skin"
_Malibu - 1998 - From the album "Celebrity skin"
_Awful - 1999 - From the album "Celebrity skin"
_It's all over now, Baby Blue" - 2000 - The crow salvation soundtrack
_Be a Man - 2000 - Any Given Sunday soundtrack
Television
"Johnnies in the bathroom"
Hole's Details
Status:
Single
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Los Angeles
Religion:
Buddhist
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Smoke / Drink:
Yes / Yes
Children:
Proud parent
Occupation:
Musician
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Biography:
Throughout Hole's career, vocalist/guitarist Courtney Love's notorious public image has overshadowed her band's music. In their original incarnation, Hole was one of the noisiest, most abrasive alternative bands performing in the early '90s. By the time of their second album, 1994's Live Through This, the band had smoothed out many of their rougher edges, also adding more melodies and hooks to their songwriting. Through both versions of Hole, Love's combative, assaultive persona permeated the group's music and lyrics, giving the band a tense, unpredictable edge even at their quietest moments. Love formed Hole in Los Angeles in 1989, recruiting guitarist Eric Erlandson through a newspaper ad. Love had played with numerous bands before Hole, including early versions of both Babes in Toyland and Faith No More. Erlandson and Love eventually drafted bassist Jill Emery and drummer Caroline Rue into the band, recording their first album with producer Kim Gordon, the bassist for Sonic Youth. The violent and uncompromising Pretty on the Inside, Hole's debut record, was released on Caroline Records in 1991 to numerous positive reviews, especially in the British weekly music press.
In early 1992, Courtney Love married Kurt Cobain, the lead singer/songwriter of Nirvana. For a couple of months, the couple was the king and queen of the new rock world; soon, that world came crashing in. Cobain became addicted to heroin and the couple fought to keep custody of their baby after a piece in Vanity Fair accused Love of shooting heroin while pregnant, charges which she vehemently denied at the time; she would later admit that she had taken small quantities of the drug. By 1993, their private world had settled down somewhat, with Cobain and Love recording new albums with their respective bands.
Halfway through 1993, Love reassembled Hole with Erlandson, adding bassist Kristen M. Pfaff and drummer Patty Schemel. Hole was set to release their first major-label album, the more pop-oriented Live Through This, on DGC Records in April of 1994. Advance word on the album was overwhelmingly positive, with many critics calling it one of the best records of the year. Four days before the album was released, Kurt Cobain's body was discovered in the couple's Seattle home; he had died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound three days before.
Two months after Cobain's death, Kristen M. Pfaff was found dead of a heroin overdose in a Seattle apartment, with rumors swirling that Love (understandably distraught over the recent tragedies) was abusing the drug as well. Two months later, Hole began touring again, with bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur taking Pfaff's place. "Doll Parts" was released as a single late in 1994, climbing into the Top 60 by the beginning of 1995. Live Through This topped many critics' polls at the end of the year, including Rolling Stone and the Village Voice. Shortly thereafter, Hole toured with the fifth Lollapalooza tour, staying on the road for the remainder of the year.
Despite all the hardships, the album became the group's commercial breakthrough, spawning several MTV/radio hits and being certified platinum early the following year. The band went on an extended hiatus afterwards, during which time many assumed the band had broken up when it appeared that Love was focusing more on her burgeoning acting career (Feeling Minnesota, The People vs. Larry Flynt) than music. To satisfy their fans' demand for new music, two rarities collections were issued -- the 1995 EP Ask for It and the 1997 import My Body, the Hand Grenade.
After numerous delays, the band finally regrouped to work on a follow-up to Live Through This, with longtime friend Billy Corgan signed on to be a musical consultant. The album was finally issued in September of 1998 to favorable reviews, but Schemel left the band (for reasons unknown) around the same time. Former drummer for New York City alt-rockers Shift, Samantha Maloney, filled the vacant slot as the group embarked on their first substantial tour in two years. By the tour's completion, Auf Der Maur had left to join the Smashing Pumpkins, while Maloney eventually served as a stand-in drummer for M�tley Cr�e. Even though Skin was certified platinum shortly after its release, Love was unhappy with the way the album was handled by her record company and felt stifled by her contract, eventually bringing a lawsuit against the Universal Music Group trying to terminate her contract (she still owes five more albums under her current agreement), so she can release music via the Internet.
The future of Hole became even more uncertain in early 2001, when Love announced plans to launch a new outfit, called Bastard. Signing with Epitaph, the band consisted of Love, former Veruca Salt guitarist Louise Post, former Rockit Girl bassist Gina Crosley, and to the delight of longtime Hole fans, Schemel is back on drums. In typical Love style, this lineup eventually dissolved into only her and Schemel and the group essentially broke up before it even began. Despite the lack of any substancial project, Love finally announced the end of Hole in May of 2002. Unlike her often bitter press situations, she claimed that the situation was friendly and she would still remain friends with the previous members of the band. -by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Greg Prato, All Music Guide-
Quotes:
"You can't please everyone. I don't care if I get criticized. I don't give a shit if I get a bad review. I don't care if people say I'm a bitch or obnoxious, 'cos I am."
Courtney Love in 1992
"You wanna put it in me? I'm not a woman! I'm a fucking force of nature! Your dick will fly right off!"
Courtney Love in 1995
"Barbie is not your friend!"
Courtney Love in 1994
"I might lie a lot, but never in my lyrics."
Courtney Love in 1995
"If you treat a girl like a dog, she is going to piss on you."
Courtney Love
"All of my life I wanted be something. I guess now that I am, I don't want to be."
Kristen Pfaff
"We have the nicest asses in rock."
Samantha Maloney in 1999
"No guy is worth your tears, but when you find that one that could be worth it, he shouldn't make you cry."
Courtney Love
PLEASE NOTE: WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR NAME. SINCE LATELY WE'VE
BECOME SLIGHTLY MORE KNOWN, WE BECAME KINDA "OVEREXPOSED". ONE OF THE
CONSEQUENCES WAS THAT WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE "OFFICIAL" CENTER
WE TOOK THE NAME FROM. TO AVOID FURTHER PROBLEMS AND IN ORDER TO FEEL
COMPLETELY FREE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES THE WAY WE USE TO, WE'VE CHANGED
OUR NAME...
THE SAME RAGE, THE SAME MELANCHOLY, THE SAME SWEET SICKNESS AND SENSUAL PSYCHOSIS, THE SAME BORDERLINE EXOPLOSION BUT NOW WE ARE
xoxo
