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A Hole Discography
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D I S C O g R A p H y
VeRsIon 2.8
LaSt UpDaTeD: 18-Jul-95
"There's a hole that pierces right through me..."
- 'Medea,' Euripides
Compiled and copyright 1995 by Ralph Smith (76156.164@compuserve.com).
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Anyone with more information can contact me at the above address.
If you do, please try to list all songs on a disc, the record
company's name, the year, and the record number. Thanks.
Notes: the term "LP" simply denotes a long-playing (i.e. full-
length) "album," and doesn't designate media (CD or vinyl). Song
lists for bootlegs reflect the actual songs (where known), and so
don't always match the songs on the label, which are frequently
wrong.
This discography is posted to:
* Newsgroups: alt.fan.courtney-love (it's also included in the FAQ
for that group), alt.music.alternative.female, and
alt.music.alternative (ASCII text)
* CompuServe: in the Rocknet forum (GO ROCKNET), data library 1
(ASCII text)
* The Microsoft Network (msn): at Categories\Arts and
Entertainment\The Music Forum\Software Library\Rock & Roll (rich
text format)
* World-Wide Web: The Drown Soda HoLe pages:
http://www.albany.net/~rsmith/hole.html; in browsable format
(HTML), and downloadable formats (ASCII text, rich text format)
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NeW iN ThIs VeRsIoN
New book (section IX), the upcoming release of the 'Ask for It' EP
on Caroline (II), a new song: "Whose Porno You Burn (Black)" (II),
more bootlegs and videos, new CLove acting info (IV), CLove's ideas
for the next Hole album (I).
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TaBLe of COnTEnTs
I. LPs
II. SiNgLeS/EPs
III. CoLLeCTIoNs\unCLaSSiFiAbLe
IV. ViDeO
V. HoLe UnPlUggEd, MTV
VI. BooTLeGs - CD & ViNyL
VII. BooTLeGs - AuDIo TaPE
VIII. BooTLeGs - ViDeO TaPe
IX. ReLaTeD BooKs
X. CoVer SoNgS PeFoRmeD by HoLe
XI. PeRsOnnEL
XII. GeFFeN's HoLe BioGrAphY
XIII. HoLe ReSoUrCeS OnLiNe
XIV. ThE BaNd "Courtney Love"
XV. InFo We NeeD
XVI. CreDiTs iN ThE StRaiGHt WoRlD
EnDNoTeS
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I. LPs
'Pretty On the Inside' (Caroline, CAROL 1710-2) Fall 1991. Songs:
"Teenage Whore" / "Babydoll" / "Garbadge Man" / "Sassy" / "Good
Sister/Bad Sister" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Berry" / "Loaded" /
"Starbelly" [1] / "Pretty on the Inside" / "Clouds" [2] Also
released by City Slang in Germany, SLANG012.
POTI ranked No. 20 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991.
Melody Maker (Dec-91) ranked #13 in Melody Maker's list of the
top 30 albums of 1991 "...a relentlessly apposite hardcore
grind.." Alternative Press (Jul-95) ranks POTI No. 74 of the 99
best albums of the decade.
'Live Through This' (DGC, DGCD-24631) Spring 1994. Songs: "Violet"
/ "Miss World" / "Plump" / "Asking for It" / "Jennifer's Body" /
"Doll Parts" / "Credit in the Straight World" [2] / "Softer,
Softest" / "She Walks on Me" / "I Think That I Would Die" /
"Gutless" / "Rock Star" (aka "Olympia" [20]). Also released by
City Slang in Germany, EFA-04935-1. The album went platinum (1
million copies sold) in June 1995, and has garnered many great
reviews and awards [21].
The singles from 'Live Through This' so far have been "Miss
World," "Doll Parts," and "Violet." A promotional "flat"
produced at around the same time as the album's release,
however, lists the songs "Miss World," "Asking For It," and
"Violet." It's possible these were the original choice of
singles.
Courtney has mentioned a couple of working titles for Hole's next
album: 'Celebrity Skin' and 'Use Once and Destroy.' Hole will
tour with Lollapalooza during the summer of 1995, and hopes to
start recording the new album in the fall of '95, possibly in
New Orleans. Some new songs have been written and performed live
(see the Unplugged and Bootleg sections for examples).
Courtney on the next album: ...there are songs about abortions,
about slashing her arms with razors, about imagining her own
funeral in New Orleans, about rock stars cheating on their
wives, sex... "It's hard to write about sex, and the sick part
of the Kurt relationship and the good part: (lyrics) 'My messiah
gave me one last kiss/And then went into the abyss/I don't know
if it's good/I don't know if it's bad? Poor baby, poor baby,
poor baby/ But you left me alone.' This one is good: 'Just do it
baby/Kill me now/Without you I'm Judas and there is no point'
and this one 'I'm in a sick contest/I think I'll win' and then I
quote Blanche in Streetcar: 'Put a shade on that lamp/I'm gonna
be sick/I'd rather die than end up alone.' These are not the
greatest lyrics...the best line is: 'Have you ever seen a
cripple dance?/Well now's your chance/Now's your chance.' ...I
know exactly how I want it to sound: I built it in my mind, like
a circle. The top end I want to be warm, Crazy Horse,
Harvest...the middle strip is really Alan Moulder, with strong
song-writing. Like what Billy [Corgan] did with Siamese Dream
but more so and less so. Textured, super-textured. The bottom
part I want to be the gnarliest, Black Sabbath meets
sampling...gnarly and deep and hard."
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II. SiNgLeS/EPs
'Rat Bastard' EP [11]
'Retard Girl' EP, Sugar Side: "Retard Girl," Cow Side: "Phone Bill
Song" / "Johnnies in the Bathroom," 7" vinyl, (Sympathy For The
Record Industry, SFTRI 53) Spring 1990. There were various
colored pressings. Recorded March 1990 at Rudy's Rising Star.
Also released by City Slang.
"Dicknail" / "Burnblack" single, (Sub Pop, SP93) Spring 1991. 7"
single on gray marbled vinyl (1st pressing), or green vinyl (2nd
pressing). Other releases included blue gray, and black vinyl.
Songs are copyright 1990. Recorded at Radio Tokyo.
"Teenage Whore" / "Drown Soda" / "Burn Black" [sic] EP, (City
Slang, 12": SLANG011, CD/7": SLANG013) German Import. 1991. The
7" leaves off "Burnblack" and comes in pink vinyl.
"Gutless" 3 other tracks, Rare UK '93 sessions.
"Beautiful Son" / "20 Years in the Dakota" / "Old Age" 7" EP, (City
Slang, EFA 04916-45) Spring 1993. Purple vinyl. Recorded at Jack
Endino, Winter 92. Picture of Kurt Cobain (age 8 or 9) on the
front sleeve. [3] Also released as 12" vinyl (EFA 04916-03), and
CD. Apparently there is a British version of this CD with a
cover of Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes."
"Miss World" / "Rock Star (Alternate version)" single, (DGC) 1994.
"Miss World" / "Over the Edge" [2] single, (Tim/Kerr, TK947081)
1994. Limited edition (5000) 7" vinyl picture single. Also
released in 7" pink vinyl format. "Over the Edge" is by Greg
Sage and is from 'Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers.'
Also released by BMG Australia as a CD single.
"Miss World" / "Rock Star (Alternate version)" / "Do It Clean
(Live)" [2] CD single, (City Slang, EFA 04936-2) Germany
'Hole Metal Sampler' promo CD, (DGC) 1994. 4-track promo for 'Live
Through This.'
"Doll Parts" / "Plump (Live)" single, (DGC, DGCCS-19379) 1994.
"Doll Parts" / "Rock Star (Alternative mix version)" / "Do It Clean
(Live)" [2] CD single (Geffen Australia, GEFDM-21956) 1994. "Do
It Clean" recorded 15-Jul-93 at the Claphan Grand London. Sleeve
includes the text: "dreamy peignoir set in cloud soft blue nylon
and snowy white lace, pale blue ribbon tie holds the peignoir at
Empire waist. pretty pink bedroom scuffs knocked against the
plumbing below the sink as he held her up and the only sound was
Niagara Falls. later she dreamed of the apocalypse on a pale
satin pillow with lace edging."
"Doll Parts" / "The Void" [2] (City Slang) 1994. 7" black vinyl.
"Doll Parts" / "The Void" [2] / "Hungry Like the Wolf" [2] (DGC
GFTD 91) 1995. UK CD single, part 1. "The Void" was recorded for
the BBC, "first transmission date" was 16-April-93. "Hungry" was
recorded live at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles CA, 9-Nov-
94. Sleeve includes "dreamy peignoir..." text (see above). Also
released on City Slang.
"Doll Parts" / "Plump (Live)" / "I Think That I Would Die (Live)" /
"Credit in the Straight World (Live)" [2] (DGC GFSXD 91) 1995.
UK CD single, part 2. "Plump" recorded live at the Universal
Ampitheatre, LA, CA, 10-Dec-94. "Die" and "Credit" recorded live
at the Hollywood Palladium, LA, CA, 9-Nov-94.
"Doll Parts" (DGC PRO-CD-4670) 1994. Promotional CD single (LP
version).
"Circle 1" single (Gasatanka, DEI9037-7) 1995. Recorded by "The
Holez" (Courtney - bass, vocals; Eric - guitar; Patty - Drums;
Pat [Smear] - Guitar). Recorded 18-Dec-92. Split single with The
Monkeywrench. Sleeve includes the words: "probably from the
eventual Germs tribute LP 'A Small Circle of Friends' (don't
hold your breath) sorry for the delay, not my fault guys! -
Bill"
"Violet" / "Credit in the Straight World (Live)" (Geffen,
GEFDS21979) 1995, Australia.
"Violet" (DGC PRO-CD-4706) 1995. Promotional CD single.
"Violet" (City Slang, EFA 04961-2) Germany, 1995, EP. Songs:
"Violet" (album version) / "Old Age" (new version, has the "I'm
So High" intro and different lyrics) / "He Hit Me (And It Felt
Like a Kiss)" (from MTV Unplugged) / "Whose Porno You Burn
(Black)" [19] recorded live in Berlin, Germany, 22-Apr-95.
'Ask For It' (Caroline). Slated for release in September 1995. A
six song EP of pre-'Live Through This' material: "Over The Edge"
(see compilations), a live version of the Velvet Underground's
"Pale Blue Eyes" recorded at the Whiskey in LA in 1991, and 4
Peel session tracks, including "Drown Soda." It has wild cover
art depicting a pair of slashed wrists, and also artwork by
Eric.
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III. CoLLeCTIoNs\unCLaSSiFiAbLe
"Over the Edge" [2], on 'Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers'
box of 7" EPs (Tim/Kerr, TK917010) 1992. Nirvana is also on
these Greg Sage collections with a song called "Return of the
Rat."
"Over the Edge" [2], on 'Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the
Wipers' LP, (Tim/Kerr, TK91CD010) 1993.
"Over the Edge" [2], on 'Slanged' LP, (City Slang, SLANG 25) 1992.
"Dicknail" on 'Revolution, Come and Gone,' LP, (Sub Pop, SP31/186)
1992 (?). Europe-only compilation CD. Collection named after a
Beat Happening song. The phrase also crops up in the Hole song
"Gutless."
"Teenage Whore" on 'S.F.W.' [So Fucking What], LP, soundtrack to
the movie of the same name, (A&M) 1994.
"Beautiful Son" on 'Independent Top 20, Vol. 17' (Independent 20,
TT017CD) 1993. British compilation.
"Beautiful Son" on 'DGC Rarities, Vol. I' LP, (DGC, DGCD-24704)
1994.
"Rock Star (Alternate version)" on 'Jabberjaw No. 5: Good to the
Last Drop' LP, (Mammoth, MR0081-2 or MR00981-2) 1994. A benefit
LP for the L.A. club Jabberjaw.
"Rock Star (Alternate version)" on 'Jabberjaw No. 2' 7" single,
(Mammoth, MR0078) Limited edition of 1500.
"Circle 1" on 'A Small Circle of Friends' LP, (Gasatanka) not
released yet. Some members of Hole appear with ex-Germs/Nirvana
guitarist Pat Smear as the "Holez" on this tribute album to the
Germs. See the single listing, above.
"Drown Soda" on the 'Tank Girl' motion picture soundtrack (Electra,
61760-2) 1995. Released 28-Mar-95. The Hole track was recorded
live at Studio 4, BBC Maida Vale in 1992. Courtney Love-Cobain
is the Executive Music Coordinator for the soundtrack LP.
"Courtney was an instrumental part (pun intended) of the
soundtrack. She gave a lot of creative advice as well as a
really great song." - interview with Tank Girl Director Rachel
Talalay.
"Credit in the Straight World (Live)" on 'The Incredible Son of
Swag,' various artists (DGC, PRO-CD-4718) 1995. A Geffen-DGC
promotional CD. Subscribers to Option magazine received it with
the May-June '95 issue (No. 62).
There's a rumored Hole appearance on an upcoming Joy Division
tribute album, 'Means to an End,' due circa August 95. My guess
is the song will be "She's Lost Control," since they've been
performing it live recently.
unCLaSSiFiAbLe
Courtney Love's complete eulogy for Kurt Cobain at the Seattle
Center Flag Pavilion, 10-Apr-94, included in the Nirvana boxed
set 'Into the Black' (Tribute, 101/02/03/04/05/06) 1995
"I'm in Love with Courtney Love" by the band Smile (Sonic Art
Union) U.K. single. April 1995.
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IV. ViDeO
'Sid and Nancy' (Movie, dir: Alex Cox) 1986. Courtney Love has a
small role as 'Gretchen' in this film of the Sid Vicious and
Nancy Spungen story.
'Straight to Hell' (Movie, Island Pictures, dir: Alex Cox) 1987.
Courtney Love plays 'Velma' in this western parody.
"Garbadge Man" (Music Video, Caroline, dir: ?) 1991.
'1991: The Year Punk Broke' (Documentary, DGC, dir: Dave Markey)
1992. Courtney Love is briefly shown backstage.
'24 Hours in Rock n' Roll' (MTV documentary, taped 28-Oct-93). Hole
is shown recording 'Live Through This' at Triclops Studios,
Atlanta, GA.
'No Alternative Girls' (Documentary, dir: Tamra Davis). Includes
clips of the Garbage Man video, and of Courtney being
interviewed, as well as Kim Gordon with Free Kitten, Luscious
Jackson, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill, and Huggy Bear. Included
on the 'No Alternative' video (PolyGram Video,800 630 461-3)
1994.
"Miss World" (Music Video, DGC, dir: Sophie Muller) 1994.
"Doll Parts" (Music Video, DGC, dir: Samuel Bayer) 1994. Jennifer
Finch from L7 is on bass, and Eric is playing a left-handed
three-tone black-red-yellow sunburst Jaguar guitar (with neck
position humbucker pickups) strung so a right-handed guitarist
can play it. This was one of Kurt Cobain's guitars (Peter Buck
plays one of Kurt's Jag-stangs in the video for "What's the
Frequency, Kenneth?" by R.E.M.) Samuel Bayer also directed
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video.
'A Tribute To Kurt Cobain' (Visual Entertainment Group, E/P/11064)
1994. Has an "interview" with Courtney at the vigil in Seattle
sitting on a blanket the morning after Kurt's body was found.
'Saturday Night Live,' NBC television, 17-Dec-94. Hole performed
"Doll Parts" and "Violet." At the end of "Violet" they did part
of "He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)."
'In Concert,' ABC television, aired January 1995. Hole performed
"Miss World" and "Asking For It" from Chicago's Cabaret Metro on
21-Oct-94.
"Violet" (Music Video, DGC, dir: Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward)
1995. This video was a 1995 Clio award silver winner.
'MTV Year in Rock 94' (MTV Documentary, SMV Video LV-49646) 1995.
Coverage of Hole and Kurt Cobain. Brief excerpts of interview
with Courtney.
'Hole Unplugged, MTV' See section V, below.
Courtney has a role in Danny DeVito's upcoming movie 'Feeling
Minnesota'
Courtney has a role as a character called "Big Pink" in a film
biography of the late painter Jean Michel Basquiat. David Bowie
also appears in the movie as Andy Warhol.
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V. HoLe UnPlUggEd, MTV
'Hole Unplugged' was recorded 14-Feb-95 by MTV at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, and was first aired on 17-Apr-95. It was directed
by Milton Lage. The set list [14]:
* "Miss World"
* "Best Sunday Dress" New song. [10]
* "Pee Girl (Softer Softest)" [15]
* "Drown Soda" Written by Kurt Cobain. [13] Has nice slide
guitar work by Eric.
* "He Hit Me (and It Felt Like A Kiss)" A cover, written by
Carole King, originally done by the Crystals.
* "Asking For It"
* "You Got No Right" (listed on-screen as "You've Got No
Right"). One of the last songs written by Kurt Cobain.
* "Drunk In Rio" ** Courtney, Kurt, and Patty wrote this while
they were drunk in Rio. See also note [7].
* "Season Of The Witch" ** A Donovan cover.
* "Old Age" Done with new lyrics; used the "I'm So High" chant
(beginning of "Credit in the Straight World" on 'Live Through
This') as an introduction. [5] Melissa and Courtney sang
"Rest in peace and me in pieces" at the beginning and end.
Music by Kurt, lyrics by Courtney. [13]
* "Hungry Like the Wolf" [2]
* "Doll Parts" Courtney played Kurt's 1959 Martin D-18E
acoustic/electric guitar (used on Nirvana's Unplugged) on
this song and "Hungry..." It's a right-handed model; Kurt
played it upside-down and strung for a lefty.
* "Sugar Coma" aka "I Slept with the Devil." New song, formerly
known on bootlegs and in this discography as "Never Go Away."
Said to be for two people, one of which is Michael Stipe.
Songs marked with a ** were performed but were not included in
the televised version. Notes on the songs are from Courtney's on-
stage comments (''This is MTV Unglued...''). Hole were augmented
with a cello, harmonica, oboe and flute. MTV is showing the
"Doll Parts" performance as a separate video.
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VI. BooTLeGs - CD & ViNyL
'Holier Than Thou' EP, (no label), 1991. Black vinyl with plain
white label. Claimed "Limited edition of 600." Demos from
'studio recording, London, Nov 1991.' Songs: "Violet" /
"Forming" [2] / "Drown Soda " / "Doll Parts"
'Sonic Hole' EP, split 7" Sonic Youth and Hole (Gooey on the Inside
Snack Cake Discs and Desserts), 1991 Sweden. Purplish vinyl.
Songs: Sonic Youth, 'Kool Thing' (recorded live at the Whiskey-a-
Go-Go, L.A., 4-Apr-91; Hole, 'Teenage Whore' (live, possibly the
same date).
'Pretty in Paris' CD, (?, ?) 26-Nov-1991 performance in Paris,
France.
'Pretty Please' CD, (Hawk, HAWK006) 1992. 12-Dec-1991 performance
in CA. Songs: "Pretty on the Inside" / "Garbadge Man" / "Violet"
/ "Beautiful Son" / "Teenage Whore" / "Drown Soda" / "Berry" /
"Shinner" (w/ "P-Girl" intro) / "Babydoll." Also "Doll Parts"
appears there somewhere.
'Peel Sessions' EP, (Foxcore) 1992 Hole/Babes in Toyland Split EP
(Also includes 2 live cuts and a demo).
'Live Amsterdam '92' CD, (German, no label, HOLECD93), 1993. Songs:
"Doll Parts" / "Pretty On The Inside" / "Garbadge Man" /
"Violet" / "Teenage Whore" / "Berry" / " The Only Rape I Know"
[12] / "Mrs. Jones" / "Babydoll" / "Dicknail" / "Burn Black" /
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"
'Sugar and Spice' EP, 1992. Has early versions of "Violet" and
"Doll Parts."
'Courtney Love & Hole' CD, (Shinola, SH 69012), 1993. Songs:
"Pretty on the Inside" / "Violet" / "Garbadge Man" / "Berry" /
"Dicknail" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Doll Parts" / "Starbelly" /
"Teenage Whore" / "Babydoll." Listed as a '93 Seattle show, it's
actually a 1991 show in Paris, France. This same show was
released on 12" vinyl in England and entitled "Pretty in Paris."
They are the exact same recording (the songs/show are obviously
older than 1993, and there are people speaking in French in the
background of both recordings).
'Goo' 7" EP, 1993/4. Songs: demos: "Credit in the Straight World"
[2] / "The Void," live tracks: "Do It Clean" [2] / "Pennyroyal
Tea (Electric version) [2]"
'Kiss Away the Darkest Day' LP, (Kiss The Stone, KTS347) 1994.
Songs: "Credit in the Straight World" [2] / "Beautiful Son" /
"Miss World" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "Doll Parts" /
"Beautiful Son" / "Credit in the Straight World" [2] / "Teenage
Whore" / "Do It Clean" [2] / "Pennyroyal Tea" [2] / "Plump" /
"Sugar Coma" [4] / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking for It" /
"Gutless" / "I Think That I Would Die" / "Credit in the Straight
World" / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet." Recorded
"live in Europe," tracks 1-6 and 12-21 recorded in 1994, tracks
7-11 recorded in 1993.
"It's Closing Soon," duet with Kurt Cobain, recorded live in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil (probably in January 1993). On the CD 'Nirvana:
the Lost Concert' (American Fly, AF 003) 1994.
'Bring Me Back Her Head' LP, (Mole) 1994. Songs: "Garbage Man" /
"Credit In The Straight World" / "Beautiful Son" / "Violet" /
"Asking For It" / "Doll Parts" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Miss World" /
"Hungry Like the Wolf " / [an 'abstract' version of] "Softer,
Softest" / "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"
'The Most Cake' LP, (Mole) 1994. Songs: "Violet" / "Baby Doll" /
"Clouds" / "Beautiful Son" / "Hungry Like The Wolf" / "Miss
World" / "Credit In The Straight World" / "Over The Edge (prob.
studio cut) / "Beautiful Son" (Studio version) / "I Think That I
Would Die" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Miss World" / "Softer, Softest" /
"Pretty On The Inside" / "Doll Parts"
'Suck Me Under' LP, (Mole) 1994. Songs: "Doll Parts" / "Miss World"
/ "Asking For It" / "Teenage Whore" (w/ Sonic Youth?) /
"Beautiful Son" / "Loaded" / "Baby Doll" / "Starbelly" / "Miss
World"
'Courtney Act' LP, (Pseudo Indie, PIL07) Belgian, 1994. Songs:
"Beautiful Son" / "Credit in the Straight World" [2] / "Teenage
Whore" / "Do It Clean" [2] / "Pennyroyal Tea" [2] (Phoenix
Festival, UK, 16-July-93); "Olympia" (Rock Star) [20] / "She
Walks on Me" / "The Void" [2] / "P-Girl" (Softer, Softest) /
"Old Age" / "Gutless" (studio sessions, London, March '93);
"Over the Edge" / "Violet" / "Chocolate Boy/Forming" [2] /
"Drown Soda" / "Doll Parts" (studio sessions, London, December
'91); "Dicknail" / "Burnblack" (studio sessions, Seattle,
December '90); "Turpentine" / "Retard Girl" / "Phone Bill Song"
(studio sessions, Los Angeles, March '90); "Where Did You Sleep
Last Night?" [2] (live, Boston, November '91); "Skinhead Girl"
[2] (live, London, July '93)
'Hole' EP, (Frances Bean's College Fund) 1993 or 1994. Black vinyl
with pink labels showing Courtney's face; no number or writing
on labels. Pink sleeve with photo of Hole on the front and
Courtney on the back. Songs: "Gutless" / "Olympia" / "She Walks
On Me" / "P-Girl." Gutless: U.K. radio session March 1993; all
others: U.K. radio session April 1993.
'Seattle 1993' LP, (Live Storm, LSCD 51617) 1994. Songs: "Violet" /
"Berry" / "Teenage Whore" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Burn Black" /
"Babydoll" / "Doll Parts" / "Pretty on the Inside" / "The Only
Rape I Know" [12] / jam / "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" /
"Dicknail." The sleeve says "Performed by C. Love, J. Emery, C.
Rue, E. Erlandson," though I think this is probably wrong -
Emery and Rue weren't in the band in 93 (see PeRsOnnEL), so
either the personnel or date is wrong.
'My Beautiful Song' LP, (Practically Pretty, Koln, Germany, no
number). Track 18 is misidentified on the CD as being from
Phoenix Festival, but it's a studio session, as noted in track
list. Tracks 15-23 are identical to those on 'Courtney Act.'.
Sound Quality is excellent, although Hole's performance at
Reading was (understandably) not their best. Tracks 1-14,
Reading Festival, UK, 26-Aug-94: "Plump" / "Never Go" [8] /
"Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking For
It" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "I Think That I Would Die"
/ "Credit In The Straight World" / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll
Parts" / "Violet" / "Never Let Go" [8]. Tracks 15-17, Phoenix
Festival, UK, 16-Jul-93: "Beautiful Son" / "Do It Clean" /
"Pennyroyal Tea." Tracks 18-19, Studio Sessions, London, March,
1993: "Olympia" [perhaps Rock Star alternate version)] / "Old
Age." Tracks: 20-23, Studio Sessions, London, December, 1991:
"Over the Edge" / "Chocolate Boy/Forming" [2] / "Drown Soda" /
"Doll Parts"
'Ugly Demented World' LP, (Octopus, OCTO069) 1995. Italy. Songs:
"Plump" / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" /
"Asking For It" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "I Think That
I Would Die" / "Credit in the Straight World" [2] / "Teenage
Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" / "Sugar Coma." [4] England, at
the "Reading Festival", Friday, 26-Aug-94. "I'm So High" [5] /
"Drunk In Rio" / "Rock Star." New Orleans, LA, at the Rendon Inn
29-Oct-94. "Garbadge man" / "Baby Doll" / "Dicknail" / a short
piece of "Smells like Teen Spirit." California, 1991.
'Pretty in Pink' LP, (Flashback World Productions, Flashback
01.95.0248) 1995. Supposedly from the 1st Avenue Club in
Minneapolis, MN, but possibly from Toad's Place in New Haven,
CT, 8-Oct-94. Songs: "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking
For It" / "Best Sunday Dress" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" /
"I Think That I Would Die" / "Pretty on the Inside" / "Credit in
the Straight World" / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet"
/ "I'm So High" / "Hungry Like The Wolf" / "Rock Star"
'Dissed' LP, (Kiss The Stone, ?) 1995. Recorded at Toad's Place,
New Haven, CT, 8-Oct-94. Song list is probably the same as the 8-
Oct-94 tape listed below.
'Broken Baby Doll' LP, (Alley Kat, AK064) 1995. Recorded at The
Moore Theater, Seattle, WA, 14-Nov-94. Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar
Coma" / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" /
"Asking For It" / "Gutless" "Softer, Softest" / "I Think That I
Would Die / "Best Sunday Dress" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" / "Pretty
on the Inside " / "Credit in the Straight World" / one riff from
Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick" / "Teenage Whore" / "Whose Porno You
Burn (Black)" [19] / "Doll Parts" / "Bible Belt" (?) / "Violet" /
"Sugar Coma (reprise)" / "She Walks on Me" / "Drunk In Rio" / "Rock
Star"
'...And Everything Nice' 7" vinyl EP, (no label). Songs: Babes In
Toyland: "Yu Know That Guy" ('88 demo), STP: "Sweet man" ('90
demo), Hole: "Turpentine" ('90 demo), L7 "Scrap" (Peel Session
'90).
'Plugged - Unplugged' (Kiss The Stone, KTS440) 1995. MTV Unplugged
broadcast, plus NYC Feb-95 and Hollywood Nov-94.
'Bring Me the Head of Lynn Hirschberg' (KROQ, KROQ3) 1995. Songs:
"Plump" / "Sugar Coma" / "Miss World" / "Asking For It" / "He Hit
Me (and it Felt Like a Kiss)" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet." Recorded
live from the mixing desk at the KROQ Christmas Party, 10-Dec-94.
"Plump" / "Sugar Coma" / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" /
"Jennifer's Body" / "Asking for It" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest"
/ "I Think That I Would Die" / "Credit In The Straight World" /
"Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" / "Sugar Coma (reprise)."
Recorded live from the mixing desk at the Reading Festival, 26-Aug-
94. "Pale Blue Eyes" [2] (VU cover). Recorded live in Los Angeles
1991. "Rock Star" (the real "Madonna/Nirvana" one!) [20]. Recorded
live in Los Angeles, 1993. "Talk To Me" (not a Nirvana cover; the
Beautiful Son riff is used throughout the song. Clove says at the
end "I just made that up, so..." Recorded live in Nijmegan, 1991.
'Plug You & More' (Golden Nuggets, GN1001) 1995. MTV Unplugged
broadcast, plus "Skinhead Girl"[2] / "Teenage Whore" / "Pennyroyal
Tea" [2] / "Violet" (extra songs all "live USA 1994").
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VII. BooTLeGs - AuDIo TaPE
Huntington Beach, 1989.
London, England, 1991.
Boston, MA, 13-Jul-91. Songs: "Pretty On the Inside" / "Garbadge
Man" / "Berry" / "Mrs. Jones" / "Teenage Whore" / "Babydoll" /
"Dicknail."
Houston, TX, 6-Nov-91.
'Cambridge, MA, Tower Records In-Store, 6-Nov-91 [sic]'. Performed
acoustically: "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" / "Doll Parts" /
"Teenage Whore" / "The Only Rape I Know" / "Drown Soda" /
"Violet"
Whiskey A Go Go , Hollywood, CA, 17-Dec-91. Songs: "Doll Parts" /
"Pretty on the Inside" / "Garbadge Man" / "Violet" / "Beautiful
Son" / "Teenage Whore" / "Drown Soda" / "Softer, Softest" /
"Berry" / "Babydoll" / "Only Rape I Know." [12]
BBC Peel Session, Nov-91.
BBC Peel Session, 5-Jan-92.
'Clapman Grand '93' Recorded at the Clapman (or Claphan) Grand,
London. Possibly on 15-Jul-93.
Phoenix Festival (complete), 16-Jul-93.
The Palace, Hollywood, CA, 7-Nov-93. Songs: "Credit in the Straight
World" [2] / "Plump" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" /
"Softer, Softest" / (a small, 5 second bit of) "Into Your Arms"
[2] / "Gutless" / "Teenage Whore" / "Asking for It" / (another
bit of) "Into Your Arms" [2] / "She Walks on Me" / "Pretty on
the Inside" / "Beautiful Son" / "Rock Star." Notes: Hole is
opening for the Lemonheads at this show, and Courtney makes
frequent cracks to Evan Dando. Kristen Pfaff is mentioned as
playing. Tape has "B sides" at end: "Do It Clean" / "Rock Star
(Alternate version)" taped at end.
Phoenix Theatre, Toronto, Canada, 1-Sep-94. Songs: Taped intro
(Vivaldi's Four Seasons) / "Plump" / "Sugar Coma" [4] /
"Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking for
It" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "I Think That I Would Die"
/ "Pretty on the Inside" / "Credit in the Straight World" [2] /
"Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Fuckin' Violet" / "Hungry Like
the Wolf" [2] / "Rock Star" / "She Walks on Me" / "Sugar Coma
(Reprise)" [4] / "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" [2]
Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 7-Sep-94. Often listed as being
on 6-Sep-94.
Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN, 8-Sep-94?.
Seattle, WA, 'End It' benefit, 11-Sep-94.
Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, 8-Oct-94. Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar
Coma" / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" /
"Asking For It" / "Best Sunday Dress" / "Gutless" / "Softer,
Softest" / "I Think That I Would Die / part of "Burn Black
(Alternate Version)" / "Pretty on the Inside " / "Credit in the
Straight World" / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" /
"I'm So High" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" / "Rock Star"
Marquee at the Tralf, Buffalo, NY, 11-Oct-94. Songs: "Plump" /
"Sugar Coma" [4] / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's
Body" / "Asking for It" / "Best Sunday Dress" [10] / "Gutless" /
"Softer, Softest" / "Whose Porno You Burn (Black)" [19] / "I
Think That I Would Die" / "Pretty on the Inside" / "Credit in
the Straight World" [2] / "Pennyroyal Tea (Acoustic version)"
[2] / "Teenage Whore" / intro to "Fork Down Throat" by Babes in
Toyland / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" / "Sugar Coma (Reprise)" [4] /
"Drunk in Rio" [7] / "I'm So High" [5] / "Hungry Like the Wolf"
[2] / "Rock Star." Tape has 'Goo' bootleg taped at end.
Minneapolis, MN, 23-Oct-94.
Palladium, Hollywood, California, 9-Nov-94. (edited: Courtney's
comments in-between songs were taken out often, songs were
omitted, and profanity is bleeped). Songs: "Plump" / "Beautiful
Son" / "Miss World" / "Asking For It" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" /
"Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "I Think That I Would Die" /
"Hush Little Baby" (coined title) / "Credit in the Straight
World" / "Violet"
KAOS Radio Show, Dec-94.
KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, 10-Dec-94.
'Live 105 Green Xmas Show, Berkley Community Theater, Berkely, CA,
9-Dec-94'. a radio broadcast, including an interview. Clove
sings various lines from traditional xmas songs between songs.
Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar Coma" / "Miss World" / "Asking For It" /
"Hungry Like The Wolf" / "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)" /
"Best Sunday Dress" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" / "He Hit Me (And
It Felt Like A Kiss)" / "Rock Star" / "Sugar Coma (Reprise)."
"Rock Star is really extended with clove saying some impromptu
lines. One which made me laugh was "my sweet tooth has burned a
hole/ into the nazi kitchen you call your soul" (head like a
hole! black as your soul!)" - susan@execpc
Roxy, Brisbane, Australia, 24-Jan-95.
Raleigh, NC, 9-Mar-95.
Mammoth Events Center, Denver, Colorado, 19-Mar-95. Songs: "Plump"
/ "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Drown Soda" / "Jennifer's
Body" / "Asking For It" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest" / "Just
Fuckin' Do It" / "I Think That I Would Die" / "Best Sunday
Dress" / "Pretty on the Inside" / "Credit in the Straight World"
/ "Teenage Whore" / "Whose Porno You Burn (Black)" [19] / "Doll
Parts" / "Violet" / "Sugar Coma" / "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like
a Kiss)" / "She Walks on Me" / "Drunk in Rio"[7] / "Old Age
(Alternate Version)" (I'm So High intro, Rest in peace and me in
pieces at beginning and end) / "Rock Star (New Alternate
Version)" (not at all like the rest of this song's versions).
'Bootleg X' (unnamed bootleg, aired over WNNX Atlanta's weekly
bootleg show, "Bootleg X"). Recorded in Hollywood about Feb/Mar
95. Songs: "Plump" / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / "Asking
For It" / "Hungry Like The Wolf" / "Gutless" / "Softer, Softest"
/ "I Think That I Would Die" / "Credit In The Straight World" /
"Teenage Whore" / "Violet."
'Gimmie A Kiss' Songs: "Beautiful Son" / "Credit in the Straight
World" [2] / "Teenage Whore/Do It Clean" [2] / "Pennyroyal Tea"
/ "Plump," Recorded Europe, 1993. "Sugar Coma" [4] / "Jennifer's
Body" / "Asking for It" / "Gutless" / "I Think That I Would Die"
/ "Credit in the Straight World" / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll
Parts" / "Violet" / "Beautiful Son" / "Credit in the Straight
World" / "Miss World" / "Gutless" / Softer, Softest" / "Doll
Parts," Recorded Europe, 1994. "Doll Parts" / "Violet/He Hit Me
(and It Felt Like a Kiss)," Saturday Night Live, 17-Dec-94.
Killer full-length, electric version of "Pennyroyal Tea." [NOTE
TO BOOTLEG LABEL WRITERS: Pennyroyal is ONE WORD, it's an HERB,
look it up... - RS]
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VIII. BooTLeGs - ViDeO TaPe
'Toronto, 1-Nov-91' Songs: "Pretty on the Inside" / "Garbadge Man"
/ "Violet" / "Teenage Whore" / "Berry" / "The Only Rape (Thing) I
Know" / "Mrs Jones" / "Babydoll" / poss. early version of "Plump" /
"Dicknail" / "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" [2] / "Good
Sister/Bad Sister"
Huntington Beach, CA, 11-Nov-89 "wow, what a video, truly Hole at
[a] stage of ultimate glam rock. Note: there are 5 people on
stage." - susan@execpc. Songs: ? / ? / "Retard Girl" / "Berry" /
? / ? / "Turpentine" / "Phonebill Song" / ?
'Hollywood, CA, Oct-90' at Club Lingerie
'CBGB's, NYC, 15-Jul-91' Songs: "Pretty on the Inside" / "Garbadge
Man" / "Berry " / "Mrs. Jones" / "Teenage Whore" / "Babydoll" /
"Dicknail"
'The Venue, 22-Aug-91'
'London, 12-Dec-91' at UCU
'Villeurbanne, unknown date (prob. 90 or 91)' Jill & Caroline are
both in the band. Songs: "Violet" / "The Only Rape I Know" /
"Berry" / "Dicknail" / "Sassy" / Where Did You Sleep Last Night."
'Phoenix Festival, England, 16-Jul-93'
'Don't Dig Mine Yet,' aka 'Hole - Cool and Crazy,' live at "Radio
Concert Hall" (WUST Music Hall), Washington D.C., 28-Sep-94.
Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar Coma" [4] / "Beautiful Son" / "Miss
World" / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking for It" / "Gutless" /
"Softer, Softest" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" [2] / "I Think That I
Would Die" / "Pretty on the Inside" / "Credit in the Straight
World" [2] / "Teenage Whore" / "Doll Parts" / "Violet" / "Sugar
Coma (Reprise)" [4] / "Rock Star" / "I'm So High" / "She Walks
On Me"
'Minneapolis, MN, 8-Sep-94' Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar Coma" /
"Beautiful Son" / "Miss World" / jam with the phrase 'Shut Me
Up' repeated / "Jennifer's Body" / "Asking For It" / "Gutless" /
jam with 'hold her down...well you can't' repeated / "Softer,
Softest" / "Credit in the Straight World" / "Doll Parts" /
"Violet." "We're Hole, as in 'black as your soul'" -clove
'Z-100 Xmas Concert 1994, MSG, NYC' 5-Dec-94. Taped from large
projection screen at concert, so it's weirdly grainy, but with
great camera angles. Songs: "Plump" / "Sugar Coma" / "Beautiful
Son" / "Miss World" / "Jennifer's Body" / "Bible Belt" / "Asking
For It" / "Softer, Softest" / "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A
Kiss)" / "Credit In The Straight World" / "Best Sunday Dress" /
"Doll Parts." "At this point clove asks for all to decide
whether they should play more or for green day to come out. She
has them cheer on the count of three, and green day wins. So
they walk off the stage." - susan@execpc
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IX. ReLaTeD BooKs
'Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana' (Michael Azerrad,
Doubleday) October 1993. Covers Kurt and Courtney as a couple,
but not really a full Hole or Courtney Love background.
'Nirvana and the Sound of Seattle' (Brad Morrell, Omnibus Press)
1993. Has quite a lot of background on Courtney, Hole and Hole's
beginnings.
'Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana,' (Gina Arnold, St. Martin's
Press, New York) 1993. History of the American indie music
phenomenon. Contains information on Kurt and Courtney, snippets
of interviews/conversations with Courtney, and some background
material on Hole.
'Babes in Toyland. The Making & Selling of a Rock & Roll Band'
(Neal Karlen, Random House) July 1994. Not reviewed. Lots of
information on early Courtney and her friend Kat (from Babes In
Toyland), including Kat kicking Courtney out of BIT, which led
to her founding Hole.
'Head-On: Memoirs Of The Liverpool Punk Scene and the Story of the
Teardrop Explodes, 1976-82,' (Julian Cope, Ma-Gog Books/KAK
Ltd.) 1994. Julian Cope's autobiography. Not reviewed. If
anything, probably has derogatory references to Courtney.
'Cobain,' (Editors of Rolling Stone, Little, Brown and Company)
1994. Has interviews with Courtney and many pictures.
'Never Fade Away. The Kurt Cobain Story,' (Dave Thompson, St
Martin) 1994.
A biography of Courtney Love is being written by punk vampire
fiction author Poppy Z. Brite. The bio is being written with
Courtney's cooperation. [9]
'Never Mind the Bollocks - Women in Rock,' (Amy Raphael, Virago)
1995. Has interviews with Courtney Love, Huggy Bear, others.
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X. CoVer SoNgS PeFoRmeD by HoLe
"Chocolate Boy" actually "Hot Chocolate Boy" by Beat Happening.
From a 1991 London session.
"Circle 1" By the Germs. From a 1995 single as "The Holez" (from an
unreleased Germs tribute album).
"Clouds" Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now" with, I believe, some
alternate lyrics. On 'Pretty on the Inside'. Note that the
song's original title is "Both Sides, Now" (it's spelled with a
comma on the album cover); it was originally released on Joni's
_album_ 'Clouds' (Reprise, 1969). The song closed out the album,
just as it does 'Pretty on the Inside'.
"Credit in the Straight World" by Young Marble Giants. On 'Live
Through This'.
"Do It Clean" by Echo and the Bunnymen. Performed in concert, and
released as a B-side.
"Drunk In Rio" An unreleased Kurt/Courtney/Patty song, recorded as
a Kurt and Courtney duet in Rio de Janeiro, January, 1993.
Performed in concert.
"Forming" By the Germs. From a 1991 London session.
"He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)" by the Crystals, 1962.
Written by Carole King. Performed in concert (e.g. at the end of
"Violet" on Saturday Night Live, 17-Dec-94, and on Hole
Unplugged).
"Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. Performed in concert, and on
Hole Unplugged.
"Into Your Arms" by The Lemonheads. Only a small, 5 second bit of
the song was played. Performed in concert, 7-Nov-93.
"Over the Edge" by Greg Sage and the Wipers. On 'Fourteen Songs for
Greg Sage and the Wipers.'
"Pale Blue Eyes" by the Velvet Underground. Performed in concert
and due to be released on the 'Ask For It' EP.
"Pennyroyal Tea" by Kurt Cobain. Performed in concert. But see note
[13].
"Season Of The Witch" by Donovan. Performed at the Hole Unplugged
taping, but not included in the initial telecast.
"She's Lost Control" by Joy Division. Performed in concert.
"Skinhead Girl" by Unrest. Performed in concert. This is a cover of
a song titled "Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl" by Unrest on their
'isabel bishop e.p.' EP (4.A.D.,9 45271-2) 1993. There's a
unconfirmed rumor that it was also covered by Nirvana as "She is
My Skinhead."
"There Is A Light" by The Smiths. Performed in concert at the
Claphan Grand, London, 1993 (possibly 15-Jul-93).
"The Void" by The Raincoats. Released on some "Doll Parts" singles.
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" aka "In the Pines", traditional
(Appalachian folk song, 1870s), attributed to Leadbelly.
Performed in concert. Also covered by Nirvana, on 'MTV Unplugged
in New York' (DGC, DGCD-24727) 1994, and Mark Lanegan of the
Screaming Trees, on the LP 'The Winding Sheet' (SubPop, SP061)
1991, with Kurt Cobain supporting. Hole was playing this song as
early as Fall 1991.
"You Got No Right" (aka "You've Got No Right") by Kurt Cobain
(unreleased). Performed on Hole Unplugged.
Assorted covers from Hole's Spring '95 swing through the U.K. These
are summarized because I'm not sure how many are just snatches of
songs and how many are full versions. Also the NME seems to get
alot of song names wrong: "RIP" and "Closing Time" by Love/Cobain;
"Making for 16" by ?; "Cars" by Gary Numan; Human League covers;
opening chords to "Fascination" and "Don't You Want Me Baby;"
several a capella Smiths songs, including "Girlfriend in a Coma;"
"Passionate Friend" by The Teardrop Explodes; Big Country's "Big
Country" (sung by Eric!); "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images;
"She's Lost Control" by Joy Division.
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XI. PeRsOnnEL
a. HoLe ChRoNoLoGy
Circa 1991 - 'Pretty on the Inside' LP
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Courtney Love..........vocals, guitar
Eric Erlandson.........guitars
Jill Emery.............bass
Caroline Rue...........drums
Circa Late 1992 - 'The Holez,' 'Beautiful Son' EP
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Courtney Love..........vocals, bass, guitar
Eric Erlandson.........guitars
Leslie Hardy...........bass
Patty Schemel..........drums (joined mid-1992)
Circa 1993/1994 - 'Live Through This' LP
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Courtney Love..........vocals, guitar
Eric Erlandson.........guitars
Kristen Pfaff..........bass, piano, background vocals (d. 16-Jun-94)
Patty Schemel..........drums
1994/1995 tour
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Courtney Love..........vocals, guitar
Eric Erlandson.........guitars
Melissa Auf Der Maur...bass, background vocals (joined mid-1994)
Patty Schemel..........drums
b. BaNd MeMbeRs' BioGrApHiEs
Courtney Love was in a band entitled Sugar Baby Doll (possibly also
called Sugar Babylon, or maybe that's a different band). ". . . one
night, Kat, Courtney, and a friend named Jennifer Finch [bass
player of L7] . . . went to see a show featuring Frightwig, an all-
girl punk-rock band. . . . 'You're too ugly to be in a rock band!'
one of them [hooting young men] yelled. Kat looked at Courtney, and
Courtney looked at Jennifer . . . inspired by Frightwig, all three
decided on the spot to form their own girl band. The name was Sugar
Baby Doll, and it didn't last long. 'Kat kicked me out of the
band,' Courtney remembered. 'It was the first band she kicked me
out of, the last being Babes in Toyland.'" [17] This was the early
to mid 1980s.
Courtney was also in Babes in Toyland playing bass circa 1988, and
was briefly in Faith No More (circa 1990?), possibly on keyboards.
"Q: Courtney - did you ever record anything when you were in Faith
No More, if so, will we ever get to hear it, bootlegs or
otherwise...? C. Love: Yeah, we recorded the gothest version of Bye
Bye Love." [18]
Courtney was also "in" Nighty Night, a fake band: "She's [Patty]
got a riot grrrl band called Nighty Nite. We did this scam during
the riot grrrl period where me and Kurt and Patty pretended we were
two sisters from Marysville, 17 and 16, Dottie and Clara. We put
the pitch way up on the 4-track and we made up these really stupid
songs like 'Lemonade Nation' and 'Twister' and 'Hello Kitty', just
crap like that. Sent the tapes out to all the appropriate people;
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL, Kim [Gordon] and Thurston [Moore], Bikini Kill,
Fugazi, Calvin [Johnson, of K records], Slim Moon. Huge buzz. Huge
buzz. [Q: What'd you call yourselves?] Nighty Nite. Knapsack was
second contender. 'We want a lemonade nation revolution and we want
it now!'" [16] This must have been circa 1992 or 1993.
Melissa Auf Der Maur is from Monteal, Canada, and was in a Montreal
band called Tinker.
Patty Schemel drummed in the band Sybil. They released a self-
titled EP (eMpTy records, MT-159) 1991. Some pop star came out with
the name "Sybil" so they changed their name to "Kill Sybil." In
1992 they released the "Fairlane" EP (eMpTy records, MT-182). There
also was an album (MT-183), released in January 1993, though
Patty's two song appearances were recorded in March 1991. Other
band members included Robin E. Peringer on bass, Dale Balenseifen
on guitar, Tammy Watson on vocals, and Larry Schemel (Patty's
brother) on guitar.
Kristen Pfaff was in a band called "Janitor Joe" on the Amphetamine
Reptile label. Kristen is listed as playing bass and vocals on
their debut album "Big Metal Birds" (Amphetamine Reptile, 014),
recorded December 1992. She also appeared on a single, "Boyfriend"
(Amphetamine Reptile, 902). Kristen did not appear on the last
album, "Lucky" released in 1993 (or 1994) though she helped promote
the band during their tour. Kristen joined Hole circa 1993, and
died 16-June-94.
Leslie Hardy plays bass in a Seattle band called "Juned," who put
out a self-titled debut album in 1994 (Up, UP007). The band's
leader, Dale, used to be in Patty Schemel 's previous band, Kill
Sybil. Apparently, Leslie wasn't in Hole very long, just three
weeks or so in late 1992.
Jill Emery plays/played bass in the punk band "Super Heroines." The
band released one album, 'Love & Pain' (Cleopatra 3751). She was
also in Shadow Project, with Eva O. Jill is currently in Mazzy
Star.
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XII. GeFFeN's HoLe BioGrAphY (mark III)
Courtney Love (vocals, guitar)
Eric Erlandson (guitar)
Melissa Auf Der Maur (bass)
Patty Schemel (drums)
History
The rock band Hole, in addition to writing and recording its fab
new long player, Live Through This, played a week of dates last
summer with Nine Inch Nails to get back to their goth roots. With
those roots firmly in place Hole embarked on a fall of tour of
North America where they headlined. While finishing up their tour
the band learned that their album went gold in the U.S. There was
much rejoicing.
The band then appeared on Saturday Night Live's Christmas show.
The band exchanged gifts with host George Foreman - Patty takes the
heavyweight championship belt that Foreman gave her everywhere she
goes.
1994 changed to 1995. The band decided that they were tired of the
cold winter. In January, Hole went to Australia - where it was
still summer - and played a whole bunch of dates. Next were a few
dates in Japan where Eric became a hero to the Japanese for reasons
that no one can explain. Hole returned to the States where they
showed their soft and sensitive side by playing an acoustic show
for the MTV Unplugged series - an old roommate of Courtney's, Hal
Wilner, helped with the sound for the show.
Selected Press
The Los Angeles Times said in a four-star (their highest rating)
review that Live Through This "packs intellect, humor, volatile
emotion and recklessness inside churning and contagious melodies --
a combination that makes it the year's most complete album yet."
This was just the beginning of the praise heaped on the band from
the music press. By year end Live Through This was named album of
the year by Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Spin, Option, and the
mother of all critics polls - the Village Voice's "Pazz and Jop"
poll.
Things You Might Not Know About Hole
The rock band Hole can hold its liquor. The band's music is
emphatically non-aligned with any current agenda, movement, or club
in rockdom, except maybe the one Glen Danzig got kicked out of for
taking steroids. All members of the band can read. The band's new
album is better than the rest of the stuff you have piled on your
desk (put together). Your preconceptions are all wrong. Your
shoelaces are untied, or loose. You can't start over.
Information Concerning "Live Through This"
Recorded in Atlanta, GA, at Triclops Studios (same place Smashing
Pumpkins recorded Siamese Dream). Produced by Sean Slade and Paul
Kolderie. Famous R.E.M. producer, Scott Litt, mixed five of the
songs. J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
mixed one song without ever having met the band or listened to its
music. All songs written by Hole. All artwork by Courtney Love.
Relevant quote: "It's easy when the music is more in your face and
aggressive," says Eric Erlandson, "but now we've made a pop
record."
Cheap Ways To Endear Yourself To The Rock Band Hole
Hit Eric in the face real hard, then snort derisively and say, "You
call yourself a boxer?" Compliment Courtney on her pretty dress.
Tell Melissa she plays bass like a girl. Drone on and on about
some gender-based rock theory you read in the Village Voice. Ask
Patty repeatedly to smile more.
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XIII. HoLe ReSoUrCeS OnLiNe
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Music Vendor (GO MUSICVEN). The Geffen section of the Music Vendor
forum has Hole's tour schedule (frequently updated) and you can
post questions to Geffen records.
America Online Folders/Services
MTV Online (keyword: MTV)
HOLE folder (Entertainment>Music>Communicate>Message
Center/Chaos>Classic and Alternative Rock>Alternative Rock
Bands>HOLE)
hole/CoUrTnEy LoVe folder (People Connection>PC Studio>gRaFfItI,
the Que & PC Clubs>Teen Scene>Teen Scene
Boards>Movies/Videos/Music>hole/CoUrTnEy LoVe)
Files
Anonymous FTP to the Music Archives at ftp.uwp.edu. Lyrics, bio,
FAQ should be stored here (although very probably not the latest
versions)
also see World-Wide Web, below
CompuServe: the data libraries of the Rocknet forum (GO ROCKNET).
E-Zines
"Live Though This: The Zine" (aka LTT Zine). Available in text and
Windows Write formats. To subscribe, send e-mail to lttzine@aol.com
World-Wide Web
http://geffen.com/hole.html - Geffen's official Hole page
http://www.albany.net/~rsmith/hole.html - home of this discography
(in several on-line and downloadable formats), a Hole tour dates
list (with concert reviews), band pix, more
http://www.mordor.com/rcmaric/clfaq.html - Web home of the
alt.fan.courtney-love FAQ
http://american.recordings.com/wwwofmusic/H.html - part of the
"ultimate band list." Has links to other resources
http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/band_html/Hole.html - the Internet
Underground Music Archives
http://www.nando.net/triguide/music/holereview.html - Review of the
Hole concert in Raleigh, NC, with pictures
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/~smiley/hole/hole.html
http://academy-
www.bu.edu/net_surf/sophomores/bardfield/favorites/holehome.html
Or search for Hole via Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com
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XIV. ThE BaNd "Courtney Love"
There was a _band_ called "Courtney Love," named after Courtney
Love Cobain [6]. The band consisted of Lois Maffeo and Patrick
Maley. They released two 7" records on K records ('Uncrushworthy'
and 'Highlights'), and a 7" on Feel Good All Over ('Hey
Antoinette'). They are also on the 'Kill Rock Stars' compilation.
After apparent lawsuit rumblings, the band broke up. Lois now
fronts the band 'Lois' and Patrick Maley is at YoYo Studios in
Olympia, Washington.
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XV. InFo We NeeD
Label and record number for 'Pretty in Paris.'
What's the deal on "Rat Bastard?" Does the record exist, or is it a
joke?
The director of the 1991 "Garbadge Man" video.
Dates and places of the performances on the Mole Records bootlegs.
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XVI. CreDiTs iN ThE StRaiGHt WoRlD
This document was assembled from many sources - some primary ones,
also various databases, catalogs, issues of Goldmine, and tips from
collectors. I _don't_ have all this in my collection! (yet)
Thanks to Liz (the Nirvana guru), Charles, LiseWinter, Rob (the
nitpick guy), robertaj, Robin (the mad photographer), Brandi X,
Elizabeth Reynolds, Zubin, Lee Anne, Phil Dale, Stephanie,
david.smay, Jane (The Visible Woman), Michael Ellis, Phil Dale,
Dustcake Boy, Ari Herzog, Anthony C. Lucignano, MingaL, arriba,
John Higgins, Franny, Justin Coffey, susan@execpc (amazing amounts
of help!), John Landolfi, Twilight (for all her help and tape
knowledge), Keri Abrams, Charles, Jeffrey C. Robbins, itcafe2,
luvcorproc, Marissa (aka LTT Zine), Hendrik Dacquin, and Ned.
Special thanks to CaRoL, the sysop of alt.fan.courtney-love.
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EnDNoTeS
1. "Starbelly" starts off with the main riff from Neil Young's
"Cinnamon Girl," then segues into voices, sounds, and snippets
of songs. "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac is heard, as well as
either "Lashes" by Babes in Toyland (from 'Spanking Machine')
or an early version of "Best Sunday Dress." [10]
2. A cover song. See Section X, Cover Songs Performed by Hole.
3. Kristen Pfaff is not listed or pictured on this recording,
although Courtney, Eric, and Patti are. There's a picture of a
woman with short black hair on the back: bass player Leslie
Hardy.
4. This was formerly referred to as "Never Go Away." It's real
title emerged at the Hole Unplugged performance.
5. "I'm So High" is a coined song title. This song is an
expanded, full-song version of the "Gregorian chant" that's
the lead-in to "Credit in the Straight World" on 'Live Through
This,' and "Old Age" on MTV Unplugged. It has the lyrics:
"...I'm so high I cannot walk, I'm so high I cannot talk... "
6. According to david.smay@sfnet.com: "According to Lois Maffeo,
when she was a roommate with Courtney (before she was calling
herself Courtney Love) they had a running joke about 'Courtney
Love' as the perfect superstar name. Lois took it for her
band, and Courtney took it for her stage name. The band was
not named after the person."
7. This is based on Courtney's Rolling Stone interview (RS 697,
15-Dec-94) and the Unplugged set list. "You've been doing one
of Kurt's unrecorded songs during the encore on this tour...",
"There's the one we're going to play tonight [either Buffalo
or Montreal]. Melissa sings my part, and the part I'm singing
is Kurt's part. I just call it 'Drunk In Rio.'" The song on
the tape seems to have a dual-lead vocal, unusual for Hole.
8. Very likely "Sugar Coma." See note 4, above.
9. MTV News, 29-Mar-95.
10. Some of the lyrics used are the same as a section of "Lashes,"
by Babes in Toyland, but the melody is very different.
Courtney identified it as a new song called "Best Sunday
Dress" at Hole Unplugged. "...No, she [Kat] wrote 1/4 of one
half of a riff, it's 1/3 an old Sugar Baby Doll song." -
Courtney Love, via AOL, 15-May-95.
11. Some have said that this record was never made, and was a joke
inserted (by Jim Greer, no less) into a Hole discography in
the past. It was a Geffen biography of the group, but was
dropped in later versions (such as the one reproduced here).
The author would love to hear from anyone who knows more about
this, or who has this record (if it exists).
12. This is a coined song title, provided by Twilight.
13. Courtney's mention of Kurt's authorship of "Drown Soda" is
corroborated by an article written by Neil Strauss in the 18-
Feb-95 'New York Times.' This contradicts the Hole EP 'Teenage
Whore' and the 'Tank Girl' soundtrack, which credit the song
to Hole. There are other differences between published
songwriting credits and Courtney's inside information: "Old
Age" is credited to Hole on the 'Beautiful Son' EP, and
Courtney has said she and Kurt co-wrote "Pennyroyal Tea."
14. According to audience members, a shot of the paper set list on
'MTV Week in Rock,' 10-Mar-95, and the screen titles of Hole
Unplugged. Oddly, the paper set list is titled "Hole Set
List Mon. Feb 13 6:30 PM."
15. This is exactly how the title was written on the paper set
list.
16. Courtney Love interview, 'Superock,' MTV, 8-Apr-95
17. Neal Karlen, 'Babes In Toyland, The Making of a Rock and Roll
Band.'
18. Courtney Love America Online interview, 16-Feb-95
19. "Whose Porno You Burn (Black)": this new song contains lyrics
from Burn Black, and also lyrics like: "Where is the bullet,
where is the gun...where is the razor...". It's issued on the
German 'Violet' EP. It's also been unofficialy referred to as
"Burn Black (alternate version)" and "Fascinate Your Life
Away," but now we know the real name.
20. Rock Star v. Olympia - the following is from 'Boston Rock,'
June 1994 (via LTT Zine #1):
"...Most eerily prophetic of all is a song that didn't make it
onto the album [Live Through This], even thought its title
did. The track listed on the CD as 'Rock Star' is really a
song called 'Olympia.' The real 'Rock Star' is a catchy ditty
inspired by riot grrl band, Bikini Kill, on which Love
imitated the Lemonheads' Evan Dando. A question about its
musical authorship bumped the song off the disc after it was
too late to change the album artwork. Kolderie [one of LTT's
producers] says 'Rock Star' would make a great single, but the
song may never be released. One look at a few of the lyrics
and you'll understand why:
How'd you like to be a rock star?
Lots of fun to be a rock star
I think you'd rather die
but I bet you'd like to try.
How'd you like to be in Nirvana?
Barrel of laughs to be in Nirvana
How'd you like to be in Nirvana
I think you'd rather die.
Though Love's lyrics now seem ominously presaging of Cobain's
suicide, they were merely a product of her obsessions with
death, dismemberment, crime, punishment, drug use and self
abasement. 'Those are the things that are interesting to her.'
Rumors are now beginning to swirl around the music biz that
Rock Star may appear on an upcoming release from Caroline
records featuring pre-'Live Through This' material [see 'Ask
For It' EP, section II -RS]. Guess we'll have to wait and
see."
21. Reviews/awards for 'Live Through This':
No. 1 Album, 1994, CMJ
Entertainment Weekly (15-Apr-94, p.56) "...what you take away isn't
a guitar riff but Love's voice. A thick reedy instrument that
makes her sound like the younger, brattier sister of Johnny
Rotten, it stands out like a suited IBM executive at
Lollapalooza....[Love] has charisma and attitude to burn, and
she knows it...." Rating: B+
Album of the Year, 1994 (second place), Entertainment Weekly
Album of the Year, 1994, Los Angeles Times
Melody Maker (9-Apr-94, p.30) "...You know the plot; the tension is
all in execution. This has to be the high watermark of the
genre that survived the crass label of `foxcore'..."
Musician (Apr-94, p.82) "...Cobain's much-discussed, little heard
other half finally gets the chance to escape gossip-column
purgatory and succceeds with flying colors...Courtney Love's
foul, funny eloquence...cuts through all the bullshit with a
mighty flourish. Rock on, sister!..."
New Musical Express (9-Apr-94, p.40) - 8 - Excellent - "...The
result is a personal but secretive thrash-pop opera of urban
nihilism and passionate dumbthinks..."
New Musical Express (24-Dec-94, p.22) ranked #12 in NME's list of
the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
New York Times (5-Jan-95, p.C15) included on Jon Pareles' list of
the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Courtney Love channels her
inchoate rage into straightforward verse-chorus-verse..."
New York Times (5-Jan-95, p.C15 included on Neil Strauss' list of
the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Try divorcing Courtney Love the
gossip-column item...from this album to find Courtney Love the
punk-rock musician..."
Album of the Year, 1994, 'Option' Magazine Readers' Poll
Four star rating, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone (25-Jan-95, p.52) voted Best Album in the 1995
Critic's Poll
Rolling Stone (29-Dec-94 - 12-Jan-95, p.191) "...Love delivers punk
not only as insinuating as Nirvana's but as corrosive as the
Sex Pistols'. More significantly, LIVE THROUGH THIS may be
the most potent blast of female insurgency ever committed to
tape..."
Album of the Year, 1994 (second place), Rolling Stone Readers' Poll
Spin (Dec-94, p.76) ranked #1 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums
Of '94' - "...Love rode her band's gargantuan riffs through a
shy loner's air-guitar fantasy: rock stardom as revenge upon
the entire human race..."
Album of the Year, 1994, Spin Magazine Readers' Poll
Village Voice (3-May-94, p.65) "...[Love] is the nightmare doll who
comes to life to wreak revenge on her domesticators....There's
also her sheer star power, the irresistible curl of her
phrases, the waterfall plunge of her screams. But more than
that, it's the way she dares to fashion from the lies she
can't escape, a story she can call true...."
No. 1 Album of 1994, Village Voice 'Pazz and Jop' Critics' Poll (28-
Feb-95)
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