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Lee Ranaldo and Melissa Auf der Maur

Photo by David Markey

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Melissa Auf der Maur 

U.K. poster for Hit So Hard: The Life and Near-Death Story of Patty Schemel.

Spin, October 1998

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By the way, I snagged Melissa Auf der Maur’s notes from the Hole mini-reunion the other night. From what I can tell, they are:

• “Seasons in the Sun,” which they played as a trio, Auf der Maur on vocals (the back side of the page is lyrics to that);
• The bass notes to “Red Head Walking” which they played as a trio;
• Some lyrics from ”Red Head Walking” (“Kiss that girl, / She’ll cut your heart like diamonds - END OF STORY / You bet you’re gonna lose it”)
• “Use once”, a note pointing to “Use Once and Destroy,” which they played an instrumental version of, as a trio;
• A reference to the Sebadoh song they did as a trio (video), not sure why it says Smiths;
• James McNew, who I just realized was that dude from Yo La Tengo. Melissa said he loaned her the bass she used. He joined them for “Over The Edge” by the Wipers (video).

I grill Melissa, Patty and Eric at last night’s Hit So Hard post-screening Q&A in New York. Thanks to all who came! (Photo: Mel Gottshall)

Happy to announce that I’ll be conducting a Q&A with former Hole members Patty Schemel, Eric Erlandson and Melissa Auf der Maur following the 7 p.m. screening of Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel this Saturday (April 14) at the Cinema Village in New York. 

Hope you can make it! Buy your tickets here: tinyurl.com/hitsohardtix

Saw the New York premiere of Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death Story of Patty Schemel at MoMa earlier this evening. The event marked the first time the Celebrity Skin-era lineup of Hole had been all together in the same place in 13 years. Everyone played nice at the Q&A after the screening, but Courtney Love dashed fans’ hopes of a musical reunion of Hole’s mid-’90s lineup. 

“I do wanna say that if something’s not relevant I don’t wanna do it,” Love told the crowd. “So for me, y’know, as much as I love playing with Patty—and I would play with her in five seconds again, and everyone standing on this stage—if it’s not moving forward, I don’t wanna do it. That’s just my thing.” (At this point Eric Erlandson jokingly began walking offstage, to laughter from the audience.)

UPDATE: Video of the Q&A session here.