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Hit So Hard (Hardcover)
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Hit So Hard (Hardcover)
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A stunningly candid portrait of the Seattle grunge scene of the
'90s and a memoir of an addict during the last great era of rock
'n' roll excess, by Hole drummer Patty Schemel Patty Schemel's
story begins with a childhood surrounded by the AA meetings her
parents hosted in the family living room. Their divorce triggered
her first forays into drinking at age twelve and dovetailed with
her passion for punk rock and playing the drums. Patty's struggles
with her sexuality further drove her notoriously hard playing, and
by the late '80s she had focused that anger, confusion, and drive
into regular gigs with well-regarded bands in Tacoma, Seattle, and
Olympia, Washington. She met a pre-Nirvana Kurt Cobain at a Melvins
show, and less than five years later, was living with him and his
wife, Hole front-woman Courtney Love, at the height of his fame and
on the cusp of hers. As the platinum-selling band's new drummer,
Schemel contributed memorable, driving beats to hits like Beautiful
Son, Violet, Doll Parts, and Miss World. But the band was plagued
by tragedy and heroin addiction, and by the time Hole went on tour
in support of their ironically titled and critically-acclaimed
album Live Through This in 1994, both Cobain and Hole bassist
Kristen Pfaff had died at the age of 27 With surprising candor and
wit, Schemel intimately documents the events surrounding her
dramatic exit from the band in 1998 that led to a dark descent into
a life of homelessness and crime on the streets of Los Angeles, and
the difficult but rewarding path to lasting sobriety after more
than twenty serious attempts to get clean. Hit So Hard is a
testament not only to the enduring power of the music Schemel
helped create but an important document of the drug culture that
threatened to destroy it.
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