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Los Angeles, United States (1989 – 2002, 2009 – present)

There are two artists known as Hole, the American alternative rock band and a British one-man / project active in the late 1980s,

1) Hole is an American band that formed in Los Angeles, and was initially active from 1989-2002 before reforming in 2009. The band was fronted by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson when he responded to an ad she placed in the zine Flipside. Lisa Roberts, Love’s neighbor, filled in as the band’s first bassist but dropped the project very early on.

Hole’s abrasive, self-consciously obnoxious style of alternative rock was initially influenced heavily by and , though as they progressed they began to incorporate elements of into their sound. Love has joked that she took the name for the band from “my husband’s favorite drinking spot”, but this claim is dubious since she met Kurt Cobain, her husband, the year after Hole was formed. Love later said that the name came from a conversation she had with her mother.

Hole had a brief period as a three-guitar lineup, with the musician Errol Stewert, but the lineup that recorded the first album included only Love, Erlandson, bassist Jill Emery and drummer Caroline Rue. Rue was fired in 1992 and Emery left soon after, to be replaced by Leslie Hardy and Patty Schemel, respectively. Hardy left after recording just one single with the band, “Beautiful Son”, and was subsequently replaced by Kristen Pfaff in 1993. After Pfaff died of a heroin overdose in 1994, Melissa Auf der Maur took her place from 1995 until the band’s dissolution in 2002.
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