Hit So Hard: A MemoirHachette Books, 31. okt. 2017 - 304 síður 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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... she'd fashioned paper wings to attach to our backs. I thought it was the most magical invention. With actual wings, I could pretend for real. Growing up, I was a lot closer to my mom than my dad, who was decidedly neither creative nor ...
... she'd fashioned paper wings to attach to our backs. I thought it was the most magical invention. With actual wings, I could pretend for real. Growing up, I was a lot closer to my mom than my dad, who was decidedly neither creative nor ...
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... she'd say, pointing out that I was the only one in the family to wear the Irish badge of courage. I strongly suspected she'd rehearsed these pep talks and was generally full of shit. After all, she was responsible for 50 percent of my ...
... she'd say, pointing out that I was the only one in the family to wear the Irish badge of courage. I strongly suspected she'd rehearsed these pep talks and was generally full of shit. After all, she was responsible for 50 percent of my ...
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... re-creating the experience. Apparently I wasn't discreet. It drove Susan crazy that I couldn't keep from slurring at the dinner table in front of our parents after one afternoon cocktail. Why couldn't I hold my liquor better? She'd.
... re-creating the experience. Apparently I wasn't discreet. It drove Susan crazy that I couldn't keep from slurring at the dinner table in front of our parents after one afternoon cocktail. Why couldn't I hold my liquor better? She'd.
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... She'd whisperscream to her boyfriend constantly that “Patty can't handle her drugs.” At 11 and 12, she felt I should be honing my tolerance in private and protecting the sibling covenant—thou shalt not fuck it up for the rest of 'em ...
... She'd whisperscream to her boyfriend constantly that “Patty can't handle her drugs.” At 11 and 12, she felt I should be honing my tolerance in private and protecting the sibling covenant—thou shalt not fuck it up for the rest of 'em ...
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... she'd enjoyed staying home with us and playing the role of housewife. Now she was free to reinvent herself once more. She promptly got a job at the General Phone Company (chief rival of Dad's employer, Pacific Bell) and got really ...
... she'd enjoyed staying home with us and playing the role of housewife. Now she was free to reinvent herself once more. She promptly got a job at the General Phone Company (chief rival of Dad's employer, Pacific Bell) and got really ...
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