Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-569141
Reviews
"Patty Schemel has lived a million lives and come outthe other side. An amazing story, amazing book."-- Mark Lanegan, "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."-- Rock N Roll Librarian, "Gripping reading...[Schemel's] tales of life in HOLE, from auditioning, recording and touring are laden with insight...She describes with clarity her all-encompassing need for drugs...It's frank, brutal and disturbing yet eloquently written and free from any form of egotism...There is no pretension in her words, no eulogizing or self-aggrandizing her status as someone who has been part of a platinum selling band and toured the world...She writes in a conversational yet brave tone and, without a doubt, is inimitably likeable. There's a lot to absorb from this memoir...It's a damn good book!"-- Scanner Zine
Dewey Edition
23
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Dewey Decimal
782.42166
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
ML419.S3A3 2017
Copyright Date
2017
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