Hole

Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in 1989. The band was fronted by Courtney Love, and co-founded by Love, Eric Erlandson (lead guitar) and Lisa Roberts (bassist and Courtney's neighbor -- dropped the project in a very early stage). The band 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. Emery and Rue left in 1992, 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. When Schemel left the band in 1998, Samantha Maloney took her place as drummer. After bassist Kristen Pfaff died of an apparent drug overdose in 1994, Melissa Auf der Maur took her place from 1995 until the band's dissolution in 2002. On Vh1's countdown of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Bands Hole was number 77.

= After releasing a number of albums on Sympathy for the Record Industry, Hole released their first full-length album Pretty on the Inside on Caroline Records, which received praise fr...