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Kristen Marie Pfaff (née Parco; May 26, 1967 – June 16, 1994) was an American musician, best known as the bassist for alternative rock band Hole from 1993 to 1994. Prior to Hole, Pfaff was the bassist and backing vocalist for Minneapolis-based band Janitor Joe .
Living (for some)—in all its grief and glory—is an act of spite against a hostile world. Released April 12th, 1994, Hole’s now iconic album Live Through This is full of themes of grief, drug ...
Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989.It was founded by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson.It had several different bassists and drummers, the most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur.
It was also the only Hole album to feature bassist Kristen Pfaff, and the final album to be released during her lifetime, as she died two months after the album's release. In critical circles, Live Through This is considered a contemporary classic, [ 5 ] and was included in Rolling Stone ' s 2020 updated list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All ...
The Live Through This Tour was slated to begin in the summer of 1994, but was temporarily halted after the death of the band's bassist, Kristen Pfaff, of a heroin overdose. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On August 19, 1994—one week before the band's scheduled debut performance at the Reading Festival —the group hired Melissa Auf der Maur , a Canadian bassist ...
Kristen Pfaff (formerly of Hole and Janitor Joe) Britta Phillips (from Luna and Dean and Britta) Tessa Pollitt (from The Slits) Ginger Pooley (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins, Halo Friendlies) Catherine Popper (formerly of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals)
The band's founding members were vocalist/guitarist Joachim Breuer, bassist/vocalist Kristen Pfaff, and drummer Matt Entsminger. Pfaff was replaced by Wayne Davis following her departure in 1993 to join Hole. Janitor Joe released two studio albums and four singles on OXO and Amphetamine Reptile before disbanding after Pfaff's death in June 1994.
"Miss World" is known to deal with themes of self-image and substance abuse. Speaking of the song, reviewer Tim Grierson stated that "'Miss World' ties a deceptively candy-coated melody to a sad tale of drug abuse and distorted body image as Love hits upon a familiar theme of the album: the dichotomy of how ugly you feel on the inside while trying to appear beautiful to others."