Today a song called Skinny Little Bitch was released under the band name 'Hole'. For those of you who didn't live as a teenager in the 90's, that was @CourtneyLoveUK's band that was pretty awesome and important to a lot of girls and gays. The band that wrote Skinny Little Bitch, however, is the not the Hole of the 90's. This incarnation of Hole is Courtney Love and some studio musicians writing irrelevant alt-rock music. There's no Patty Schemel, no Eric Erlandson and not even a Melissa Auf Der Maur anywhere near this, so for our purposes, let's refrain from calling it Hole.
Hole, for a lot of us, was like a gateway band into riot grrrl. Without Hole would Midwestern kids like me have heard of Bikini Kill or countless other 'girl' bands? I'm not so sure. Their influence on weirdo teen girls of the era is undeniable. But besides all that, Live Through This consisted of great song after great song and although not AS good, Pretty On The Inside is a classic too. To be honest, I still think Live Through This is pretty much amazing and will proudly wear my Hole tshirt whenever I dig it out of the pile of black tshirts on my floor...But I would be lying if I said I liked this new song. I mean, I it's no surprise since Celebrity Skin was terrible as well, but with so much talk over the years about Nobody's Daughter I guess I just expected more from "Hole".
But you don't take my word for it...
Hole - Skinny Little Bitch (Download HERE)
And check out some vintage Hole too!
Hole - 20 Years in the Dakota
Hole - Gutless
