Hole came to prominence in the 1990's as a band who were unafraid to be controversial, with the genuinely confusing Courtney Love as their lead singer their soundbites were always interesting and once Love married Kurt Cobain the band also got a lot of publicity for their music through that link. For me this is the only good album they made and this in itself is an album of two halves. Released in 1994 through Geffen the album is 38 minutes long in total, the music are short bursts of anger, opinion and grunge music. The album is shouty, sarcastic and is actually in parts quite melodic for a hole album. It has been suggested that ...  Read the complete review

I am writin this a long time after the actual gig (June 24th 1999) So my memory is obviously not as clear as it was about that night, but i still have good memories and i wanted to share them so other people would know what to expect if they are thinking of seeing Hole live. The support band were Queens Of The Stoneage, who are currently enjoying more popularity than they were back then. They didnt go down too well, with the Hole fans as the majority were there to see one band and one band only! Love came onstage to the sound of the chanting intro to Credit in the Straight World and launched straight into Violet with the crowd singing along to ...  Read the complete review

This is my favorite album of all time. A dangerous statement to make for any true music fan. Okay. Allow me to explain. I don't mean that I think this record is better than any other or that it is perfect. It is the one CD that I've played the most times in my life and that I think is the closest to the way I think a record should sound. From the reflective melancholy of 'Doll Parts' to the fiery punk potency of 'Violet', this is an album is a flawed masterpiece no true rock fan (and certainly not a female one) can afford to ignore. Take a look at the pop charts today. The vast majority of so-called 'artists' are not ...  Read the complete review

I love this album, I wouldn't say i'm a big hole fan but i really do like this the lyrics are brilliant and courtney's screaming vocals at her best, i haven't heard anything like this i'm normally into nin and Marilyn Manson and usually only like really heavy stuff, and i wouldn't say this is heavy but it does have it's moments and i never really liked courtney love until now i always thought she was just trying to outdo Kurt and beat him sort of thing and that she was trying far too hard to be a "rock star" but this album really changed my opinion of her after hearing her lyrics and the REAL emotion she puts into the vocals it is ...  Read the complete review

Live Through This was to be the most controversial album by Hole, released a week after the death of lead singer/guitarist Courtney Love's husband, Kurt Cobain. This tragic incident makes the album all the more haunting and emotional. Hole pull you right in with the first track, 'Violet'. The song goes from sweet girl melody to riot grrl angst in seconds and is one of my favourite songs by Hole. Other stand out songs include 'Gutless' which is full of loathing and anger, and 'Doll Parts', which shows the much more vunerable side to Courtney Love which isn't potrayed very often. Also a song worth noting is 'Rock Star'. The song was originally about being in the band ...  Read the complete review