Hole

Hole was an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989. The band was fronted by vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love (widow of Kurt Cobain, singer of Nirvana), who formed Hole with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. Hole had a revolving line-up of bassists and drummers, their most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff and Melissa Auf der Maur. Hole achieved considerable commercial and critical success throughout the 1990s, initially releasing singles through independent labels. The group officially disbanded in 2002 and its members began solo careers and other projects. In 2009, Love announced she was reforming Hole as the sole returning member. In November 2012, however, Love stated on her Twitter account that she was working now under her own name as a solo artist, and that "Hole is dead".==Links To Peel== Peel was a fan of riot girl acts such as Babes in Toyland, who Courtney Love, the singer of Hole, was once a member of. Hole were first played on Peel's show in the summer of 1990 and were invited for a couple of sessions on his show. Their Live Through This album was voted by Peel as his Top 20 Albums. After seeing Hole at the Reading Festival, he described the band on 25 August 1995:

''I think you have to say that once again the highlight of the day at the Reading Festival, in spite of all the other extraordinary things hat have gone on, was the performance by Hole. I was backstage when Courtney Love arrived, obviously the centre of attention. It was all American, in fact, backstage: the only thing you heard spoken was American. Courtney arrived in a London taxi...which was kind of a dramatic entrance to what you'd normally expect. I have to say when she got out of the taxi she was staggering slightly and sort of supported by security people...disappeared into a van somewhere, but then came back out and went onto the stage, and it was yet another, as with last year, another absolutely electrifying performance. The thing about Hole, as far as I'm concerned...they can be alarming, disconcerting, they can be embarrassing at times, but you want to see and hear every second of it.''

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1991 Festive Fifty: Teenage Whore #10
 * 1991 Festive Fifty: Burn Black #07
 * 1993 Festive Fifty: Beautiful Son #47
 * 1993 Festive Fifty: Olympia #25
 * 1994 Festive Fifty: Doll Parts #45
 * 1994 Festive Fifty: Miss World #17
 * 1995 Festive Fifty: Violet #28

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1991-11-19. First Broadcast: 05 January 1992. Repeated: 13 March 1992 2. Recorded: 1993-03-25. First Broadcast: 16 April 1993. Repeated: 13 August 1993
 * Violet / Forming / Drown Soda / Doll Parts
 * The Void / Olympia / She Walks On Me (Sic) / Pee Girl

Live

 * Recorded: 1994-08-26. First Broadcast: 02 December 1994
 * 1) Plump
 * 2) Beautiful Son
 * 3) Miss World
 * 4) Jennifer's Body
 * 5) Asking For It
 * 6) Gutless
 * 7) Pee Girl
 * 8) Babies
 * 9) Credit In The Straight World
 * 10) Teenage Whore
 * 11) Doll Parts
 * 12) Violet
 * 13) I Will Always Stay
 * Recorded: 1995-08-25. First Broadcast: 25 August 1995
 * 1) Miss World
 * 2) Sugar Coma
 * 3) Penny Royal Tea
 * 4) Credit
 * 5) Babies
 * 6) Doll Parts
 * 7) Violet

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 Best Of Peel
 * 18 June 1990: Retard Girl (7") Sympathy For The Record Industry SFTRI 53 (Hole's debut on show)
 * 27 January 1991:
 * 17 February 1991:
 * Peel Late Summer 1991:
 * 07 October 1991 (Ö3):
 * 17 October 1991 (Radio Mafia):
 * 12 October 1991:
 * 02 November 1991:
 * 28 November 1991 (Radio Mafia):
 * 22 December 1991:
 * 29 December 1991:
 * 08 February 1992:
 * Peel Early Feb 1992:
 * 03 April 1992: (JP: 'This next one's for Gavin Morgan, who appeared on Fifteen To One in a Hole T-shirt last week: got into the last three as well, but didn't win.')
 * Peel March 1993:
 * 26 March 1993:
 * 06 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles):
 * 08 May 1993:
 * 29 May 1993:
 * 11 June 1993:
 * Peel Summer 1993:
 * 02 August 1993 (Ö3):
 * 07 August 1993: (JP: ... ‘on Friday it’s a repeat of a startling session from Hole. If you missed it the first time round you mustn’t miss is a second time.)
 * 25 December 1993:
 * 1993 Compilation:
 * 11 March 1994:
 * 19 March 1994:
 * 26 March 1994 (BBC World Service):
 * 02 April 1994 (BFBS):
 * 16 April 1994:
 * 30 April 1994:
 * Peel April 1994:
 * 05 September 1994 (Ö3):
 * 17 December 1994:
 * 23 December 1994:
 * Peel December 1994:
 * 17 March 1995:
 * 31 March 1995:
 * 29 September 1995:
 * 29 December 1995:
 * 06 August 1997:
 * 10 September 1998:
 * 23 November 1999:
 * Best Of Peel Vol 7:
 * Best Of Peel Vol 22:
 * Best Of Peel Vol 23:
 * Best Of Peel Vol 38: