The bassist adds: “It was a nice idea, but not essential to our survival at that point.” Most of Hole’s experiences during the Live Though This journey were shrouded with drama and emotions, and it was a quaint notion in 1995 for a band of our context - living in the wake of death and drug addiction - that some ‘speech’ group therapy would help our cause.” Cooper - and Patty and I giggled all week long about our session with ‘Agent Cooper,’ my beloved and all-time favorite Twin Peaks character. “To make matters even more melancholy, I remember clearly Hole had its first of only two ever band therapy sessions,” says Auf der Maur. Reflecting back on the experience a quarter of a century later, Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur tells Billboard she distinctly remembers an air of sorrow looming over the Unplugged rehearsals and ultimately, the taping itself.
It was a little more than a year after the release of Hole’s second studio album, Live Through This, and less than two weeks after the first anniversary of the death of Love’s husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.
Nirvana unplugged 25th anniversary series#
Hole’s raw, emotional appearance on Unplugged - the beloved MTV series that enlisted top charting musicians for intimate, stripped-down shows - first aired 25 years ago on April 17, 1995.
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