| International Standard Book Number |
9780306833755 (hardover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0306833751 (hardover)
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| Personal Name |
Auf der Maur, Melissa, author.
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| Title Statement |
Even the good girls will cry : a '90s rock memoir / Melissa Auf der Maur.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York ; Boston : Da Capo, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction: Through the looking glass -- Act I Magic. Dreamscape #1: Even the good girls will cry ; Dreamy frontline feminist ; The saint and the wall ; The city, she raised me ; Late bloomer, music lover ; Moving in new directions ; A couch to crash on, a beer bottle, and the apology ; 1991: the song that changed everything ; Dreamscape #2: 3D sound ; Grounding the fairy ; Vermont and the satin minidress ; Sunburst precision ; Death rears its head ; One-way ticket to Seattle ; Nick Auf der Maur column interlude #1 "Bass guitar indulgence turned out to be a great investment" -- Act II music. Melissa's dream of the '90's playlist ; The self-destruct tour: Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson ; Live through this tour: 1994-1995 ; Warrior goddess ; Sensory overload ; Nick Auf der Maur column interlude #2 "On tour with my daughter, the rock star from Ca-na-da" ; Down under ; Hole goes to therapy and gets unplugged ; Engaging with Hole ; The abscess and the French hospital ; Funny shit and the smoking vagina ; Hole is a band; Courtney Love is a soap opera ; The Arctic Circle, Madonna, and MTV ; The with of New Orleans ; For love and honor ; Rhythm-section sisters -- Act III Death. Sick Nick and music on the rise ; Nick Auf der Maur column interlude #3 "Kurt Cobain had a shotgun, and I had cigarettes" ; Making Celebrity Skin ; My bass and the rise of the digital soul-sucking machine ; Romantic-comedy interlude: A play in three acts, starring Adam Sandler, Christ Farley, Ben Stiller, and Owen Wilson (with a cameo by Jim Carrey) ; The Hollywood Hills and my father's halo ; Introducing: death ; Montreal's daughter in mourning ; Dance with death ; Dreamscape #3: Your emptiness is calling me ; The drummer and the bass player ; High-fashion interlude: Milano Fashion Week, Fall 1998 ; My drug? Crushes ; First loves save the day ; Courtney says goodbye ; Out of a Hole, into a Pumpkin ; Trapped in mythological webs and shadows ; Dear Billy ; End of an era ; It's the end of the world as we know it -- Afterword: Home--Planet Earth--2024.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Melissa Auf der Maur traces her path from an artistic, bohemian upbringing in Montreal to becoming a key figure in the 1990s alternative rock scene. Immersed in music from a young age, she finds her way into the industry through determination, chance encounters, and a deep passion for art. Her big break leads her to tour with The Smashing Pumpkins before joining Hole at a moment marked by grief and upheaval, performing alongside Courtney Love in the wake of tragedy. Blending memoir, travel diary, and reflection, Melissa offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at fame, loss, creativity, and the raw energy of the '90s alternative music world.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Auf der Maur, Melissa.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Smashing Pumpkins (Musical group)
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
Hole (Musical group)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rock musicians Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women rock musicians Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Bass guitarists Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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