The band had a revolving line-up of bassists and drummers, their most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur. In 2002 the group disbanded to pursue other projects. Eight years later in 2010, Hole was reformed by Love with new members, despite Erlandson's claim that the reformation breached a mutual contract he had with Love. The reformed band released the album Nobody's Daughter, which had originally been conceived as Love's second solo album. In 2013, Love retired the Hole name, releasing new material and touring as a solo artist.
Hole has been noted for being one of the most commercially successful female-fronted rock bands of all time, selling over three million records in the United States alone and having a far-reaching influence on contemporary female artists. Music and feminist scholars have also recognized the band as the most high-profile musical group of the 1990s to discuss gender issues in their songs, due to Love's aggressive and violent lyrical content, which often addressed themes of body image, abuse, and sexual exploitation.
Hole went on to become the most commercially successful female-fronted grunge band in history, selling over 3 million records in the United States between 1991 and 2010. In spite of Love's often polarizing reputation in the media, Hole received consistent critical praise for their output, and was often noted for the predominant feminist commentary found in Love's lyrics, which scholars have credited as "articulating a third-wave feminist consciousness". Love's subversive onstage persona and public image coincided with the band's songs, which expressed "pain, sorrow, and anger, but [an] underlying message of survival, particularly survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances." Music journalist Maria Raha expressed a similar sentiment in regard to the band's significance to third-wave feminism, stating, "Whether you love Courtney [Love] or hate her, Hole was the highest-profile female-fronted band of the '90s to openly and directly sing about feminism."
While Rolling Stone compared the effect of Love's marriage to Kurt Cobain on the band to that of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, they noted that "Love's confrontational stage presence, as well as her gut-wrenching vocals and powerful punk-pop songcraft, made her an alternative-rock star in her own right." Author Nick Wise made a similar comparison in discussion of the band's public image, stating, "Not since Yoko Ono's marriage to John Lennon has a woman's personal life and exploits within the rock arena been so analyzed and dissected." The band has been cited as a major influence on several contemporary artists, including indie singer songwriter Scout Niblett, Brody Dalle of the Distillers and Spinnerette, Sky Ferreira, Lana Del Rey, Tove Lo, Tegan and Sara, and the British rock band Nine Black Alps. The band ranked at #77 of VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists.
Honey
Hole Lyrics
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And everything you ever said
Now tears me all apart
He goes down, down to his bitter end
He knows now, now it's the gutter
He goes down, down to his bitter end
He knows now, now you can't touch him
Pray for the rain
Oh, are you up there
Do you listen
It's the terror and the pain and I
Just wait for you to have risen
He goes down, down to his only friend
He knows now, now that you love him
He goes down, down to his bitter end
He knows now, now you can't touch him
I hold on to you like the death of an angel
And I hold on to you with all the life that's in me
Why was I not good enough to save you from destruction?
And your end and my beginning
Oh, they need no introduction
He goes down, down to his only friend
He knows now, now that you love him
He goes down, down to his bitter end
He knows now, now you can't touch him
Sweet as honey
I'll live forever
Pure as first love
Just come home
I hold on to you like the death of angel
And I hold on to you with all the life that's in me
And I hold on to you like the death of an angel
And I hold on to you with all the hope I have left
And I hold on to you
Watch the death of an angel
And I hold on to you
Until the light pours like honey
In “Honey,” Courtney Love sings about the anguish and misery caused by the end of a relationship. The lyrics allude to a man who has hit rock bottom, knowing that he is at the "gutter" of his life. He is no longer able to be touched, but he is still longing for salvation. Love prays for the rain, signaling her hope for an end to his suffering, and she holds onto him with all the life and hope she has left. In the end, the sweet release of death is compared to the sweetness of honey, and the angelic imagery suggests that there might be something beyond the pain of this world. Overall, the song explores the themes of love, loss, and hope in the face of despair.
Line by Line Meaning
Anguish and misery fall here like a dead star
The heavy emotions of suffering and pain fill this place, weighing down like a fallen celestial body
And everything you ever said / Now tears me all apart
Your words have shattered me completely, leaving me broken and unable to cope
He goes down, down to his bitter end / He knows now, now it's the gutter / He goes down, down to his bitter end / He knows now, now you can't touch him
He descends into his own demise, fully aware that he's hitting rock bottom and beyond, but he also realizes that you can no longer harm him
Pray for the rain / Oh, are you up there / Do you listen / It's the terror and the pain and I / Just wait for you to have risen
I implore for the catharsis that tears bring, wondering if there is a god above who's attentive to my plea, as I suffer and dread, waiting for some semblance of relief
He goes down, down to his only friend / He knows now, now that you love him / He goes down, down to his bitter end / He knows now, now you can't touch him
He counters his isolation by descending into the comfort of the only solace left, now assured of your affection, as he reaches rock bottom and beyond while impervious to any more hurt from you
I hold on to you like the death of an angel / And I hold on to you with all the life that's in me
I cling to you with a desperate grip, as if I'm holding onto the soul of a saint, pouring all of my vitality into keeping us together
Why was I not good enough to save you from destruction? / And your end and my beginning / Oh, they need no introduction
I wonder why I couldn't rescue you from your downfall, as our fate takes a pivotal turn that marks the end for you and the start for me, without any elaboration
Sweet as honey / I'll live forever
As golden and delicious as the nectar, I'll persist eternally
Pure as first love / Just come home
Untainted like the initial passion we had, I'm inviting you to return to where we once belonged
And I hold on to you with all the hope I have left
I grasp onto you tightly, with the last shred of optimism that remains in me
And I hold on to you / Watch the death of an angel / And I hold on to you / Until the light pours like honey
I hold onto you even as I witness the demise of a celestial being, and I persist in my embrace until the radiance shines with a honeyed glow
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: PAUL EPWORTH, NICK HARRISON
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