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.
Reasons to Be Beautiful
Hole Lyrics
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With the bedsheets in her cell
Threw myself on fires for you
10 good reasons to stay alive
10 good reasons that I can't find
Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful
So sick in his body so sick in his soul
Oh, and everything I am
Love hates you
I live my life in ruins for you
And for all your secrets kept
I squashed the blossom and the blossom's dead
Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful
So sick in his body, so sick in his soul
Oh, and I will make myself so beautiful
Oh, and everything I am
Miles and miles of perfect skin
I swear I do, I fit right in
My love burns through everything
I cannot breathe
Miles and miles of perfect sin
I swear, I said, I fit right in
I fit right in your perfect skin
I cannot breathe
Hey, baby, take it all the way down
Hey, baby, taste me anyway
Oh, you were born
So pretty oh, summer babe
We'll never know
And fading like a rose
Give me a reason to be beautiful
So sick in his body, so sick in his soul
I'll give you my body, just sell me your soul
Oh, and everything I am will be bought and sold
Oh, and everything I am will turn hard and cold
And they say in the end
You'll get bitter just like them
And they steal your heart away
When the fire goes out you better learn to fake
It's better to rise than fade away
Hey you were right
Named a star for your eyes
Did you freeze, did you weep?
Turn to gold, baby, sleep
Hey, honey mine
I was there all the time
And I weep at your feet
And it rains and rains (it's no more)
The song Reasons to be Beautiful by the band Hole is about a toxic relationship that has two-way suffering and twisted love. The singer in the song is someone who is obsessed with a man who is not good for her but stays with him because she thinks she has ten good reasons to remain alive. She is asking for reasons to be beautiful, for someone to give her some motivation to keep the relationship going. The woman is trapped and has destroyed herself to keep this man in her life.
In the first verse, the woman says that love has hanged herself, which means that the love has died, and she has nothing left to hold onto. She threw herself in fires, signifying the effort she has put into being with this man, hoping he would return the favor. She then goes on to ask for someone to give her a reason to be beautiful, to help her find a reason to live. In the second verse, it is revealed that the man she is talking about is not good for her, yet she lives her life ruined for him, and the secrets she kept squashed the blossom of her life.
The chorus repeats the call for help in finding a reason to be beautiful as she explores the relationship dynamics between her and the other person. The last verse refers to the singer who is advising her and other women to rise above the bitterness of toxic men and not let them steal their hearts. Instead, it is better to rise above than to fade away. The song ends starkly, crying out about the rain and the fading of hope.
Line by Line Meaning
Love hangs herself
Love is so distraught that it feels like it has no other option than to take its own life.
With the bedsheets in her cell
Love has taken her own life by hanging herself with the sheets in her cell; it's an attempt to escape from her own pain and misery.
Threw myself on fires for you
The singer has shown so much love and affection towards someone that they put their own life in danger for them.
10 good reasons to stay alive
There were ten reasons for the singer to continue living, despite life being difficult and hard at times.
10 good reasons that I can't find
The singer cannot find any good reasons to continue living, despite searching for them.
Oh, give me a reason to be beautiful
The singer asks for someone to provide them with a reason to continue being beautiful since they have lost their self-worth.
So sick in his body so sick in his soul
The singer is feeling physically and mentally ill, weak, and destroyed.
Love hates you
Love has turned into hate, and the singer feels that love no longer wants to have anything to do with them or vice versa.
I live my life in ruins for you
The singer has given up everything in their life and is living in misery for the person they love.
And for all your secrets kept
The singer has destroyed and burnt everything that once bloomed and remained hidden for a long time for the sake of the person they love.
I squashed the blossom and the blossom's dead
The singer has done something destructive that has killed their partner's beauty, and they feel remorseful about it.
Oh, and I will make myself so beautiful
Despite feeling broken and sick, the singer promises to make themselves beautiful again.
Miles and miles of perfect skin
The person the singer is referring to has flawless skin which stretches for miles and miles.
I swear I do, I fit right in
The singer claims that they are perfect for the person they love and fit right into their life.
My love burns through everything
The singer's love is consuming them and burning through everything that they do or see.
I cannot breathe
The love that the singer has is overwhelming, and they are feeling suffocated by it.
Miles and miles of perfect sin
The person the singer loves has perfect sin, which stretches for miles and miles.
I swear, I said, I fit right in
The singer reiterates that they fit perfectly into the person's life with perfect sin, which they mentioned earlier.
I fit right in your perfect skin
The singer fits perfectly into the person's life with flaws and everything, fitting right into their perfect sin.
Hey, baby, take it all the way down
The singer is asking someone to let go of everything and bring everything down to their level.
Hey, baby, taste me anyway
The singer is asking someone to take a chance and try them out regardless of who they are.
Oh, you were born
The person the singer is referring to was born beautiful.
So pretty oh, summer babe
The person the singer is referring to is absolutely stunning, just like the sun in the summer.
We'll never know
The song implies that we will never know how long their love will last or what will happen to them.
And fading like a rose
The beauty of the person that the singer loves is fading away like a wilted rose.
I'll give you my body, just sell me your soul
The singer is willing to give up their body to the person they love in exchange for their soul.
Oh, and everything I am will be bought and sold
The singer is willing to sell everything that they are and everything that makes them unique because they love the person they are with.
Oh, and everything I am will turn hard and cold
The singer will start feeling numb, callous, and emotionless because of the pain they're experiencing.
And they say in the end
The general public believes that in the end, everyone will become bitter and apathetic like them.
You'll get bitter just like them
The people around the singer believe they will turn bitter like them.
And they steal your heart away
The people around the singer are taking advantage of their pain and stealing their heart away.
When the fire goes out, you better learn to fake
When the singer's passion and love runs out, they will need to fake positivity and happiness.
It's better to rise than fade away
It's better to keep moving forward and rise above life's challenges rather than let them drag you down.
Hey you were right
The singer is acknowledging that someone was right about something.
Named a star for your eyes
The person the singer loves is out of this world beautiful, and to them, they are as bright as a star in the sky.
Did you freeze, did you weep?
The singer is asking if the person they love cried or froze up when they learned something about them.
Turn to gold, baby, sleep
The singer tells the person to rest because their beauty is worth its weight in gold.
Hey, honey mine
The singer is addressing the person they love with affection and sweetness.
I was there all the time
The singer was always there for the person they love even when they did not realize it.
And I weep at your feet
The singer has been so devoted to the person they love that they would cry at their feet.
And it rains and rains (it's no more)
It's raining heavily in the song, and the singer realizes that everything is over now.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Charlotte Caffey, Eric T Erlandson, Courtney M. Love, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Jordon Zadorozny
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