Daddy Issues ft. Patty Schemel: Hole, Punk's Gender Dysphoria and Kurt Cobain's Queerness

Published: June 7, 2021, 9:54 p.m.

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Patty Schemel, whose drumming was the driving force of Hole\\u2019s seminal 1994 album Live Through This\\u2013and whose influence on women and queer rock musicians is immeasurable\\u2013joins us this week for a special Pride edition of Daddy Issues! Patty, who is the subject of the powerful 2011 documentary Hit So Hard about her friendship with Kurt Cobain, her struggle with substance abuse and the breakup with Hole, and recovery from the entire decade of the 90s. She also released a memoir by the same name in 2017, co-written by our very own Erin Hosier. Patty talks to us about coming out, Kurt\\u2019s alleged queerness, Courtney Love\\u2019s refusal to accept that he hooked up with a less-is-more hippie girl from Olympia before they were together, and covers topics ranging from Florida governor Ron DeSantis\\u2019 ghoulish transgender girls sports ban, to the world\\u2019s most currently deranged LGBTQ-themed commerical, to the supernaturally avuncular Tom Hanks and his confounding wayward son, Chet Haze. There\\u2019s talk of time management and crafting with felted wool, and Courtney\\u2019s portable sculptures. Patty also plays a game with Elizabeth called \\u201cThat\\u2019s the Wrong Hole,\\u201d in which she has to guess between real and fake Hole lyrics, and it\\u2019s a doozie. Courtney and Brett Ratner, please don\\u2019t sue us!

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