Pic describes the parabolic ups and downs of the career of Hole drummer Patty Schemel and should attract grunge curiosity-seekers in theatrical and tube play. Schemel’s video-within-the-film presents ...

On a stormy Wednesday afternoon, I huddled in my car, pushed the driver’s seat back to get comfy and opened up my Wonder Woman notebook, clicked my pen and put my phone on ‘do not disturb.’ After a ...

This book Schemels like teen spirit. After finding rock stardom with Hole and partying with Nirvana, drummer Patty Schemel worked as a prostitute to finance her runaway drug addiction. In her upcoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But Schemel wasn’t just watching the destruction of drugs and depression from the outside — she was an addict whose crack, heroin ...

Living (for some)—in all its grief and glory—is an act of spite against a hostile world. Released April 12th, 1994, Hole’s now iconic album Live Through This is full of themes of grief, drug use, ...

Following the release of the 2011 documentary Hit So Hard, Patty Schemel felt like her story had been fully told. The critically acclaimed film, which traced her career from her days playing drums ...

Documentary. Directed by P. David Ebersole. With Patty Schemel, Courtney Love. (Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The compelling "Hit So Hard" tries to be two movies in one: an intimate ...

Film festival favorite Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death of Patty Schemel, a documentary about out Hole drummer Patty Schemel’s life and struggle with addiction, lands in theaters April 13th. The ...

In the mid-1990s, Patty Schemel did everything to the limit, from hard-core drumming with Courtney Love and Hole to hard-core partying, using heroin and alcohol, and filming her journey on Hi8 tape.

Patty Schemel, the former drummer for the Courtney Love-fronted band Hole, is starring in the upcoming documentary “Hit So Hard.” The film examines Schemel’s roots, her rise to fame with Hole and her ...

Rock drummers are used to letting someone else have the spotlight. Having played with the awesomely bonkers Courtney Love, Hole’s Patty Schemel knows this better than most. So it’s perhaps ...