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020			_a9780306825071 _q(hardback)
020			_a0306825074 _q(hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)972386423
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092			_aSchemel, P. _bS323
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSchemel, Patty, _d1967- _eauthor. _9345415
245	1	0	_aHit so hard : _ba memoir / _cPatty Schemel with Erin Hosier.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bDa Capo Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017
300			_aviii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _bportraits ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aPatty Schemel's story begins with a childhood surrounded by the AA meetings her parents hosted in the family living room. Their divorce triggered her first forays into drinking at age twelve and dovetailed with her passion for punk rock and playing the drums. Patty's struggles with her sexuality further drove her notoriously hard playing, and by the late '80s she had focused that anger, confusion, and drive into regular gigs with well-regarded bands in Tacoma, Seattle, and Olympia, Washington. She met a pre-Nirvana Kurt Cobain at a Melvins show, and less than five years later, was living with him and his wife, Hole front-woman Courtney Love, at the height of his fame and on the cusp of hers. As the platinum-selling band's new drummer, Schemel contributed memorable, driving beats to hits like "Beautiful Son," "Violet," "Doll Parts," and "Miss World." But the band was plagued by tragedy and heroin addiction, and by the time Hole went on tour in support of their ironically titled and critically-acclaimed album Live Through This in 1994, both Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff had died at the age of 27. With surprising candor and wit, Schemel intimately documents the events surrounding her dramatic exit from the band in 1998 that led to a dark descent into a life of homelessness and crime on the streets of Los Angeles, and the difficult but rewarding path to lasting sobriety after more than twenty serious attempts to get clean. Hit So Hard is a testament not only to the enduring power of the music Schemel helped create but an important document of the drug culture that threatened to destroy it.
600	1	0	_aSchemel, Patty, _d1967- _9345415
610	2	0	_aHole (Musical group) _9345416
650		0	_aWomen rock musicians _zUnited States _vBiography. _9868
650		0	_aRock musicians _zUnited States _vBiography. _9869
650		0	_aDrummers (Musicians) _vBiography. _9310896
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
700	1		_aHosier, Erin, _eauthor. _9386766
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