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Even the Good Girls Will Cry

My 90s Rock Memoir
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Thanks to a thrown beer bottle and a fan letter to a P.O. box, Melissa Auf der Maur's first band scored an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins in her bohemian home town, Montreal. Sensing Melissa's talent, Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love. Whisked from... Read More
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Even the Good Girls Will Cry

A remarkably open-hearted, clear-eyed memoir of the '90s alternative era by the bassist of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.

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Thanks to a thrown beer bottle and a fan letter to a P.O. box, Melissa Auf der Maur's first band scored an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins in her bohemian home town, Montreal. Sensing Melissa's talent, Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love. Whisked from her local scene, Melissa joined Hole just after the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Hole's prior bassist, Kristen Pfaff, with the just-widowed Courtney Love at the centre of it all.

That was only the beginning of Melissa's journey through alternative rock, a trip she undertook alongside 90s luminaries including Rufus Wainwright, Michael Stipe and her former boyfriend, Dave Grohl. Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a vivid dispatch from the last analogue decade, capturing that bygone era in all its messy, angsty glory.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805466383

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Book cover type: Paperback

Genre: Biography, Music

Language version: ENG- English

Target audience: Adults

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Atlantic Books

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 432

About the Author

Melissa Auf der Maur is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins. In 2007, VH1 included her as #68 on the list of '100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.' She is also the co-creative director and owner of Basilica Hudson, a performance centre in Hudson, NY, where she lives.

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