Courtney Love got the word about two weeks ago, but a source close to Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur just confirmed Tuesday (Sept. 21) that the bassist has officially quit the band to pursue a solo career and work on other projects.
"This is a time for herself, to pursue a solo career, work on her photography, and she really wants to play," says the source. While she has yet to take any meetings with record labels -- or even managers -- Auf Der Maur is free to sign to another label as she was never signed to Geffen as a member of Hole. "She was just a contract person in the band," says the source, who tells allstar that the Canadian beauty "has written some songs, and has some ideas, but is going to take her time, start working on some demos, and get her head together first."
As for the rumors that she's talking with the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan about replacing the recently-departed bassist D'Arcy Wretzky (allstar, Sept. 9), the source says that nothing is official, but if she did choose to work with the band, she wouldn't be a member.
The offers are surely going to start rolling in, and there is already talk that she might work with her longtime friend Rufus Wainwright (they've been friends since junior high) on his next album, which he has recently begun work on. Again, nothing is set in stone at this point; and Auf Der Maur, who joined Hole in 1994, is apparantly in no rush to get a project out.
As for her photography work, the source says that some interest was sparked from the self portraits she took for Alternative Press a little while back, and she would like to continue to work on her photography.
A statement from Auf Der Maur is expected by week's end.
the hole camp's "response":
Melissa Auf Der Maur may have told confidants that she has left Hole, and even told Courtney Love a few weeks ago, but it's a different story at the band's label.
"Right now, as the band's spokesperson, anybody speaking on behalf of Melissa is erroneously doing so. Melissa has not left the group," Dennis Dennehy, Hole's publicist. Interscope/Geffen/A&M, told us just an hour after the story (see story, this page) broke.
However, industry speculation is now turning toward this: With Hole's light schedule for the next few months due to Love's film work, Auf Der Maur feasibly could do her solo work while remaining a member of Hole, so why officially quit? And, there's also talk that all that is needed here is for Auf Der Maur and Love to have a heart-to-heart. Whatever the case, this certainly won't be the end of the story.
Here is a picture from the video, and in case you have been lucky enough NOT to see it, it has Courtney walking around a football field naked and she's making out with a bunch of different football players. This is such a retarded video. When i heard this song i thought it was great, but this video just proves further how much hole sucks now and how great Courtney THINKS she is, when really, now she is just another COCK ROCK STAR just like Axl Rose who she makes fun of. What a hypocritical bitch.