Hole was an American
alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in
1989 by singer and guitarist
Courtney Love and lead guitarist
Eric Erlandson. The band had a revolving line-up of bassists and drummers, their most prolific being drummer
Patty Schemel, and bassists
Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and
Melissa Auf der Maur. Over the duration of their career, Hole went on to become one of the most successful female-fronted rock bands of all time, with their studio albums selling over three million records in the United States alone.