Hole Photographed by Kevin Cummins in England, 1993

Courtney Love, Kristen Pfaff, Patty Schemel and Eric Erlandson photographed by the wonderful Kevin Cummins in England around late March 1993, the first official photoshoot of the band after Kristen joined earlier that month.

After a show at Crocodile Cafe in Seattle on March 19, 1993, (Kristen’s first gig with the band, Kurt was at the show) they jetted off to London for three gigs (Subterania, The Word and an acoustic show at Rough Trade).

On Kristen…

Eric: I found her in LA and said, “Come with me to meet Courtney and Patty when you get to Seattle.” She joined the band, moved to Seattle, and that’s when all the songs came to life. She was the star of her band and so she was bringing that to Hole and that created sparks in everybody.

Patty: She was in a band called Janitor Joe. We saw her play, and she was amazing. She was just cool. Her playing was heavy, and she was knowledgeable, and she had command of her instrument. When she played, that was it: We knew.

Eric: I kept on making her listen to the Beatles to expand out of that driving, aggressive boy rock that was big in Minnesota at the time. Kristen was very into that. We got into fights over it. And I’d be like, “I like that too, but you’ve gotta pretend you’re Paul McCartney playing a country song right now.”

Patty: There was such a confidence in her playing that it just all happened, as soon as she started to play. It was really natural for her. “Plump” was one of her ideas.

Patty: At the Phoenix Festival, we were playing all these brand new songs and there was just this sea of people moving up and down. It was amazing. Kristen was so great live.

Kristen Pfaff passed away in June 1994.

(via fkyeahcourtneylove)