Hole performing Celebrity Skin live at Don Hill’s in NYC, Sept. 11, 2010.
I was hired through the venue to record this show (including many others throughout that week) and was then left standing with a hard drive and an invoice no one seemed to want. Four years later I still have the files and not really any idea what to do with them. But I like to share. So here we are.
What you are hearing are just Courtney’s isolated vocal and guitar mics (with the obvious bleed from the rest of the band). I’ve muted everything else. EDIT: There seems to be some confusion about where/what the video footage is. It’s a video of the same performance. It’s just not my video. I did not shoot this video. I did not edit this video together. I have merely taken my audio recording of the same performance and synced it as best I could. Their edit is sloppy which is why it drifts in and out of sync. It’s not about the video, anyway. It’s there for context. The source video is here with their own audio: http://youtu.be/_HDMp8j7i1E Also, I’ve now uploaded a second video with my own mix of the full band here: http://youtu.be/13QNXpJugBc
To address the most obvious, inevitable question that I will be asked…this is not fake. Whether you think she’s the worst or this just makes her all the more “punk rock” is for you to decide. I’m merely presenting the facts as they are. Make of them what you will.
UPDATE: If you want the rest of the show in the same manner you can download it for free here: https://www.oboom.com/SETT9F5K
UPDATE: Here’s the best proof of authenticity anyone could ask for. Another 2010 video shot in Paris of Courtney Love playing, effectively, the exact same thing: http://youtu.be/BG6xZlBUDD4 Cheers to pentagonoenllamas for pointing it out.
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suckage, maybe just beat the strings with a hammer?
I think this is pretty common for a lot of singers and popular musicians. The guitar is more of a prop and is not audible in the mix at the show or on TV. It's just part of their outfit. In fact, there's really no reason for it to have been plugged in to the console / recording interface in the first place.
so many fanboys riding that disease riddled dick
…I can kinda dig it in a very messy way.
A Rickenbacker should not be allowed to be abused like that. An overgrown 5 year old should not be allowed to treat a guitar like that. Sit her in the corner and then give her a piece of fruit.
Is the real?
If I was Kurt I would have killed myself too
Wow. That was really great.
Like we needed any more proof after the 90's that she sucked. Get that loser off the stage
Bahahahahahaha omfg this is amazing and so hilarious. Hahaha i have always thought she sucked, but man she will forever suck in my books. Hahahaha my tummy hurts.
Honestly this isn't as bad as I was expecting. It's definitely sloppy as shit but almost kinda works for punk/grunge. Some of the my favorite entertainers of all time i.e.: Jim Morrison or Jimi Hendrix were known to give god awful performances sometimes. Other times they would explode peoples' minds with their captivating stage presence. Back in the 60s and 70s people didn't have phone cameras to capture every drugged up slop performance that happened. It's all rock n roll to me
she is absolutley not talented at all
Explains why there had to be three guitar players on stage to perform this song. Or two, depending on how you count it.
Is there a guitar tab for this?
this is just awful… she sounds like a whaling cat.