Former Hole drummer Patty Schemel discussed Kurt Cobain’s final March 1994 intervention in a new Out Magazine interview.
OUT: How was it for you reflecting on your entire life in such great detail?
Patty Schemel: It was really tough to relive some of the shittiest [memories], and go back in the time machine to those moments. I had a co-writer, so she and I would talk and I would write. I’d leave those sessions drained, and then feel so heavy and not be able to put memories together for the book. Well, I just talked about giving hand jobs on the streets. Of course I’m gonna feel shitty. It was hard. I’m glad that it’s over and even talking about it now is hard to do.
One of the darkest memories is Kurt Cobain’s final intervention before he died a few weeks later. Were you nervous about being so honest?
With the intervention, that was my experience with what I saw and how I felt. It was difficult to write about it because Courtney has a whole different perspective of it and so does [Eric Erlandson]. I get really concerned—even though it’s my book—with intersecting with their memory. It’s not the same, but this is what I saw. I’m sure that when Courtney read the book, she remembered different parts of one situation. Like she was really surprised that me and Kurt would sneak off and do stuff all the time—like secret drug meet-ups. Well, you were too busy smoking, so we would leave!
