Hit So Hard (2012)

5.0/10 • 103 min • Documentary Music

Overview

The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty captured stunningly intimate footage of the scene that has never been seen... until now. Not just an all-access backstage pass to the music that shaped a generation, Hit So Hard is a harrowing tale of overnight success, the cost of addiction, and ultimately, recovery and redemption.

Cast

Patty Schemel

Courtney Love

Eric Erlandson

Melissa Auf der Maur

Kurt Cobain

Self (archive footage)

Frances Bean Cobain

Self (archive footage)

Kristen Pfaff

Self (archive footage)

Gina Schock

Debbi Peterson

Self

Roddy Bottum

Self

Sarah Vowell

Self

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