{"product_id":"2940170062195","title":"Hit So Hard: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunningly candid portrait of the Seattle grunge scene of the '90s  and a memoir of an addict during the last great era of rock 'n' roll  excess, by Hole drummer Patty Schemel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatty Schemel's story begins with a childhood surrounded by the AA  meetings her parents hosted in the family living room. Their divorce  triggered her first forays into drinking at age twelve and dovetailed  with her passion for punk rock and playing the drums. Patty's struggles  with her sexuality further drove her notoriously hard playing, and by  the late '80s she had focused that anger, confusion, and drive into  regular gigs with well-regarded bands in Tacoma, Seattle, and Olympia,  Washington. She met a pre-Nirvana Kurt Cobain at a Melvins show, and  less than five years later, was living with him and his wife, Hole  front-woman Courtney Love, at the height of his fame and on the cusp of  hers. As the platinum-selling band's new drummer, Schemel contributed  memorable, driving beats to hits like \"Beautiful Son,\" \"Violet,\" \"Doll  Parts,\" and \"Miss World.\" But the band was plagued by tragedy and heroin  addiction, and by the time Hole went on tour in support of their  ironically titled and critically-acclaimed album \u003ci\u003eLive Through This\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994, both Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff had died at the age of 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith  surprising candor and wit, Schemel intimately documents the events  surrounding her dramatic exit from the band in 1998 that led to a dark  descent into a life of homelessness and crime on the streets of Los  Angeles, and the difficult but rewarding path to lasting sobriety after  more than twenty serious attempts to get clean. \u003ci\u003eHit So Hard\u003c\/i\u003e is a  testament not only to the enduring power of the music Schemel helped  create but an important document of the drug culture that threatened to  destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158972809456,"sku":"2940170062195","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170062195_p0.jpg?v=1763700939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170062195","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}