IN THE 1990s, Melissa Auf der Maur played bass in two of the decade’s most notable rock bands: Hole and Smashing Pumpkins.

To set the stage for her memoir “Even the Good Girls Will Cry” (now available, Da Capo), iconic ‘90s bassist Melissa Auf der Maur drops readers onto one of the largest stages of her career. It’s the ...

Audio Books is a column focused on the latest books about music. Every month, Grant Sharples sits down with authors, journalists, and poets to discuss the latest music memoirs, biographies, essay ...

Pop queen Olivia Rodrigo is helping inspire a new generation of fans — particularly women — to pick up the guitar. But Rodrigo — whose guitar-driven anthems have earned her three number-one singles, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. When the Canadian musician Melissa Auf der Maur — best known as the ...

A beer bottle, a brazen drunk act and Billy Corgan forever changed Melissa Auf der Maur’s life. “I would never have believed it then if you’d told me that, one day, Billy would have more influence on ...

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Some artists borrow their own lyrics or album titles to name a memoir. Melissa Auf der Maur, former bassist of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, quoted a demon. Does she mean a literal or metaphorical ...

My fascination with the world of rock and roll began at an early age all thanks to my dad, the heavy metal enthusiast. He instilled in me a great love of music and helped me find empowerment along ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was that obsession with music that led to her connection with Corgan, apologizing to him on behalf of the entire city of ...

It was that obsession with music that led to her connection with Corgan, apologizing to him on behalf of the entire city of Montreal after the Pumpkins’ first gig ended with an audience member ...