Well Go USA Nabs Rights To Documentary About Hole Drummer Patty Schemel

COMMENTS (21)

• So there will be a George Harrison documentary from Martin Scorsese, and a documentary on the drummer from Hole. Can an insider tell me how these things get decided? Do people lose bets? Does someone flip a coin? Does someone get drunk and blind-folded and then throw darts?

  Comment by markLouis — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • markLouis,

    These things get decided when a filmmaker decides to make a film on a subject that interests them.

    Comment by scott — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 7:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Way to go David & Todd and everyone else involved! Well deserved congratulations!

  Comment by Howard — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Who? Never heard of her, and I used to listen to Hole. How about a documentary about the one-armed drummer from Def Leopard? Now that is a story. Not this piece of crap.

  Comment by Dano — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You never heard of Patty and you used to listen to Hole, you haven’t seen the film and you think it’s crap…you should be embarrassed by your comments…really shortsighted and showing your ignorance.

    Comment by sonica — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 12:20am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Hole is good, they are just not as dynamic as other bands. I’ve maybe listened to one of their albums. I don’t think the drummer is significant enough to make a feature documentary about. This subject matter is better suited for a VHI Behind the Music segment.

      BTW…I am not embarrassed by my comments or my opinions. I am sure this doc will have a nice life disappearing into the archives of Netflix.

      Comment by Dano — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 7:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• Finally – Go USA must have had to fight off a lot a competition to “acquire all North American rights” to this gem.

  I, for one, can’t wait to see the exploits of “the drummer in Courtney Love’s rock band Hole.”

  Comment by El Duce — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 6:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Maybe you should see the doc before judging. Not just about Patty but the fact that she was one of a hndful of female drummers in a major rock band, plus she had compiled over 40 hours of never before see footage of Cobain, Courtney and their daughter.

    Very compelling…yes, a little packed with info and gets lost sometimes, but definitely a must see if you grew up during this time, and followed the grunge scene.

    Plus the music is great.

    Comment by Unknown — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 8:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• Sounds riveting. Just riveting.

  Comment by jackiegolightly — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 9:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This is another positive sign that rockumentaries are the most profitable areas of “reality TV”. I am trying to raise funds for a documentary about the bassist of the HooDoo Gurus. Please find me on FB if you want to invest.

  Comment by Oliver Lacon — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 10:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Cluld be interesting depending on the angle. She must have seen some crazy azz stuff

  Comment by K — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 11:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If you’re not interested, don’t watch it. All your stupid sarcastic comments are just obnoxious. I’m personally VERY excited to see it.

  Comment by rob — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 12:06am PDT  Reply to this post

• its really after being pattys tale the tale of hole my band in the 90s and the INSANE shit we lived thru, remarkable were , any of us,. here. shove off if you havent seen it, its pretty hardcore brilliant,

  Comment by courtney lovecobain — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 1:58am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Based on her writing style online, I think this really is Courtney.

    Get the band back together! We miss you guys.

    Comment by Bart — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 9:45am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Hey Big C-
    You fancy yourself an original but in the end you are just a dime a dozen femme fraud. Your plastic fantastic fake face speaks volumes and runs counter to all you once did protest too much. Just cuz you starred in your own dope show once upon a time don’t amount to smack now.

    Comment by jackiegolightly — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 9:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Some of the footage is a amazing. The doc is all over the place though. Can’t decide what it wants to be about. Needs a new cut.

  Comment by jason — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 6:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• Go USA made a smart choice! Patty is an icon and I am so inspired by her story!

  Comment by Linda — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 8:11am PDT  Reply to this post

• Another story in the long list of rockers that get caught up in drugs. Wow….that’s so original. Already been done.

  A better story would be about Samantha Maloney, who replaced Schemel, and had to deal with all the insanity surrounding Love. She didn’t become an addict and went on to build a remarkable career which included replacing Tommy Lee in Motley Crue as well as many high profile gigs. Now THAT’S a story worth telling….

  Comment by Bubs — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 12:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Lotta snark and bullshit here, mostly from men. I bet if it was the life story of Peter Criss or some other old coke-snorting ’70s guy, dicks would get hard from here to Bangladesh. It’s not about Patty, or even Hole, it’s about the ’90s rock scene incl. Nirvana by association. I actually knew another girl who was on Hole’s last tour as violinist. Sounds cool, I’d watch it.

  Comment by rockdoc — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 12:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• can’t wait to see this film!!!! go patty!!!

  Comment by Barry — Friday July 15, 2011 @ 5:48am PDT  Reply to this post

• I was 14 years old when Hole’s “Live Through This” was released, and it changed everything. Patty Schemel and Courtney Love were a big deal for me and many of my friends who played in bands. This documentary is fucking important, especially for women. Haters gonna hate, but fuck those people. Can’t wait to see it.

  Comment by Jess — Monday August 1, 2011 @ 10:43pm PDT  Reply to this post