"Beautiful Son"
Single by Hole
Released	April 1993
Format	CD-Single, 7" and 12"
Recorded	Winter 1992
Genre	Grunge
Label	Sympathy for the Record Industry
Hole singles chronology
Teenage Whore (1991)	Beautiful Son	Miss World (1994)

Hole's only single released in 1993, this collection of three songs reveals an interesting progression between Hole's first and second albums. Image File history File links Beautifulsoncov. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Formed in 1988 by Record Industry Anti-Mogul, Long Gone John, Sympathy for the Record Industry (also known as: Sympathy Records or Sympathy 4 The R.I.) is mainly a Garage Rock and Indie Rock label. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ... Teenage Whore is the first single by Hole from their album Pretty on the Inside. ... Miss World is the first single by the band Hole from their album Live Through This. ... Hole was an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. ...

The single was released by european label City Slang in April 1993 and was released as a CD-Single and in 7" and 12" format. The 7" version only includes "Beautiful Son" and "Old Age". City Slang Records is an independent record label from Berlin, Germany. ...

Love is reported to have written "Beautiful Son" about Kurt Cobain's love of wearing dresses. The single's front cover features a picture of a young Cobain, at the age of around 7. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ...

"20 Years in the Dakota" combines ideas regarding Yoko Ono's retreat/retirement after John Lennon's murder and the 1990s riot grrl movement: "Riot grrls think you can stop me, you're forever in her debt." Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese musician and artist best known as the widow of John Lennon of The Beatles. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Riot grrl (also frequently spelled riot grrrl) is a form of hardcore punk rock music, known for its militant feminist stance. ...

The song "Old Age" was taken from a tune that was first used by Kurt Cobain, to which Love added her own distinctive lyrics. The version on this single was recorded in the winter of 1992 and the song has gone through various versions over the years. A later version appears on My Body, the Hand Grenade a b-sides and outtakes album. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... My Body, the Hand Grenade is an album by Hole that includes b-sides, demo recordings, live songs, and other rare and unreleased tracks by the band. ...

The credits on the Beautiful Son single go to Hole, but officially "Beautiful Son" and "20 Years In The Dakota" were written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson and Patty Schemel (who had by this time replaced Caroline Rue as drummer in the band). Courtney Michelle Love[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Eric Erlandson (born January 9, 1963) was the lead guitarist for 90s rock/grunge band Hole. ... Patty Schemel played the drums on the last two albums Live Through This and Celebrity Skin by American girl punk-rock band Hole, replacing their previous drummer, Caroline Rue, who left after the recording of the debut album. ... Caroline Rue was the drummer for alternative rock band Hole (band) from 1989-1992. ...

Having replaced Jill Emery, Leslie Hardy was bassist for this single, and this recording is the only one she made with the band. Leslie left the band not long after the recording of the "Beautiful Son" single and was replaced by Kristen Pfaff. Jill Emery, born in 1962, is an artist and musician currently based in Los Angeles. ... Leslie Hardy was a brief member of the band Hole. ... Kristen Pfaff (May 26, 1967 - June 16, 1994) was a bass guitarist from Buffalo, New York, best known for her work with Hole. ...

Tracks

1. Beautiful Son
2. Old Age
3. 20 Years in the Dakota

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