"Dicknail"
Single by Hole
Released	March 1991
Format	7"
Recorded	1990
Genre	Grunge
Label	Sub Pop
Hole singles chronology
Retard Girl (1990)	Dicknail	Teenage Whore (1991)

"Dicknail" is the sophomore single of grunge band Hole, with the b-side "Burn Black". It was released in 1991 on the Sub Pop label as a 7" vinyl record. The song later appeared on the Hole compilation album My Body, the Hand Grenade as well as the soundtrack to the 1997 film nowhere. In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Hole was an indie rock band formed in 1989 and (officially) disbanded in 2002, fronted by Courtney Love and co-founded by Eric Erlandson, and featuring Patty Schemel on drums (until 1998. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sub Pop logo Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ... Hole was an indie rock band formed in 1989 and (officially) disbanded in 2002, fronted by Courtney Love and co-founded by Eric Erlandson, and featuring Patty Schemel on drums (until 1998. ... 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. ... Hole was an indie rock band formed in 1989 and (officially) disbanded in 2002, fronted by Courtney Love and co-founded by Eric Erlandson, and featuring Patty Schemel on drums (until 1998. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Sub Pop logo Sub Pop is a record label in Seattle, Washington famous for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, and many other bands from the local scene. ... 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. ... Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. ...

Even though the single was Hole's only appearance on the Sub Pop label, it has nevertheless been reissued as a part of several collections of early Sub Pop music such as Revolution Come and Gone and The Birth of Alternative Vol. 1 alongside songs from contemporaries such as Nirvana and The Afghan Whigs. This article is about a Buddhist philosophy concept. ... The Afghan Whigs were an American soul-influenced alternative rock band of the 1990s. ...

Tracks

1. Dicknail
2. Burn Black