Doll Parts is a song by the rock band Hole, fronted by Courtney Love. It was the second single to be released from their second album, Live Through This, following Miss World which was released in April 1994. It was the first single the band released after the untimely death of their bassist, Kristen Pfaff, of a heroin overdose in the June of 1994. The term hole may refer to various cavities and (not necessarily physical) voids : Black hole Electron hole, the absence of an electron in the valence band in solid state physics and electronics. ... Live Through This is the second album by grunge band Hole. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 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). ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ... Violet could refer to: Violet (color), a color often confused with purple Violet (plant), a plant of the genus Viola whose flower is usually of this color. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term hole may refer to various cavities and (not necessarily physical) voids : Black hole Electron hole, the absence of an electron in the valence band in solid state physics and electronics. ... Courtney Love Michelle Cobain (born July 9, 1965), better known as Courtney Love is an American rock musician and actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole. ... Live Through This is the second album by grunge band Hole. ... The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ... Kristen Pfaff (May 26, 1967 - June 16, 1994) was a bass guitarist from Buffalo, New York, best known for her work with Hole. ...

The subject matter of Doll Parts is love and rejection. Love penned the song in 1992 after meeting her future husband Kurt Cobain, and thinking he wasn't interested in her. The lyrics convey this 'He only loves those things because he loves to see them break... and someday you will ache like I ache.' The song was first performed in concerts as 'Dissed.' It took on new, more tragic meaning after Cobain died, with Love giving heartrending performances of the song on tour.
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The video

The video for Doll Parts was filmed in June or July of 1994, and was directed by Samuel Bayer, who has also directed videos for The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana and Green day. The bassist in the video is Jennifer Finch of L7 as a new bassist hadn't been recruited at this point. The original version of the video had a lot of doll imagery in which was later taken out and replaced with shots of Courtney in a field of petals. The video uses both black and white and colour imagery and shots of Courtney interspersed with shots of the band playing as a whole. The video also features a small blonde boy, which many take to be the figure of Cobain, as he pays more than a passing resemblance to the singer in his youth. The Smashing Pumpkins were an influential American alternative rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. ... In the Indian religions Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, nirvāna (from the Sanskrit निर्वाण, Pali: Nibbāna -- Chinese: 涅槃; Pinyin: niè pán), literally extinction and/or extinguishing, is the culmination of the yogis pursuit of liberation. ... Green Day is a California-based alternative rock band, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, lead guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals). ... Jennifer Finch (born 1967) is an American musician. ... L7 (sometimes spelled L-7) has several meanings: L7 is 1950s slang for square, based on the shape made when putting together an L made with the left thumb and index finger and a 7 made with the right thumb and index finger. ...