Following the departures of Holetz and Russell, it was believed that the band briefly recruited Bjelland’s friend and former bandmate, Courtney Love , on bass, as Love claimed to have been “kicked out” of the band. However, during a 2015 interview, Bjelland and Barbero refuted this, with Barbero stating: “She lived in my house, and one time I think when we were rehearsing she came down and probably picked up something and tried to play and we were just like, ‘get out of here. ‘ ” However, Michelle Leon, who was hired as the group’s bass player, claimed that she was briefly replaced by Love as bassist shortly after joining. After the group rehearsed with Love on “a couple” of occasions, Leon stated Barbero called her and asked her to re-join the band. It has been noted that several songs from the Babes In Toyland’s debut album shared lyrics and verses with several songs by Hole, most notably Hole’s first several singles , including B-sides from ” Retard Girl ” and ” Dicknail “.
Departures of Holetz and Russell
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