  celebrity skin is the third studio album by american alternative rock band hole, released worldwide on september 8, 1998 on geffen records and one day later in the united states on dgc records. hole intended the record to diverge significantly from their previous noise and grunge-influenced sound as featured on pretty on the inside (1991) and live through this (1994). in order to produce a cleaner, polished and more radio friendly power pop sound, the band hired producer michael beinhorn to record celebrity skin over a nine-month period that included the band recording in california, new york and the united kingdom. the album was the band's first studio release to feature bassist melissa auf der maur following the death of former bassist kristen pfaff in june 1994. unlike the material on the band's previous albums, the songs on celebrity skin were composed by a number of musicians instead of solely frontwoman courtney love and lead guitarist eric erlandson. the smashing pumpkins frontman billy corgan contributed largely to the album's writing process and others, including auf der maur's former bandmate jordon zadorozny, contributed to its composition. love named the album and its title track after a poem she had written, which was heavily influenced by t.s. eliot's "the wasteland".love, courtney. interview with jackie farry. "superock", 1995. mtv. though credited, drummer patty schemel did not actually play drums on this album, and was replaced with session drummer deen castronovo at the suggestion of producer beinhorn. this issue created a rift between schemel and the band, resulting in her dropping out of the tour and parting ways with the group. celebrity skin was the original band's last album before their disbandment in 2002. celebrity skin was hole's most commercially succe
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