Lisa Roberts, who co-founded grunge band Hole with Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson, has revealed that she moved to Ukraine to provide help following Russia’s invasion. Roberts left Hole in 1990, a few months after the band’s first show that year in California. She explained that she felt the quality of the band was lacking, but Roberts and Love remain friends despite this.
During her interview with The Daily Beast, Roberts said that she was drawn to the country due to her Ukrainian friends within the metal community. She now works as the logistics manager for the NGO Road to Relief in Donbas, and her reason for returning to Ukraine is to finish volunteering when she has completed her studies in paramedicine. Roberts was honest in sharing that she feels depressed sitting in the US around people who don’t care about Russia’s war and don’t react to it as a problem to people’s lifestyle.
Roberts shared how, during her time with Hole, she met the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and that he was a “very angry and troubled man”. In other news related to the band, The Last Dinner Party spoke about how Love helped them censor the lyrics of their song ‘Nothing Matters’ for radio. Love advised them to replace the F-word with the word “punch” after they met her at The Great Escape festival.
Overall, Roberts’ move to Ukraine demonstrates the strength of the personal ties that can motivate people to take action in international conflicts. The article also gives insight into the behind-the-scenes of a well-known grunge band and how its members interacted with other influential figures in the music industry
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