Kristen Pfaff (May 26, 1967 - June 16, 1994) was a bass guitarist from Buffalo, New York, best known for her work with Hole. Kristen Pfaff in her mid-20's Contents 1 Early life 2 Musical Career 3 Drugs and death 4 External links Early life Kristen Pfaff was born and raised in New York, attending Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart. She spent a short time in Europe before attending college (briefly) at Boston College before ultimately finishing at The University of Minnesota. She studied classical piano. Musical Career While living in Minneapolis, Minnesota following her graduation, Pfaff taught herself to play bass guitar. She, along with guitarist/vocalist Joachim Breuer and drummer Matt Entsminger formed the band Janitor Joe. They released their debut album Big Metal Birds in 1993. The band never made it to the big time, but became popular locally, and had begun to tour nightclubs as far away as California. It was on one such tour in California that Pfaff was scouted by Eric Erlandson and Courtney Love of Hole, who were at the time looking for a new bassist. Love invited Pfaff to play with Hole, and Pfaff accepted after a few days of consideration. Pfaff moved from her Minneapolis home to Seattle, Washington to be closer to the rest of Hole. They recorded "Live Through This" - the band's first album with a major record label. Pfaff's bass skills received much of the credit for Live Through This's success. Pfaff reportedly got along well socially with Courtney Love's husband Kurt Cobain and the rest of Hole, with the exception of Love. After learning of Pfaff's plans to leave the band, Love allegedly told Pfaff that she would "fade into oblivion" and that she didn't "deserve the chance I'm [Love was] giving you [Pfaff] because you don't appreciate it." Love also reportedly told another member of Hole that the "little bitch is going to ruin everything... she's doing this on purpose." Drugs and death Since moving to Seattle, Kristen Pfaff had become addicted to heroin. By winter of 1993, she had entered and successfully completed drug rehab, and was thought to be completely clean by close friends. Pfaff's close relationship with Cobain meant that she took his April 1994 death quite hard. Shortly following Cobain's death, Pfaff decided to leave Hole and return to Minneapolis. This decision was motivated in part by a need to "find herself" following her friend's suicide, and a desire to escape the readily available drugs in Seattle. She spent the spring of 1994 touring with her old band, Janitor Joe. Pfaff returned to Seattle to pack up the rest of her belongings and head to Minnesota. On June 16, 1994, the morning she was supposed to leave, she was found dead in her bathtub by the friend who was supposed to go with her. Nearby was a cosmetic bag containing syringes and drug paraphernalia. Sometime overnight, Pfaff had died from what appeared to be an accidental heroin overdose. Kristen Pfaff was buried in Section 6, Lot 45 of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. A local Minneapolis radio station, University of Minnesota's KUOM, had started a yearly $1,000 Memorial Scholarship in her name. The award is earmarked for "individuals active in the arts in the pursuit of their educational goals." External links http://www.justiceforkristen.com/ http://ah.bfn.org/a/forestL/pfaff/ http://members.fortunecity.com/giannii/Pfaff.txt http://members.aol.com/kpmsfc/kristen.html http://www.justiceforkurt.com/kristen_pfaff/ http://www.nndb.com/people/799/000070589/ Hole Courtney Love | Eric Erlandson | Melissa Auf der Maur Jill Emery | Leslie Hardy | Samantha Maloney | Kristen Pfaff | Lisa Roberts | Caroline Rue | Patty Schemel | Errol Stewert Discography Studio albums and EPs: Pretty on the Inside | Live Through This | Ask for It | The First Session | My Body, the Hand Grenade | Celebrity Skin Singles: "Retard Girl" | "Dicknail" | "Teenage Whore" | "Beautiful Son" | "Miss World" | "Doll Parts" | "Violet" | "Softer, Softest" | "Gold Dust Woman" | "Celebrity Skin" | "Malibu" | "Awful" | "Be a Man" Related articles Sympathy for the Record Industry | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Billy Corgan | Kat Bjelland Search Term: "Kristen_Pfaff" Categories: 1967 births | 1994 deaths | Cause of death disputed | Grunge musicians

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