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Celebrity Skin is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on September 8, 1998, in the United States on DGC Records and internationally on Geffen Records. It was the last album released by the band before their dissolution in 2002.
The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, ... Hole "Celebrity Skin" (with an excerpt from R.E.M.'s "Pretty Persuasion") Master P Fiend
Hole was an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989.It was founded by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson.It had several different bassists and drummers, the most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur.
Hole's studio albums alone have sold over 3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Live Through This and Celebrity Skin have been certified platinum in the United States and Canada, and certified gold in Australia. "Malibu", a single from Celebrity Skin, has also been certified gold in Australia.
The Beautiful Monsters Tour was a North American concert tour co-headlined by American rock bands Hole and Marilyn Manson.Launched in support of each band's respective third full-length studio LPs, 1998's Celebrity Skin and Mechanical Animals, [N 1] the tour was planned to run from February 28, 1999, until April 27, with 37 shows confirmed.
Hole promoted the album through MTV performances and at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards, [193] and were nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 41st Grammy Awards ceremony. [194] Before the release of Celebrity Skin, Love and Fender designed a low-priced Squier brand guitar, the Vista Venus. [195]
"Celebrity Skin" is a song by American alternative rock band Hole, released on August 31, 1998, as the first single from their third studio album of the same name. It is their only single to peak at number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The single also includes "Drag", an outtake from Celebrity Skin which was replaced by "Malibu". The song was nominated for a Grammy Award [8] in the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal field, losing to "Put Your Lights On" by Santana. The single was certified Gold in Australia in 1999, with sales in excess of 40,000.