Love Sets Bastard Lineup

Courtney Love has dubbed her new all-girl punk side-project "Bastard." The Hole< frontwoman has tapped Veruca Salt's Louise Post, who has band a pal since Veruca Salt opened up for Hole in 1994, to play guitar. Also onboard are former Hole drummer Patty Schemel, and bassist Gina Crosley from Chicago's Rockit Girl, who was recruited on Post's recommendation, after Post produced Rockit Girl's most recent album.

Love confirmed the lineup on her Web site, www.holemusic.com, explaining that the new band will enter a Los Angeles studio next week to beginning writing the album for Epitaph Records. "We're hoping to make a South of France, AC/DC, fuck-off record," Love explained.

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Song Stories

“Let My Love Open the Door”

Pete Townshend | 1980

A peppy, hopeful love song, "Let My Love Open the Door" became a U. S. Top Ten hit for Pete Townshend in 1980, anchored by the kind of repeating synthesizer figures that he'd used in some of the Who's recordings in the previous decade. Although Townshend brushed the song off as "just a ditty" in Rolling Stone shortly after its release, in 1996 he revealed it was about love of the holiest sort. "It's supposed to be about the power of God's love," he remarked. "That when you're in difficulty, whether it's major or minor, God's love is always there for you."

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