"Billed as "part rock memoir, part travel diary, and part psychedelic scrapbook," Even the Good Girls Will Cry documents Melissa Auf der Maur's life as she grew up from a teenager in Montreal immersed in the city's art and music life, to a cassette DJ and ticket girl, on through to a musician who got her big break. After her band Tinker earned an opening slot for the Smashing Pumpkins, she was whisked off on the journey of a lifetime."
"Auf der Mauf was invited to join Hole just in time for their 1994 Live Through This world tour, bonded with Courtney Love as a friend while she grieved the death of Kurt Cobain and former Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff, and began to see the alt-rock world from the inside looking out as a musician, photographer, producer, and more. "This book is about the decade that defined me and my generation, 1991-2001, and my life in the rock bands which allowed me to have a"
Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir releases March 17 via Da Capo and is described as part rock memoir, part travel diary, and part psychedelic scrapbook. The narrative follows Melissa Auf der Maur from a Montreal teenager active in the city's art and music scenes to roles as a cassette DJ, ticket seller, and musician. After her band Tinker opened for the Smashing Pumpkins, her career accelerated and led to joining Hole for the 1994 Live Through This world tour. The account covers friendship with Courtney Love during grief over Kurt Cobain and Kristen Pfaff, and presents perspectives as a musician, photographer, and producer while framing 1991–2001 as a defining decade and an ode to analog culture.
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