(5/24/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Hole leader Courtney Love and co-writing partner and guitarist Eric Erlandson announced that the band is officially over.
"Since Geffen Records closed during the promotion of our last record, there have been a lot of distractions," said Love in a statement, referring to her current lawsuits. "Universal's lawsuit against us made it impossible for us to find a new record company despite overwhelming interest from other labels. After three years of waiting Eric and I have decided to put Hole to rest."
Love created music with Bastard, which featured Veruca Salt's Louise Post, but it's unclear if that project will ever release an album. She's currently working on material with former Hole drummer Patty Schemel and former 4 Non-Blondes vocalist Linda Perry.
Love is also battling both Universal Records and the remaining members of Nirvana (Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl) in two separate and distinct lawsuits. Plus, she's contemplating more roles as an actor.
Although Love has moved on, she'll remember Hole fondly. "I will always treasure the time we played together. Eric has been an important part of my family for over 10 years, and he'll continue to be part of my life. We're incredibly proud of the music we've made together, but it seems like time for both of us to move on."
Hole released three albums: Pretty On The Inside, Live Through This, and Celebrity Skin.
-- Darren Davis, New York
Posted by Jen on Monday, May 27, 2002 @ 03:20 p.m.
Tue May 21, 6:47 PM ET
By MARA D. BELLABY, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW - boy band member Lance Bass and a former NASA (news - web sites) official — are currently in Moscow vying for a chance to claim the next seat on a Russian spacecraft, an official said Tuesday.
Dmitry Malashenkov, spokesman for Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems, said 'N Sync (news - web sites) band member Bass and former NASA employee Lori Garver were undergoing medical tests at the center to evaluate their fitness for space travel.
The tests include spending time in a pressurized chamber and a centrifuge test to determine how their bodies would respond to the spacecraft's liftoff.
The results will be forwarded to a state commission, which will then deliver a final report on both candidates' fitness, Malashenkov said.
Russia's space agency continued to express reservations, however, that a space tourist would be ready in time for October's blastoff to the International Space Station (news - web sites) — primarily because of the complicated contract negotiations.
But the agency will hold one seat in the three-person Soyuz spacecraft open alongside Russian flight commander Sergei Zaletin and European Space Agency astronaut Frank DeWinne of Belgium for as long as possible, space agency officials said, according to Interfax news agency.
A Russian cosmonaut will start training for the mission when it becomes clear that no space tourist will join the trip.
The world's second space tourist, South African Internet mogul Mark Shuttleworth, returned to Earth earlier this month, saying it was the best thing he'd ever done. Like the world's first space tourist, Dennis Tito, he paid dlrs 20 million for the ride.
But in a bid to be seen as more than a tourist, Shuttleworth put in eight months of preparation at Russia's Star City cosmonaut training center, spent one week at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and conducted a series of experiments from space.
Bass has reportedly secured the support of the a Los Angeles TV production company, Destiny Productions, to help fund his bid, and film the training and trip for a TV special.
Garver was NASA's associate administrator for policy planning and is now vice president of a defense and space consulting firm in Washington.
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Posted by Jen on Monday, May 27, 2002 @ 12:33 p.m.
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