Even the Good Girls Will Cry by Melissa Auf der Maur is a raw memoir of art, grief and reinvention

She played bass in two of the scene’s most iconic bands, but her book ‘Even the Good Girls Will Cry’ focuses more on an artist’s journey than any debauchery

Melissa Auf der Maur performing in 2004. Photo: Gie Knaeps/Getty Images

Melissa Auf der Maur has little interest in the usual rock’n’roll tell-all. Her memoir is not one that settles scores or provides a catalogue of excess, as per so many rock bios.

Nor is the former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist motivated by simply telling a neat tale of going from obscurity to fame.