Olivia Rodrigo has performed with The Cure’s Robert Smith and Weezer and covered The White Stripes at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but in case you need any further proof of her alt cred, Melissa Auf der Maur can vouch for her.
Melissa, bassist for ’90s rockers Hole, tells NME that she took her daughter to see Rodrigo live for a 13th birthday present, and Liv invited them backstage.
“Olivia Rodrigo said to my daughter: ‘Without your mother, none of this would have happened,'” Melissa says. “That’s when it locked in for me that there are direct correlations.”
Melissa adds that she’s noticed a “’90s influence in both the songwriting and production” in Olivia’s music. She also points out that the cover of Olivia’s SOUR Prom concert film is similar to the album artwork for Hole’s Live Through This, which actually drew a response from Hole frontwoman Courtney Love back in 2021.
“Having that said to my daughter in front of me was one of the proudest moments of my life,” Melissa says.
Melissa released a new memoir, Even the Good Girls Will Cry: , earlier in March.
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